Clarence L. "Carl" Brumback, M.D., M.P.H. (1914-2012) was born in Colorado and raised in Kansas, where he completed medical school at the University of Kansas. During World War II Brumback…
Edward Riley "E. R." Bradley (1859-1946) was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the oldest child of Hugh Bradley, an Irish steelworker, and Mary "Mollie" Riley.At fourteen, his adventurous spirit led him…
Stephen Bennett Bell (1844-1896) was born in Decatur County, Georgia, to Margaretta Moore and Larkin Bell. Stephen attended medical school in Philadelphia, it is believed at one of the Eclectic…
John Bloomfield Beach (1866-1929), pioneer horticulturist, was born in Rome, New York. After finishing military school he moved to Melbourne, Florida, and established Indian River Nurseries in 1887, the first…
Rosemary Barkett (1939- ), U.S. Circuit Judge, was born in Mexico to Syrian parents. When her parents tried to follow family members from Syria to the United States in the…
Mary Lewis-Warren Bankston (1942- ) was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and at the age of eleven moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, along with her eight siblings. Mary graduated from…
James Arango Armour (1825-1910) was born to Dutch settlers in New York City. He made his way to the Indian River in the 1850s and settled at Sand Point, now…
Ottis Jerome Anderson (1957- ) was born in West Palm Beach, where he dominated the football team at Forest Hill High School in the early 1970s. Anderson has attributed his…
Anders Sorenson "A.S." Andersen (1890-1953) was known to his friends as "Captain" Andersen due to his love and lifelong connection with the sea.Captain Andersen, the son of [Rasmus or Rufus]…