Historic Ohio People

People leaving church in Linworth, Ohio, 1938.

People leaving church in Linworth, Ohio, 1938.

 

Mary Ann Bickerdyke

Mary Ann Bickerdyke

David L. Anderson, aka Billy Wilson – Outlaw & Lawman

William “Red” Angus – Fighting in the Johnson County War

Mad Ann Bailey – Scout & Indian Fighter

Mary Bickerdyke – A Civil War Hero

William “Billy” Brooks – Lawman & Horse Thief

Dillinger Gang – Terror Gang of the Midwest

John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number 1

General Thomas Ewing, Jr. – Fighting For Kansas

Ulysses S. Grant – Civil War Hero & 18th President

William Henry Harrison – The Hero of Tippecanoe

Charles C. Haynes – Prominent Overland Stage Driver

James D. Houck – Arizona Pioneer & Lawman

Barker-Karpis Gang – Terrorizing the Midwest

Simon Kenton – Frontiersman and Soldier

Isaiah Mays – Honorable Buffalo Soldier

Jim Moore – Notable Pony Express Rider & Rancher

Annie Oakley – Sharp Shooting Entertainer

Robert Ollinger – Killer With a Badge

Judge Isaac Parker – Hanging Judge of Indian Territory

Porter Rockwell – Destroying Angel of Mormondom

Lafayette Augustus Shadley – Lawman

Jedediah Smith – Blazing the Rockies

Stephen Venard – Goldrush Lawman

William Wheeler – U.S. Deputy Marshal in Montana

Harvey Whitehill – New Mexico Miner & Sheriff

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated January 2023.

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