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Nell was born Ellen Quinlan in Parsons, Kansas, the twelfth child of an Irish immigrant railroad worker and his wife. [2] She attended Parsons High School, and following graduation, worked as a stenographer in Kansas City where, aged 17, she married a tenant of a boarding-house adjoining her own, Paul Donnelly, who became the Credit Manager of the Barton Shoe Co. [3] Donnelly supported her by ...
Pages in category "People from Nevada, Missouri" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Reuel Colt Gridley (January 23, 1829 – November 24, 1870) was an American storekeeper who gained nationwide attention in 1864, when he repeatedly auctioned a plain sack of flour and raised over US$250,000 (equivalent to $4,870,000 in 2023) [2] for the United States Sanitary Commission, which provided aid to wounded American Civil War soldiers.
Nevada (/ n ɪ ˈ v eɪ d ə / niv-AY-də) is a city in and the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, United States. [4] The population was 8,386 at the 2010 census, and 8,254 in the 2018 estimate. [ 5 ]
Henry Plummer (c. 1832–1864) was a prospector, lawman, and outlaw in the American West in the 1850s and 1860s, who was known to have killed several men. He was elected sheriff of what was then Bannack, Idaho Territory, in 1863 and served until 1864, during which period he was accused of being the leader of a "road agent" gang of outlaws known as the "Innocents," who preyed on shipments from ...
Texas, Freer — DeLeon, a "veteran snake handler" with Snake Busters Snake Handlers was bitten by a rattlesnake on April 30, 2022, while performing at an annual show in Freer, according to his family. DeLeon was flown to a hospital in Corpus Christi where he later died. January 19, 2022. David Riston, 49, male.
Sam Kinison. Samuel Burl Kinison (/ ˈkɪnɪsən / KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream, similar to charismatic preachers.
George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879), artist (born in Virginia but moved to central Missouri) Edward McKendree Bounds (1835–1913), author and theologian. Mark Bowden (born 1951), author, journalist. William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), author (Naked Lunch) Kate Chopin (1851–1904), author (The Awakening) and early feminist.