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Mary Randolph
1762-1828 |
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Author of The Virginia House-Wife, one of the most influential housekeeping and recipe books of the nineteenth century. |
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Pocahontas, known as Rebecca Rolfe
c. 1595 - 1617 |
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First named Motoaka, daughter of Powhatan, in what is now Virginia. While being held at Jamestown, she converted to Christanity and married John Rolfe. They traveled to England and she was presented to society in hopes of getting investment in the Jamestown settlement. |
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Stephen Decatur
1779 - 1820 |
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Hero in the War with Tripoli and the War of 1812, reached the rank of Commander. |
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J.F.D. Lanier |
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Indiana business man. He financed Indiana's troops in the Civil War. |
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Francis Scott Key
1779 - 1843 |
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American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" after watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. |
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