Claim To Fame : Miscellaneous
1,325 memorials found
Henry Tompkins Comstock
1820 – 27 Sep 1870Prospector. His name is connected to one of the world’s richest...
William Green
3 Mar 1870 – 21 Nov 1952Green, William, 1872-1952, American labor leader, president of...
Anna M. Jarvis
c.1 May 1864 – 24 Nov 1948American Folk Figure. She is considered the "Founder of Mother's...
Mary Jemison
1743 – 19 Sep 1833Legendary Colonial Frontierswoman. Known as "The White Woman of...
Henrietta M. Chamberlain King
21 Jul 1832 – 31 Mar 1925Businesswoman. She assumed ownership of her husbands estate in...
Betsy Ross
1 Jan 1752 – 30 Jan 1836Revolutionary War Figure. Born Elizabeth Griscom in Philadelphia,...
Edmund Ruffin
5 Jan 1794 – 15 Jun 1865Civil War Confederate Civilian Figure. Born into a distinguished...
Samuel “Uncle Sam” Wilson
13 Sep 1766 – 31 Jul 1854American Folk Figure. A Troy, New York meat packer, he supplied...
Cynthia Ann Parker
29 Oct 1827 – 28 Oct 1870Folk Figure. The details of her early life are clouded in...
Olave St. Clair Baden-Powell
22 Feb 1889 – 19 Jun 1977Social Reformer. The wife of Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell,...
Elizabeth Jones Reed Napier
9 Nov 1845 – 3 May 1935Folk Figure. She is distinguished as being the inspiration for...
Susanna A. “Susan” Wilkerson Dickinson
1814 – 7 Oct 1883Alamo Survivor. Born Susanna Wilkerson in Tennessee, she was the...
CPT Georg Johannes von Trapp
4 Apr 1880 – 30 May 1947The Captain von Trapp of the “Sound of Music” (1965) fame....
Maria Augusta Kutschera von Trapp
26 Jan 1905 – 28 Mar 1987Wife of Captain George Ritter von Trapp, a story based on their...
Héloïse d'Argenteuil
1101 – 15 May 1164Famed lover of Pierre Abelard; their correspondence shed light on...
Kathleen Eloise “Klondike Kate” Rockwell
4 Oct 1880 – 21 Feb 1957Folk Figure. Best known as "Klondike Kate", gained her fame as a...
Margaret “Unsinkable Molly Brown” Brown
18 Jul 1867 – 26 Oct 1932Humanitarian, philanthropist, suffragist, preservationist,...
Caroline Webster Astor
22 Sep 1830 – 30 Oct 1908Socialite. She was "the" Mrs. Astor and the granddaughter-in-law...
Mary Young Pickersgill
12 Feb 1776 – 4 Oct 1857Flag maker. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania she became a...
Martha Beall Mitchell
2 Sep 1918 – 31 May 1976The wife of U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, she became known...
