John Frederick Hartranft

1830 - 1889

1861 - Raised 4th and 51st Pennsylvania Volunteers

1865 - Special Provost Marshall for Lincoln Conspirators

1866 - 1879 Governor of Pennsylvania, State Constitution Revised

1879 - Father of Modern National Guard of Pennsylvania

1886 - Medal of Honor for Valor at ...

John Harris' Gift

In 1785, the founder of Harrisburg set aside a four-acre lot, now this section of Capitol Park, to be held in trust for the use of the State. The Legislature accepted the gift, 1810, when it voted to make this ...

John Berry, Frontiersman

(1786–186) A native of Kentucky and veteran of the War of 1812, John Berry moved in 1816 to Indiana. In 1827 he brought his family to the Atascosito District of Texas. Mexico awarded him lots in Liberty and Mina (Bastrop) ...

Site Where Lt. John Rodgers Meigs Was Killed

This is the approximate site where Union Lt. John Rodgers Meigs was killed in a fight with three Confederate scouts on October 3, 1864. In retaliation, General Philip H. Sheridan ordered that buildings over a large area, including the town ...

Colonel Middleton T. Johnson

County named for Texas Confederate Colonel Middleton T. Johnson

1810-1866

South Carolinian; Legislator Alabama came to Texas 1840. Member Republic of Texas Congress. Cavalryman in U.S. War with Mexico. Texas Ranger surveyor of early railroads. As colonel raised 14th Texas ...

John Muse

October 13, 1633 – April 5, 1723

The land encompassing this marker has been in the continuous possession of the Muse family since September 16, 1668.

Possession has been handed down through the toils of the descendants of the founding father of ...

Major General John P. C. Shanks

1826 —————— 1901

In Memory

of

Major General

John P. C. Shanks

Congressman, Lawyer, Citizen.

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and North Court Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John McDonogh

1737-1809

Elizabeth McDonogh

1746-1808

Parents of John McDonogh

Founder

McDonogh School for Boys

Restored by

The McDonogh Alumni Association

1949

Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Fayette Street and North Greene Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Civil War General John T. Wilder

(Side one):

Wilder (1830-1917), resident of Greensburg circa 1858-1869, built this home 1865-1866. He was millwright and inventor; provided major employment in the area. Enlisted in Civil War; appointed lieutenant colonel of Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry 1861 by Indiana Governor Oliver ...

John Witherspoon

1723 - 1794

Preacher

“One of the most useful qualifications of a good minister is that he have a lively sense of religion upon his own heart.”

John Witherspoon

Born in Gifford, Scotland, in 1723, Witherspoon was educated at the University of ...