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Lozen was a skilled warrior, shaman of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache born around 1840. She excelled in horseback riding, shooting, roping, and horse thievery. She along with Dahteste, Geronimo, and the rest of the Apache natives surrendered to American troops and were train bound to Fort Pickens in Florida. She's said to be buried in Alabama in an unmarked grave.
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Deborah Read, wife of founding father Benjamin Franklin, was well known for her ointments and salves which were sold at the Franklin shop.
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Sarah Livingston Jay, wife of American Founding Father John Jay, was considered one of the first socialites in the United States. On a diplomatic mission in France, she’s said to have been impressed by Marie Antoinette.
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The youngest son of Peter Jay and Mary van Courtlandt, John Jay was born in New York on December 12, 1745. One of the framers of the Constitution, Jay served as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
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Dolley Madison is often credited with saving the portrait of George Washington when the British attacked the Capitol in 1814 when 4,000 British troops began landing in Maryland during the War of 1812.
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An enthusiastic farmer, James Madison served two terms as the fourth president of the United States. Among other things, he helped George Washington write his inaugural speech, as well as choose the first presidential cabinet.
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Of the first four First Ladies, the least is known about Martha Jefferson, musician and wife of the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Dying of ill health during the Revolutionary War, she did not live to see her husband become President.
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Thomas Jefferson, an avid gardener, served two terms as the 3rd president, recorded the weather. He retired to Monticello, the mountaintown home shared with wife Martha. There he died on July 4, 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, of which he’s considered the primary author.
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The rebellion took place on August 21, 1831, and is said to have expedited the coming of the Civil War.
