1 Carol Armstrong found bag in Ohio house after husband Neil, the first man to walk on the moon, died in 2012.  The so-called McDivitt purse contained priceless Apollo 11 items such as a camera that filmed moon descent.
Originally named Araminta, or Minty, Harriet Tubman was born in early 1822 on the plantation of Anthony Thompson, south of Madison in Dorchester County, Maryland.Tubman was the fifth of nine children of Harriet Rit Green and Benjamin Ross, both slaves.ubman, Harriet Ross (1822-1913). Born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Tubman gained international acclaim as an Underground Railroad operator, abolitionist, Civil War spy and nurse, suffragist, and humanitarian.
John Brown was born May 9, 1800, in Torrington, Connecticut. He was the fourth of the eight children of Owen Brown (February 16, 1771 â May 8, 1856) and Ruth Mills (January 25, 1772 â December 9, 1808) and grandson of Capt. John Brown (1728â1776).Brown could trace his ancestry back to 17th-century English Puritans.he song  John Brown's Body  made him a martyr and was a popular Union marching song during the Civil War. Brown's actions prior to the Civil War as an abolitionist, and the tactics he chose, still make him a controversial figure today.