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Born October 27, 1837 • near Xenia • Ohio
Died December 15, 1912 (aged 75) • London • England

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John Hay Whitney
American sportsman and businessman
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Ely Moore
American journalist and politician
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Benjamin Lundy
American abolitionist
Joseph Medill McCormick
United States senator
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American editor, writer, and abolitionist
Robert Dale Owen
American politician and social reformer
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Oveta Culp Hobby
United States government official
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Carl Schurz
German-American politician
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Walter Hines Page
American author and diplomat
George Creel.
George Creel
American journalist
John Bigelow
John Bigelow
American diplomat
John Hughes
John Hughes
American archbishop
Elijah P. Lovejoy monument
Elijah P. Lovejoy
American abolitionist
Jared Sparks
American publisher
James M. Cox
James M. Cox
American politician and publisher
Knox, Frank
William Franklin Knox
American publisher
Raul H. Castro
American politician
Leonard Woodcock
American labor leader and diplomat
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman