Birthplace of Monroe

In this vicinity stood the Monroe home where James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, was born, April 28, 1758. His father was Spence Monroe and his mother, Elizabeth Jones. He left home at the age of sixteen to ...

Birthplace of Danny Barker

January 13, 1909

African-American Creole guitar and banjo player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian, teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor and painter. Jazz Hall of Fame member. Recipient of National Endowment of the Arts Music Master Award and numerous other honors. Played ...

John Marshall’s Birthplace Park

JOHN MARSHALL, Chief Justice of the United States, and principal founder of judicial review and of the American system of constitutional law was born in a log cabin just east of here on September 24, 1755. At that time, this ...

John Marshall’s Birthplace

Near this spot on September 4, 1755 was born John Marshall, Fourth Chief Justice of the United States.

This marker erected by Marshall Inn of the Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi, 1928.

A marker erected by Marshall Chapter of Phi ...

Carter G. Woodson Birthplace

New Canton, Virginia

North of this sign is the birthplace of Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Woodson was born December 19, 1875, to former slaves, James Henry and Eliza Ann Riddle Woodson. Young carter left Buckingham to work in West Virginia ...

Birthplace of Bishop A. G. Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood

This house, about 150 years old, was the birthplace of Bishop Atticus Green Haygood in 1839 and his sister, Laura Askew Haygood, in 1845. Bishop Haygood was chaplain and missionary to the Army, 1861-65; President of Emory College, 1876-84; editor ...

Springfield Baptist Church Birthplace of Morehouse College

This building, which was erected in 1801 by Augusta`s first Methodist Society, was moved to this location in 1844 to

become the home of the Springfield Baptist Church.

Organized in 1787 by Jesse Peters, the Springfield Baptist Church is the oldest ...

The Birthplace of “Dixie”

On this site from 1835 to 1924 stood the Citizens State Bank, originator of the “Dixie.” In its early days, the bank issued its own $10 bank note, with the French work “Dix” for “ten” printed on the note’s face. ...

Mary Sawyer’s Birthplace

Mary had a little lamb . . .

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Birthplace of

Mary E. Sawyer

(and her lamb)

1806 - 1889

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Sterling, Ma.

Marker is on Maple Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Birthplace of Isaac Sharpless

Birthplace

of

Isaac Sharpless

1848 — 1920

Educator

Quaker Leader

Devoted Citizen

Mathematician-Astronomer-Historian

President of Haverford College

1887 – 1917

Marker is on South Birmingham Road 0.1 miles north of Lambourne Road, on the right when traveling north.

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