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The Rev. John Springer

The Rev. John Springer, 1744-1798, distinguished minister and educator, is buried in the garden on this plantation, Walnut Hill. A graduate of Princeton, he taught there and at Hampden-Sydney, and was first Rector of Cambridge College in South Carolina. He ...

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The Law Offices of John C. Calhoun

Near here, from 1807 to 1817, were

situated the law offices of

John C. Calhoun.

Born in the Long Canes District of Abbeville March 18, 1782.

Died, Washington D.C.

March 31, 1850.

Member of Congress

1811-1817

Secretary of War

1817-1825

Vice President of the United States

1825-1832

United States Senator

1832-1842, 1845-1850

Secretary of ...

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Johnstown Cemetery Revolutionary War Soldiers

In memory of these

Revolutionary War soldiers

buried in this cemetery

Elijah Adams

Benjamin DeWolf

Caleb Hill

Abel Jewett

John Martin

Thomas Perkins

Moses Scovell

Peter Stevens

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Major General John Sedgwick

(Left):Major General John Sedgwick

in command of

the Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac

at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,

the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania

born at Cornwall, Conn. September 13th 1813

killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 9th 1864

(Right):Erected by the State of Connecticut

in grateful memory of the service

given to ...

John Butler, Druggist

Charles Crocker, Trustee

Central Pacific Railroad

Sold on October 29, 1896 to

John Butler, Druggist

Established

Colfax Drug Store

One of the oldest pharmacies in California

Richard K. Wayland, R.PHA

1956-1997

Marker is on North Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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John Campbell

John Campbell, the brother of Governor David Campbell, was born about 1788 in part of Washington County, that is present-day Smyth County. Campbell attended the College of New Jersey (later became Princeton) and Washington College. He was a member of ...

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Capt. John Smith Captured

In Dec. 1607, while exploring the headwaters of the nearby Chickahominy River, Capt. John Smith and his party were captured by a hunting party consisting of members of the Paspaheghs, Chickahominies, Youghtanunds, Pamunkeys, Mattaponis, and Chiskiacks. Smith was taken to ...

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The James Johnston House

James Johnston, a forty-niner from Ohio, established a homestead on this wild, romantic vista of sloping fields and ocean shore in 1853. For his Californiano bride, Petra Maria de Jara, he built this typical eastern saltbox, whose origins from the ...

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St. John’s United Methodist Church

As early as 1871, pioneer Swedish settlers near Union Hill (4 mi. S), also known as the Brushy area, were holding Methodist worship services in homes. In 1882 they formally organized as a Swedish Methodist Episcopal church. The congregation moved ...

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Saint John's Episcopal Mission

People living in small towns built churches to provide services within walking distance from their homes.

Saint John’s Episcopal Mission opened to parishioners in Rosedale in 1892. In the early days, a pastor from Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bakersfield rode ...

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