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Famous people · Weare
Weare is the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the American painter Elma Gove, covered in 3 languages. Jonathan Stone and Jesse Gove follow. In the early republic, 4 were born, the most of any period. Over 54 years of births, the list goes from Sebastian F. Streeter (1810) to Robert James Peaslee (1864).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Elma Gove
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1810
Sebastian F. Streeter
Youngest
1864
Robert James Peaslee
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Weare’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Weare’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1820s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Weare
The three are covered in 3, 3 and 2 languages: Elma Gove, Jonathan Stone and Jesse Gove.
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#3Politics & Law
Jesse Gove
1824–1862Lawyer and colonel in the United States Army during the American Civil War
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Known for
What Weare is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Weare
2 more, from 1810 to 1864.
Sebastian F. Streeter
1810–1864American school founder, educator, historian, lawyer
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A chosen home
Also called Weare home
Born elsewhere, David Souter lived here.
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5 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Weare and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Jonathan Stone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Gove: John L. Parker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Souter: "Courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United States, National Geographic Society, Photographer: Joseph Bailey", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Harriman Long: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Beach: Photographer uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Woodbury: CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1844 and 1851] by Mathew Brady's studio., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Nichols: Thomas Low Nichols, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. Grimes: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons