Historic Massachusetts People

People in Marblehead, Massachusetts by Detroit Publishing, 1906.

People in Marblehead, Massachusetts by Detroit Publishing, 1906.

 

John Adams, by John Singleton Copley

John Adams, by John Singleton Copley.

John Adams – Founding Father & 2nd U.S. President

John “Grizzly” Adams – Bear Hunter

Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party

Susan B. Anthony – Political Activist

Charles Bassett – Dodge City Lawman

Russel Farnham – Explorer and Fur Trader

Benjamin Franklin – The First American

Deborah Sampson Gannett – Lady Soldier in the American Revolution

Mysterious Dave Mather – Lawman or Outlaw?

Gunplay Maxwell – Utah Gunfighter & Outlaw

Salem Poor – From Slave to Hero

Paul Revere and His Midnight Ride

Porter Rockwell – Destroying Angel of Mormondom

George C. Sibley – Surveyor of the Santa Fe Trail

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth – Explorer, Fur Trader & Inventor

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.

Also See:

American History

Historic People Photo Galleries

Massachusetts – The Bay State

Who’s Who in American History