Edgar Allan Poe's Genealogy

Danbar got an education from Harvard and was the minister at Sherman’s Congregational Church. Sherman became a member of the Congregational Church in 1742, where he later became a Deacon At twenty years old, after the death of their father two years before, he and his brother opened the town’s first store in New Haven, Connecticut. Sherman wrote and published the town’s popular Almanac from 1750-1761. Also during that time period, he served as a representative in the colonial legislature and held the offices. In 1761 Sherman quit his law practices, moved to New Haven, and became the treasurer and benefactor of Yale.

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, and died July 4, 1826 when he was 90 years old. His family tree was descendant of Puritan colonists from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John grew up with his father, mother, and two siblings. He studied at Harvard University. Adams was as the defense attorney for the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre and this is when he began to get some recognition.

Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee was born into an eminent Virginia family on January 20, 1732, at Stratford Hall in Westmoreland, Virginia. His father, grandfather and his four brothers all served as military officers, diplomats, and legislators. Richard was tutored at home and then sent to Wakefield Academy in England for his formal education. After graduation, he traveled in Europe, and then returned to Virginia in 1752. After school in England, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and later was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he proposed the colonies should be independent from Great Britain.

He served as President of Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 he was also a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1780 “John Hancock”. On August 28, 1775, when congress recessed John finally took the opportunity to marry his fiancee Dorothy Quincy, they had two kids but neither one live to be adults. On July 4, 1776, something big happened in John 's life him and Continental Congress were the only two to sign the original version of the Declaration of independence on that day. The reason John said he wrote his name so big was so John Bull could read it without his glasses, John Bull was the general in England at the time. In October of 1777 John was forced to resign from Presidency because of health problems.

PGT went to a private school in New Orleans, until his parents sent his to a French School in New York City, New York. In New York he learned how to speak english and he eventually enrolled at West Point. Beauregard graduated from the U.S military Academy at West Point in 1838. He was second in his class at West Point.mIn 1861 he resigned from the U.S army to serve in the Confederate army. On April 12th, 1861 Beauregard’s troops fired and 2 days later made Robert Anderson surrender.

Hamilton’s mom died in 1768 at the age of 38 due to a fever. In 1773 when Hamilton was 16 he arrived in New York, where he enrolled in King’s College. (Columbia University) Alexander Hamilton changed the world and influenced others in many ways. In 1775 Hamilton became part of the New York Provincial Artillery Company and fought in many battles. Hamilton co-wrote the famous “Federalist” papers with John Jay and James Madison.

Andrew 's father died a few days after Andrew 's birth and his mother died shortly after he returned from the revolutionary war, left to confront the world on his own. It took until he was 17 for him to improve his self-discipline and he began to study law. During the year he turned 29 he was elected for both Tennessee 's first representative in the U.S. house of representatives and elected for the U.S. Senate. He was considered a hero to

John Hancock was one of the Important people since he contributed in the revolutionary war. Now let me tell you about him. He was born January 23, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. His parents were Reverent John Hancock and Mary Hawke. His father died when he was seven years old.

Joe went from being an enviable father and husband, and even Mr. Slade’s former business partner, to the town drunk and an absent father. His mother warned him about his fate if he continued to drink, like his own late father, but he felt that a few drinks would not cause any issues. Little did he know that a few drinks would turn into endless nights of drinking, and the biggest tragedy of his life; the death of his daughter. His daughter, worried sick about him, went to look for him at the tavern so they

Firstly I would like to introduce Jonathan Swift as a person. I would like to mention his life, which we can say influenced his literature movement. Jonathan Swift was born as an Irish man shortly after his father passed. His birth is dated on 30th of November 1667 in Dublin. Although he was born in Ireland, he was raised up in England by his uncle, where he was very well educated.