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E. Sydney Youden
Worlds Fair Horticulturist and Superintendent of Union Dale Ernest Sydney Youden was born in December of 1868 in Middlesex County,...
Henry J. Volz
Musician, Composer, Conductor - co-founder of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Henry J. Volz was born in Pittsburgh in 1887. Volz’s father...
Elmer Ellsworth "Mike" Smith
Major league player - Pittsburgh Pirates Elmer Ellsworth Smith, better known as “Mike Smith,” was a left handed pitcher and outfielder in...
Robert C. Russell
Inventor of Russell Soundex System Robert C. Russell was the inventor of the Russell Soundex System that was used to index many census,...
Josephine Hunter Potter
Author “Everyone has a dream of adventure or escape,” wrote Josephine Hunter Potter. “Ours had always been a dream of a cruise in a boat...
Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr was born in Crafton, Pennsylvania to Marion E. Bradbury and Thomas W. Pomeroy on...
Jerome Nachman
Journalist, broadcaster, writer, editor-in-chief, MSNBC Jerry Nachman, once described in the New York Times as a, “hard-boiled,...
Louis McCord
Magician known as "Silent Mora" Louis McCord was born in Allegheny City in 1884. By his own accounts he was practicing magic tricks while...
Henry Russell Miller
Attorney, author, publisher Henry Russell Miller was born in Sydney, Ohio in 1880. Miller’s father was a Presbyterian clergyman who also...
Walter Main
Taveling Circus Operator Walter Main rose to fame during the era commonly known as the “Golden Age of the Circus” (1887-1939). During...
Edward W. Gwinner
Contractor, baseball team owner Edward Gwinner and his brother, Frederick Jr., ran their father’s successful contracting business for...
Lieutenant Colonel Levi Bird Duff
Civil War Officer and Allegheny County District Attorney Levi Bird Duff, a native of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, was born in 1837...
Ernest R. Braun
Baker - founder of the "Town Talk" bread label In 1882 the Braun family emigrated from Germany to Ohio, The family eventually made their...
Brack Marcus Barr
Tuskegee Airman Brack Marcus Barr was the son of sharecroppers who relocated from Monticello, Georgia to the Manchester neighborhood of...
Benjamin Franklin Bain
Manufacturer of Wolverine Toys Benjamin Franklin Bain was born in Michigan in 1863 to Joseph and Louisa Bain, Scottish immigrants. Bain...
James G. Wyman
Four-time mayor of Allegheny City James Wyman was born in 1851 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and moved to Allegheny City at the age of 25....
G.W. Wolf
WWI submarine commander, steel executive George W. Wolf was born in Pittsburgh in 1892 but spent most of his life traveling the world. A...
George Ellsworth Smith
Horseplayer known as Allegheny native George E. Smith was better known to the world as “Pittsburg Phil,” one of the leading horse race...
Ed "Cannonball" Morris
Known as "Cannonball" - major league baseball player When the Columbus Buckeyes played the Pittsburgh Alleghenys in 1884, Ed Morris of...
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