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  2. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Early life Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

  3. Marion County, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Marion County, Indiana. /  39.78°N 86.14°W  / 39.78; -86.14. Marion County is located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 977,203, [1] making it the most populous county in the state and the 54th-most populous county in the U.S. Indianapolis is the county seat, the state capital, and most ...

  4. Marion High School (Indiana) - Wikipedia

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    History. Marion High School's first campus opened in September 1891. Unfortunately, in 1902 the building burned to the ground. The next building stood only for six years, but it was burned down again in 1908 by a possible arson attack. The second campus opened in 1910 on West Nelson Street where it would remain open until 1967.

  5. Camp Morton - Wikipedia

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    Camp Morton was a military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the American Civil War. It was named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton. Prior to the war, the site served as the fairgrounds for the Indiana State Fair. During the war, Camp Morton was initially used as a military training ground.

  6. Randolph County, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    UTC−4 ( EDT) Congressional district. 6th. Website. www .in .gov /counties /randolph /. Indiana county number 68. Randolph County is a county located in the central section of U.S. state of Indiana, on its eastern border with Ohio. As of 2020, the population was 24,502. [1] The county seat is Winchester.

  7. Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    Black Hawk War. Battle of Stillman's Run (non-combatant) Battle of Kellogg's Grove (non-combatant) Abraham Lincoln ( / ˈlɪŋkən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

  8. History of credit unions - Wikipedia

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    The first working credit union models sprang up in Germany in the 1850s and 1860s, and by the end of the 19th Century had taken root in much of Europe. They drew inspiration from cooperative successes in other sectors, such as retail and agricultural marketing (see history of the cooperative movement ).

  9. Hancock County, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    6th. Website. www .hancockcoingov .org. Indiana county number 30. Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States Census recorded a population of 79,840. [1] The county seat is Greenfield. [2] Hancock County is included in the Indianapolis - Carmel - Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.