Cleon Jones. Cleon Joseph Jones (born August 4, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder. Jones played most of his career for the New York Mets and in 1969 caught the final out of the Miracle Mets World Series Championship over the Baltimore Orioles.
Robert SIMMS III was born between 1757 and 1760 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA, died on 25 Mar 1815 in Hancock County, Georgia, USA, and was buried in Mar 1815. Robert married Sarah DICKINSON about 1780 in North Carolina, USA.
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, gained freedom and became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician. He freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters to the U.S. blockade. His example and persuasion helped convince President Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the