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.
Career[edit] Pierson was the ninth child of Stephen and Sallie Pierson, a family with strong Christian and abolitionist roots. Born in New York City, he was named after Arthur Tappan, the famous New York abolitionist. While attending a Methodist revival meeting in 1850 at the age of 13, he first publicly professed faith in Jesus Christ. He graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York in 1857, and Union Theological Seminary (1869).