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William was born In Jonesborough, TN on October 25, 1855 to James C. and Sophia Eliza (Byers) Cox. James was a farmer and merchant in Jonesborough, and they lived in the same household as Sophia's father, step-mother, and step-siblings. Sophia's father, Col. Charles Potter Byers, was the editor of The Vindicator, and her mother, Elizabeth Conway Sevier, was the granddaughter of John Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee. William had one older brother named Hugh Aiken, tho

The oldest burying ground in Duxbury, MA is the Myles Standish Burying Ground, established along with the town of Duxbury in 1637. It was the second burial ground in Plymouth Colony, the first being Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA. The earliest burials likely took place in 1638/9, and the last regular burials occurred in the early 1800s. Before the 1890s it was known simply as The Old Burial Ground. Memorial plaque placed by the American Cemetery Association in 1977 The Myles

Robert Gray was born in Worcester to Robert Gray and Sarah Wiley on December 23, 1734. His parents were among Scots-Irish (Presbyterian) families who came to Worcester in 1718, becoming some of the earliest white settlers of the town. Most of the Scots-Irish left Worcester in 1740 after the Congregationalist population of Worcester demolished the Presbyterian meeting house that was under construction, but they Grays were among those who stayed. They eventually converted an

Jedediah Healey was born in Dudley, MA on September 18, 1757. His parents were Joseph and Mary (Whitmore) Healey. Jedediah came to Worcester around the time of the American Revolution. After the War he owned and operated a small carpentry shop at what is now the Burnside Building on Main Street. By trade he was a cabinet maker, and was famous for his humor and wit. During the Revolutionary War he served as a Matross in Colonel Craft’s Artillery Company in 1776 and 1777.