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Francis Nelson Blount was born May 21, 1918, in Warren, Rhode Island, to Willis and Ruth Blount.Willis had established an ice company in neighboring Barrington in 1919. As a child, Nelson (as he would be called) and brother Luther assisted their father at the family business.
Blount was an advocate for road improvements in Butler County. [1] He served on the board of directors of the Butler County Transportation Improvement District from 1994 until his death. [1] Blount married Jackie Steigerwalt on December 27, 1958. [3] They had two children, Brian and Lori. Blount died in Hamilton, Ohio on August 22, 2017, at the ...
James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837 – March 8, 1903) was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 in his investigation into the American involvement in the political revolution in the Kingdom of Hawai'i .
Steamtown, U.S.A., was a steam locomotive museum that ran steam excursions out of North Walpole, New Hampshire, and Bellows Falls, Vermont, from the 1960s to 1983.The museum was founded by millionaire seafood industrialist F. Nelson Blount.
Blount (or Blunt) is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or dull (Middle English blunt, blont) [1] Anna Blount (1872–1953), physician, suffragist and birth control activist in the United States
Construction started in 1860. In 1867, the tower, spire, and baptistery were added; also designed by Blount. The church was consecrated on 8 October 1868. [5] He was married to Sophia Margaret Blount and died 13 November 1876 at his home, 1 Montagu Place, Montagu Square, London. [6] He was buried in the family vault at St James’ Church in ...
Bruce W. Klunder (July 12, 1937 – April 7, 1964 [1]) was an American Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist. He died when he was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio. [2]
The James A. Garfield Memorial is the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield, located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.The memorial, which began construction in October 1885 and was dedicated on May 30, 1890, exhibits a combination of Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque Revival architectural styles.