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By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Rachel Fuller was born in Springfield, Massachusetts back in 1898 to George and Annie. The family moved to Missouri until she was 14 when her parents divorced, so Rachel and her mother moved back to Springfield. She graduated from Central High School. A fried was so impressed by her determination...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Jill Elaine Brown as born in Baltimore, Maryland back in 1950. By the age of 11 she was driving a forklift at her father’s construction business and at 17 started taking flying lessons. Graduating from Arundel High School she enrolled at the University of Maryland studying economics. Afterwards s...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Andrew Betts was born in Edinburgh, Scotland back in 1841 to Robert and Marion. He attended the Edinburgh High School.   After graduation, he took evening classes at Watt College winning prizes in Physics and Dynamics before moving to Manchester for two years to study Sciences.He married Anna in ...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Henry Brown was born in Louisa County, Virginia back in circa 1815 (true date of birth is not known). At 15 he was sent to work in a tobacco factory in Richmond. Born into slavery as far as I could tell he received no formal education. Henry married another slave Nancy, but their marriage was not...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Dorothy Lavinia was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1914. She was placed in an orphanage in Troy, New York by her mother Edna just five months after birth. She lived there until she was 12. At 15 she ran away enrolling at the Troy High School, working for Mrs. Jarrrett. After graduatin...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Mary Babnik was born in Pueblo, Colorado back in 1907 to Frank and Mary. She left elementary school when she was 12 to help support her family as a part-time domestic for $5.00 per week. A year later she lied about her age obtaining a job at the National Broom Factory which paid her $0.75 a day, ...

By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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 Duncans Car LotA few years back, this is the way 702 East Race Street appeared.  It was the home of Duncans Used Cars and also the Chrysler Plymouth dealership.  The small sign in the background says Duncans Used Cars and my husband says that it also said, "What ole Po Dunc says it is, it is!" A...

By Alexis Davis United Country | Ozarks, NO ONE KNOWS THE COUNTRY LIKE WE DO®
(United Country | Cozort Realty, Inc.)
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   Get to Know Alexis Davis with United Country   Alexis was born in Arizona but moved to Missouri when she was nine. She grew up in the Lake of the Ozarks area, where she fell in love with the water. After high school she attended college in West Plains, MO where she met her husband Adam Davis. ...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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John Brown was born in Sheffield, England back in 1816. His father was a slater (one who covers buildings with slate). When he turned 14 he apprenticed to Earl, Horton, & Company. They manufactured files and cutlery. In 1844, he started his own company John Brown & company manufacturing steel.He ...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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George Harold was born in North Milwaukee, Wisconsin back in 1908. He attended high school in Portage, Wisconsin. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison receiving his B.S. (1930) an M.S. (1931) and his Ph.D. in 1933. Later that year he joined RCA in Camden, New ...

By Nicole Nark, Real estate agent serving Central Arkansas
(Nicole Nark - Pixel Properties)
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If you ask anyone in the greater Little Rock area, Cabot, Arkansas seems to be a blossoming community that is attracting more and more residents each year. Due to it's close proximity to the Little Rock Air Force Base and award-winning schools, families are relocating to this city just 20 minutes...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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James Broselow was born in Woodbury, New Jersey back in 1943 to Benjamin and Charlotte. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Dartmouth College in 1965. He continued his education earning his medical degree from the New Jersey college of Medicine and Dentistry in 1969.After gradu...

By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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Searcy Junior High Student Council1972 and 1973 picture from yearbookThis great picture tells a lot.  Look at the boys and girls and their dress.  Kids have always been fashion conscious and at this time mini-skirts were the rage for girls.  And look how short the skirts were.....and skirts were ...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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John Mercer was born in Fort Brooke, Florida back in 1826 to George and Lucy. He attended the United States Naval Academy in 1847, commissioned as a lieutenant in 1855. His first assignment was at the United States Naval Observatory charting the stars. One of his other assignments was to take sou...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
Comments 15
Charles Brooks was born in Virginia it is believed back in 1865. There are no records of who his parents were, his upbringing including but not limited to any education he may have received. However, for this post all of that doesn’t really matter, so let’s get to it shall we. In the 1890’s you c...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Margaret Brewer was born in Durand, Michigan back in 1930 to Maurice and Anne. After graduating from a Catholic High School in Baltimore she entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where she received a bachelor’s degree in geography in 1952. She joined the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1952 commi...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Marlin Oliver Briscoe was born in Omaha, Nebraska back in 1945. He played high school football at Omaha South High School and at the Omaha University. In 1968, under head coach Lou Saban with the Denver Broncos. With started Steve Tensi suffered a broken collarbone and the backup Joe DiVito didn’...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Roy Frampton Brissenden was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina back in 1919 to Henry and Elsie. At 11 he began working in the family business, founded by his father. That was instrumental in grounding him in industry, craftsmanship and marketing. Graduating from the R.J. Reynolds High School i...

By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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Searcy ARAmerican Legion HutYou drive by this almost daily and think nothing about it but is one of Searcy's oldest and most historic buildings.  It is on Race Street across from the White County Courthouse.  It was constructed in 1939 with native fieldstone with funding support from Works Progre...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Albert Edward Pryke Briggs was born in Redcar, England back in 1923. When he was 12 he saw the HMS Hood anchored off the River Tees. He volunteered to join the Royal Navy the next day. he was told he couldn’t join until he was 15, just one week after turning 15 he joined the Royal Navy. He was tr...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Katherine Cook was born in Michigan back in 1875. Her father was on the faculty of Michigan Agricultural College. She was home taught until she reached the age of 14 when she went to college. She graduated with a degree in agriculture becoming a well-known academic during a time when it was belie...

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Louis Brennan was born in Castlebar, Ireland back in 1852. The family moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1861. His career started out as a watchmaker, serving as a sergeant in the Victorian Engineers. It was during that time that he invented something that will forever place him in the history book...

By Frank Lay and Lori Hula-Lay, HULA COUNTRY Real Estate
(HULA COUNTRY)
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2019  Springtime Clean-up !!  Fort Smith, Arkansas...keeping it beautiful!!!

By James Dray, Exceptional Agents, Outstanding Results
(Fathom Realty AR LLC)
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Thomas Brassey was born in Buerton, Cheshire, England back in 1805. He was educated at home until he was 12, after which he was sent to The King’s School in Chester. When he was 16 he apprenticed to a land surveyor. He helped survey the Shrewsbury to Holyhead road. It was while working on the con...

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