Laura Jane Addams was born September 06, 1860 in the small town of Cedarville, Illinois. Jane, or "Jennie" as she was called during her childhood, was the eighth child of John Huy and Sarah Addams. Shortly after giving birth to her ninth child, which died during it's birth, Sarah Addams passed aw...

Theodore Roosevelt Biography Theodore Roosevelt On October 27, 1858, in New York Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes c...