American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862).

Born July 12th, 1817 in Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse, Concord.

Died May 6th, 1862 at 44 years old in Concord (tuberculosis).

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born May 25th, 1803 in Boston.

Died April 27th, 1882 at 78 years old

Theodore Roosevelt

Born October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan.

Died January 6th, 1919 at 60 years old

Booker T. Washington

Born April 5th, 1856 in Hale's Ford.

Died November 14th, 1915 at 59 years old

Henry Ford

Born July 30th, 1863 in Springwells Township.

Died April 7th, 1947 at 83 years old

Thomas Wolfe

Born October 3rd, 1900 in Asheville.

Died September 15th, 1938 at 37 years old