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Thomas P. Gere
1842–1912American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
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The American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Thomas P. Gere was born in 1842. Their birth falls in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Across New York, 1,259 towns list someone born there.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wellsburg 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.