Oliver Wolcott Jr. Home

Oliver Wolcott Jr. Home

Presented By

Helen J. Fitzgerald

to the

Litchfield Historical Society

In Loving Memory

Of Her Husband

Harold Fitzgerald

1878 - 1948

Marker is at the intersection of South Street and Wolcott Street, on the right when traveling south on South Street.

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The Honorable Joanne H. Alter

Joanne H. Alter was elected Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and served with distinction from 1972 until 1990. Commissioner Alter’s vision for improvement in the Chicago River led to the revitalization of the entire river ...

Dr. Benjamin M. Duggar

1872-1956

Discover of the antibiotic, Aureomycin

Son of a beloved country doctor, he carried a dedicated spirit to the frontiers of science

Having won degrees at Alabama, Auburn, Missouri, Harvard and Cornell, he taught at Cornell, Missouri, Wisconsin, completing his researches and discoveries

at ...

In Remembrance - Wood River Massacre - July 10, 1814

In remembrance of the pioneer days of this area and to the memory of the victims of the Wood River Massacre

who were killed by Indians near this site on July 10, 1814 - Rachel Reagan, Elizabeth 7, Timothy 3 wife ...

John D. Pierce Homesite

On this foundation stood the log house of the Reverend John D. Pierce. Born in New Hampshire, Pierce moved to Marshall in 1831, where he founded the Congregational church. In 1834 he and Isaac Crary designed Michigan's school system, and ...

James A. Miner

James A. Miner, born in Marshall in 1842, began studying law in Clinton, Iowa, in 1860. Completing his studies in Marshall, he was admitted to the Calhoun County bar in 1863. There he was circuit court commissioner (1866-1870) and prosecuting ...

Isaac E. Crary and John D. Pierce / State School System

(Front)

When attorney Isaac E. Crary came to Marshall in 1832 from Connecticut, he became fast friends with another transplanted easterner, the Reverend John D. Pierce. Interested in government and education, these two men in 1834-35 planned Michigan's public ...

Jonesboro Threatened

August 30, 1864. On receipt of Hardee’s report from Rough and Ready of Federal threats to the M. & W. R. R., at Jonesboro, Hood directed Hardee & S. D. Lee [CS] to come to headquarters. The locomotive N. C. ...

Brigadier General John Webb

Born in Kentucky in 1793, his family moved to the Ohio country in 1797. Taught by his mother and in a log-cabin school near Dayton, he began teaching here by 1809. Purchasing land here in 1811, he served at ...

Cherry, Judge, Luckett Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF OUR FRIENDS

Douglas MacMillan Cherry '85

Ann Campana Judge '73

and

Edward Hobbs Luckett '84

who lost their lives September 11, 2001.

These gardens and benches are given in

their honor by The OWU Friends Fund

September 2005

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