Lavinia Riker

Elias Howe

1819–1866 (age 47)

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Elias Howe was an American inventor best known for developing the sewing machine.

Duncan Phyfe

1768–1854 (age 86)

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Duncan Phyfe was a renowned Scottish-born furniture maker who became a prominent craftsman in America, living from 1768 ...

Jeremiah Johnson

1766–1852 (age 86)

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Jeremiah Johnson was an American frontiersman and trapper known for his exploits in the Rocky Mountains.

Moses Fowler Odel

1818–1866 (age 48)

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Moses Fowler Odel was an American businessman and resident of Tarrytown, New York.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

1960–1988 (age 28)

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Neo-expressionist painter who rose to fame in the 1980s New York art scene.

Walter Hunt

1796–1859 (age 63)

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Walter Hunt was a New York inventor who lived from 1796 to 1859 and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.