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• More than 380 birthplaces profiled • Birthplaces of all 44 presidents • Packed with photos of people and places Elvis, blue jeans, Abraham Lincoln, plutonium, Slinkys, Frank Sinatra, Cobb salad, Superman, Lucille Ball, e-mail, baseball, Mark Twain, flight, McDonalds, and hundreds of other notable people and things all have birthplaces. Some are gone and marked only by a plaque, but others have been preserved and even transformed into museums. This guidebook is packed with entries on American birthplaces of all sorts, taking travelers state-by-state to a variety of locations.
McDowell County is unique culturally and topographically. Formed by legislative action in 1842 from Burke and Rutherford Counties, McDowell's northern and western borders trace the towering heights and rugged terrain of the Blue Ridge, while its eastern and southern borders incorporate broad river bottoms and lower hills of the Piedmont. Showcasing more than 220 images, this volume is a mosaic of McDowell County's first century and covers the towns of Marion and Old Fort, as well as smaller communities like Brackettown, Crooked Creek, Dyartsville, Glenwood, Greenlee, Little Switzerland, Montford's Cove, Nebo, and North Cove. Views of waterfalls on the Catawba River and Tom's Creek, along wit...
Christian Steinman, son of Jacob Steinman and Barbara Kennel, was born in 1792, in or near Marienthal in Lorraine, France. Christian married Veronica Eyer in France ca. 1822. The family arrived in the harbor of New York August 18, 1826. From New York Christian Steinman brought his family to Wilmot, Upper Canada (Ontario). Most of the Steiman descendants now live in Ontario, Canada. Some family members live in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and elsewhere. Christian and his family adhered to the Amish Mennonite faith and located in Amish communities. Includes Albrecht, Baechler, Bast, Bender, Boshart, Bowman, Brenneman, and Erb as well as other connected families.
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
John Jacob Zearley (ca. 1755-1805) lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Hartman in about 1789 and they had eight children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma and North Dakota.