Little Richard Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American recording artist, singer-songwriter and actor. A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard's most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists. Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986.
Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman Not far from her resting-place are the graves of Hon. Samuel Hitchcock and wife, Lucy Allen, Penniman's step-daughter. Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman (April 4, 1760 - 1834) was an American botanist, and a figure of the American Revolution. She was remembered for her gardening skills and knowledge of botany. It may be that the specimens in the herbaria of Penniman and her daughter were the oldest in the state of Vermont, for the oldest in the herbaria of the University of Vermont are dated 1819. Frances Montresor was born April 4, 1760, in New