- Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) – President of the Continental Congress. David Wilmot (1814-1886) – Politician who sponsored Wilmot Proviso, which would've banned slavery. Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940) – Suffragist and organizer of women's rights events. Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) – Considered …Continue reading
- James Morris III (1752-1820) – Founder of the Morris Academy and a pioneer of co-education higher education. Sarah Helen Whitman (1803-1878) – Poet and romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) – General of the Confederate Army. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) – Short …Continue reading
- James Chesnut Jr (1815-1885) – Brigadier General for the Confederate Army. Thomas A. Watson (1854-1934) – Alexander Graham Bell's assistant who helped with the invention of the telephone. Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) – Cardiologist who performed the first open heart surgery. Oliver Hardy …Continue reading
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – Founding father and inventor who discovered lightning was electrical. Lewis Addison Grant (1828-1918) – Teacher, lawyer and Major General for the Union Army. A. B. Frost (1851-1928) – Illustrator best known for his creation of Brer Rabbit. Alva …Continue reading
- John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) – General and the 14th Vice President of the U.S. Homer Burton Adkins (1892-1949) – Chemist considered the world authority on the hydrogenation of organic compounds. Nat Schachner (1895-1995) – Chemist and author who was a significant advocate for the …Continue reading