Tuesday, June 27, 2006

cousins of note :-)

famous cousins from the Rogers and Wortington lines.

Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney: (Born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is currently the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush.

President Ulysses S. Grant: (April 27, 1822 July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (18691877). He achieved national fame as a hero of the American Civil War, in which he commanded Union forces as a general, and as general-in-chief (18641869).

Alec, Daniel, William and Stephen Baldwin: The Baldwin brothers, Alec (born 1958), Daniel (1960), William (1963) and Stephen (1966) are four U.S. brothers who have all become notable actors. Born in Massapequa, New York, the Baldwin brothers are the children of Alexander and Carol Baldwin.

Lizzie Andrew Borden: (July 19, 1860 - June 1, 1927) Was a New England spinster who was tried for the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother in the late 19th century. Although she was acquitted, she is remembered chiefly as the subject of the following.Lizzie Borden took an axeAnd gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had doneShe gave her father forty-one.

William Tecumseh Sherman If the question was asked, "Who was and still is the most hated and despised man in the history of Georgia" the response would be William Tecumseh Sherman.Born: Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 1820Died: New York City, February 14, 1891

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