John Ericsson Memorial

“I love this country. I love its people and its laws, and I would give my life for it just as soon as not.”

John Ericsson.

Swedish-born John Ericsson revolutionized maritime navigation through the first practical use of a stern-mounted ...

General John Tipton

1766 - - 1839

Pioneer Leader

Hero of Tippecanoe

Indian Agent

Statesman

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Centennial Memorial

1816 - - 1916

Marker is on East Jefferson Street east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east. ...

John W. Heisman Birth Site

Here was born (October 3, 1869) the man after whom the Heisman Football Trophy is named. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrines him as superior coach. Important pioneer game innovator. Father of: forward pass; center snap; interference on end ...

John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937 / The Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937

Born at Richford, New York, John D. Rockefeller moved to the Cleveland area with his family at age 14. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in 1855. From modest beginnings he became one ...

Johnson-Schoolcraft Building 1926

William D. Schoolcraft and C. Paul Johnson, principals of Johnson-Schoolcraft, Inc., were the original owners of the Johnson-Schoolcraft Building, constructed in 1926. Mayor Ned Worthington led the dedication ceremony. Music was provided by Antonio Lopez and his Orange Grove Orchestra.

The ...

Birthplace of John L. Worden 1818-1897

Rear Admiral U.S. Navy

Commanded “Monitor” against

“Merrimac” Hampton Roads,

Virginia, March 9, 1862

Marker is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) south of Scarborough Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Printer John Miller

This London newspaper publisher and defender of a free press emigrated to Charleston in 1783 where he served as state printer and publisher of the first daily newspaper in South Carolina. Later in Pendleton he founded Miller's Weekly Messenger the ...

John Shields

Lewis and Clark Expedition Member

[Marker Front]:

Shields, born 1769 in Virginia, served as a private for the entire Lewis and Clark Expedition from October 19, 1803 until October 10, 1806; one of its "Nine Young Men from Kentucky," he was a ...

John Wesley

Founder under God of World Methodism

. . . being an exact copy of the statue standing in the forecourt of Wesley’s Chapel, Bristol, England, presented by the Right Hon. the Lord Rank on behalf of the Methodist Church, Great ...

The John Hughes Cabin

John Hughes, class of 1826, fourth bishop (1838) and first archbishop of New York (1850-1864), born in County Tyrone Ireland (1797), immigrated in 1817.

A gardener and mason, Hughes was employed the 10th of November, 1819, by Fr. John DuBois (founder ...