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George Ham Page
George Ham Page commonly referred to as General Page (May 16, 1836 - April 20, 1899) was an American industrialist who co-founded the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in 1866, a predecessor of Nestlé. He was primarily active in Switzerland. He was the grandfather and namesake of alpine skier George Page. Early life and education Page was born May 16, 1836, in Palmyra Township in Dixon, Illinois to John Ham and Julia (née Fellows) Page. His parents were both born in New Hampshire and moved into a log cabin in the predominantly native American west of Illinois. His maternal family hailed from Sandwich, New Hampshire while his paternal family was from Rochester. He had a very modest upbringing and attended the school of the settlers before enrolling at Rock River Seminary (today Mount Morris College) and the Iowa Conference Seminary (today Cornell College) in Mount Vernon, Iowa which was founded by his maternal uncle Samuel Fellows. Career In 1854, aged 18, he began te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixon, Illinois
Dixon is a city and the county seat of Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,733 as of the 2010 census, down from 15,941 in 2000. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across the Rock River, which runs through the city. The Illinois General Assembly designated Dixon as "Petunia Capital of Illinois" in 1999 and "The Catfish Capital of Illinois" in 2009. Dixon was the boyhood home of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The city is also the site of the Lincoln Monument State Memorial, marking the spot where Abraham Lincoln joined the Illinois militia at Fort Dixon in 1832 during the Black Hawk War. The memorial is located on the west side of Dixon's main north-south street, Galena Avenue, ( U.S. Route 52, also Illinois Route 26), north of the Rock River. History Around 1828, Joseph Ogee, a man of mixed French and Native American descent, established a ferry and a cabin along the banks of the Rock River. In 1829, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
