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Lesser-Known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: George Taylor of Pennsylvania

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Through doing this series, I have learned so much! I had no idea that one of the signers actually made cannon balls! Here are two different descriptions of Taylor's life and accomplishments. George Taylor was born in 1716 in Ireland. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1736, where he worked as an iron worker for Samuel …

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Lesser-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Stone of Maryland

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Thomas Stone, a lawyer from Maryland, died at a young age. Was he the only signer to die of a broken heart? Modern medicine has actually identified a real medical condition, "broken heart syndrome," which sometimes happens to a person whose spouse dies first, and they simply cannot live without them. The concept is as …

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Lesser-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Abraham Clark of New Jersey (two takes on his life)

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For this lesser-known signer, I am reproducing two separate takes on his life. The first one is from the White House site where I have been getting my information on the other signers. The second one is from an X post that crossed my feed earlier today. Same guy, two different looks at his life …

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