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| Below is a list of our relatives who made a mark in history: |
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Clarissa "Clara" Barton | 1821-1912 | 5th cousin | Known as "Angel of Mercy" in Civil War; founded American Red Cross |
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| Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1875-1950 | 8th cousin | American author; wrote Tarzan |
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| George H W Bush | b.1925 | 10th cousin | 41st President of the United States |
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| George W Bush | b.1946 | 8th, 10th cousin | 43rd President of the United States |
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| Ezekiel Cheever | b.1655, d.bet.1731-1744 | 2nd cousin | Clerk who served warrants in Salem Witch Trials; became a character in Miller's The Crucible |
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| Calvin Coolidge | 1872-1933 | 10th cousin | 30th President of the United States |
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| Emily Elizabeth Dickinson | 1830-1886 | 8th cousin | American author & essayist |
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| Hannah Duston | 1657-1737 | 8th great grandmother | Figure from Haverhill, MA who was kidnapped by Indians and managed to kill 10 of them, escape, & return home |
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| George Eastman | 1854-1932 | 8th cousin | Founder of Eastman Kodak |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 1803-1882 | 5th cousin | American author & essayist |
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| Ernest Flagg | 1857-1947 | 6th cousin | American architect; designed St Luke's Hospital, the Singer and the Scribner Buildings in New York, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, the Washington State capitol at Olympia, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington. |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1804-1864 | 5th cousin | American Author; wrote The Scarlet Letter |
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| James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok | 1837-1876 | 7th cousin | Infamous frontier figure |
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| John Forbes Kerry | b. 1943 | 8th cousin | Senator, 2004 Pres. candidate |
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| John Emile Livaudais |
c.1835 - 1891 | 8th cousin |
Appears in Degas' 'Cotton Office in New Orleans' impressionist painting |
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| Richard Milhous Nixon | 1913-1994 | 12th cousin | 37th President of the United States |
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| Charles Scribner | 1913-1994 | 7th cousin | Editor; Owned major publishing house. Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was dedicated in part to him |
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| John Paul Stevens | b.1920 | 2nd cousin | Current U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
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| William Howard Taft | 1857-1930 | 8th cousin | 27th President of the United States |
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| Cornelius Vanderbilt | 1843-1899 | 6th cousin | Railroad Tycoon of late 19th century |
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| Gloria Laura Vanderbilt | b.1924 | 6th cousin | Clothing Designer |
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| Laura Ingalls Wilder | b1867-1957 | 6th cousin | American author; wrote Little House on the Prairie series |
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