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Notable Births & Deaths for Solon ...
Below is our list of notable people who were born, died or were buried in the area surrounding Solon. Please note that while we are collecting data on an ongoing basis, it's a big task and it's unlikely that our list will ever be more than a sample.
- A.R. Ammons
- Full name: Archie Randolph Ammons
- Poet. He was born in Whiteville (NC) on February 26, 1926 (a Friday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on February 26, 2001 (a Monday) at the age of 75. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: A.R. Ammons<1>
- Francis Bicknell Carpenter
- John Edgar Clapp
- Major League Baseball. He was born in Ithaca (NY) on July 15, 1851 (a Tueday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on December 18, 1904 (a Sunday) at the age of 53. He is buried at Lake View Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest of Solon.
- Ithaca is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: John Edgar Clapp<1>
- Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye
- Nobel laureate, chemist, physicist. He was born in Maastricht (Netherlands) on March 24, 1884 (a Monday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on November 2, 1996 (a Saturday) at the age of 112. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye<1>
- Millard Fillmore
- 13th President of the US (1850 - 1853). He was born in Summer Hill (NY) on January 7, 1800 (a Tueday) and died in Buffalo (NY) on March 8, 1874 (a Sunday) at the age of 74. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Erie County, New York).
- Summer Hill is located 15 miles [24.1 km] to the west of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Millard Fillmore<1>
- Herbert Franklin
- Full name: Herbert Henry Franklin
- Automotive pioneer, inventor, businessman. He was born in Lisle (NY) on September 1, 1866 (a Saturday) and died in Syracuse (NY) on July 7, 1956 (a Saturday) at the age of 89. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery (Onondaga County, New York).
- Lisle is located 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Herbert Franklin<1>
- Thomas Gold
- Astronomer, geoscientist. He was born in Vienna (Austria) on May 22, 1920 (a Saturday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on June 22, 2004 (a Tueday) at the age of 84. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Thomas Gold<1>
- Frederick L. 'Fred' Ketchum
- Tompkins Harrison Matteson
- Artist. He was born in Peterboro (NY) on May 9, 1813 (a Sunday) and died in Sherburne (NY) on February 2, 1884 (a Saturday) at the age of 70.
- Peterboro is located 30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast of Solon.
- Sherburne is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east of Solon.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Tompkins Harrison Matteson<1>
- John Joseph McGraw
- Frederick Daniel Scott
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry
- Steve Suhey
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
<1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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