Edward Avery McIlhenny

…shy of man, was endowed with a strong, vigorous personality — far better able to cope with the advance of civilization than its lesser companion, the Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophleus pileatus);…

Charles Fuller Baker

…of tuberculosis had neither money nor friends to care for him. Baker took the money he had put aside for the trip and sent the lad to the mountains. For…

Mary Gwendolyn Burton Caldwell

…1964. He died in 1977.1 Together they had two children, Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr. and Edea M. Caldwell. “She never let her subscriptions to scientific journals lapse…she filled her garden…

Paul Sackman Marx

…Degree. Paul continued his doctoral studies in Botany at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.”2 “Paul and I rented a house together in Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the…

Charles Ronald Dillon

…Carolina estuary. Masters thesis, Dept. of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   SOURCES: 1. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/greenvilleonline/name/charles-dillon-obituary?id=8767476 accessed on 28 May, 2023 2. SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed…

Charles Henry Hitchcock

…his wife, Orra White. This mother had such classical learning and scientific and artistic talent that “she could read the Greek Testament and calculate eclipses”… [Charles] completed the classical and…

Edwin Huey Bullington

…gravel road from West Fork (Washington County) to Devil’s Den… The CCC also built the first hiking trails in the park, as well as a stone dam on Lee Creek,…

Ken E. Rogers

…Mississippi Herbarium (USMS) in 1968. “Dr. Rogers had a keen eye for plants and was a prolific collector. He helped convince the administration of the importance of the Ragland Hills…