1. Hugh Williamson (1735)

American Politician

American politician who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention. In Illinois and Tennessee there are counties names after him.

2. George Lippard (1822)

Novelist Journalist

An American novelist, playwright, and journalist, he was one of the most popular writers in antebellum America. He is known for works such as The Quaker City and Blanche of...

3. Ethel Waters (1896)

Actress Vocalist

Jazz and blues singer who was also a stage and screen actress and who sang "Stormy Weather" and "Am I Blue?"

4. William Clingan (Unknow)

American Politician

Clingan was a delegate in the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779. He signed the Articles of Confederation.

5. William Everhart (1785)

American Politician

Everhart was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. William Everhart was born in Chester County Pennsylvania. His father was a soldier in the Continental Army....

6. Joseph Dickson (1745)

American Politician

Joseph Dickson was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina. He was born in Chester County Pennsylvania. Moved with his parents to Rowan County North Carolina. He was engaged in cotton...

7. Caleb P. Bennett (1758)

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Caleb Prew Bennett was an American soldier and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 and...

8. William Darlington (1782)

American Politician

Darlington physician and botanist was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. William Darlington was born in Birmingham Chester County Pennsylvania. He attended Friends School at...

9. William Marks (1778)

Writer

10. James Dixon Roman (1809)

American Politician

James Dixon Roman was an American politician. Born in Chester County Pennsylvania Roman attended the common schools and a private school at West Nottingham. He later moved to Cecil County...

11. John Hannum III (Unknow)

American Businessman

John Hannum III also known as Col. John Hannum was a politician businessman and colonial militiaman in Chester County Pennsylvania influential in the establishment of West Chester Pennsylvania as the...

12. Isaac Israel Hayes (1832)

United States Explorer And Physi

Isaac Israel Hayes was an Arctic explorer physician and politician.

13. Isaac P. Gray (1828)

American Politician

Isaac Pusey Gray was the 18th and 20th Governor of the U. S. state of Indiana from 1880 to 1881 and from 1885 to 1889. Originally a Republican he oversaw...

14. Thomas S. Butler (1855)

American Politician

Thomas Stalker Butler was a U. S. Representative from Pennsylvania serving from March 4 1897 until his death having been elected to the House sixteen times. Thomas S. Butler was...

15. Franklin MacVeagh (1837)

American Politician

MacVeagh was an American politician lawyer grocer and banker. He was served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President William Howard Taft.