John Nelson Davis

5 April 1835 - 28 February 1913

John Nelson Davis for whom Mt. Davis, Pa. is named was an early community leader in Southern Somerset County. He was a surveyor, school teacher, Superintendent of Schools for Elk Lick Township, Pa., and ...

Major John Pelham

Was born here ?

Commanded Horse Artillery of

Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Killed at Kelly’s Ford, Va.

March 17, 1863

Styled “The Gallant Pelham”

By Robert E. Lee

Marker is on U.S. 431, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Justice John McLean

1785 - 1861

Having settled in the Ridgeville area with his father, Justice McLean, in 1799, Justice John McLean was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1829 by President Andrew Jackson. He was best known for his anti-slavery dissenting ...

John G. Parke

Born in this vicinity on Sept. 22, 1827, the noted Army Engineer is remembered chiefly for having set the exact boundary between the Oregon Territory and Canada. His survey, begun in 1857, was halted by service in the Civil War ...

John Hawkins Singleton

Served in the Army of Texas, 1836, the Army of the United States in the Mexican War, 1846, the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. Born in Kentucky June 25, 1818. Died in Ellis County, Texas August 3, 1884.

His wife Rebecca Ann (Barker) ...

Johnston Moves West

Logisticians at Work

(Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in ...

John Hanson

Honored Patriot of the American Revolution

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John Hanson

Honored Patriot of the American Revolution

[Picture of John Hanson and Seal of the "Sons of the American Revolution"]

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Born 3 April, 1721, Mullberry Grove, Charles Co., MD.

Died 15 November 1783 at the original ...

John Hanson

President of the United States in Congress Assembled, 1781-2, died November 15, 1783 at “Oxon Hill” 1½ miles west of here. The original mansion house, built by the Addison family, was burned February 6, 1895.

Marker is on Oxon Hill Road ...

Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow / China Grove Plantation

Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow. China Grove was the birthplace of the Reverend Jeremiah John Snow (1836–1892), a son of the third James Snow who lived here. He entered the Methodist Conference in 1863, and was a chaplain in the ...

St. John Church

German settlers who came to Richland community in the 1860s worshiped originally in private homes. Nineteen charter members, under leadership of the Rev. G. Haehnelt, organized the St. John German Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1878. Church land was given for ...