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The Immortal Six. What were their nicknames? One individual fact of each. Two facts on the group?
John Templeton McCarty
Nickname: Mac, Johnty
Birthplace: Brookville, Indiana on Aug.28, 1828
• Scotish-Irish ancestry
• his father was a wealthy merchant
• 1849 he went to search for gold (49’ers)
• He handled all dealing with Native Americans, in one instance overpowering a hostile foe in hand to hand combat
• Got a seat in the 1st California government as a clerk in the 1st California legislature
• Panama fever undermined his health
• Died on Feb. 4,1860
Samuel Beatty Wilson
nickname: Sam B.
birthplace: farm near New Castle, Penn on Feb. 20, 1824
• First President of Phi Gamma Delta
• Outlived each of the other five founders
• He taught law to young men
• Earned the title “The Preceptor”
• Died on January 17,1889
James Elliot Jr.
nickname: Jim
birthplace: Lawrenceville, Penn on December 8,1824
• Parents had fled England to find greater personal liberties
• Gifted writer
• negotiated the manufacture of the first badge
• taught school in Indiana
• entered the Civil War in 1864
• only founder to wear a uniform, he was in charge of Confederate Prisoners
• Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, 2 terms
• nominated for Congress from his district (declined because of illness)
• Died on November 10,1883
Ellis Bailey Gregg
birthplace: Carmichaels, Penn, on Aug. 17, 1827
• Direct descendant of the Kings of the Scots and the Picts
• Gifted Poet
• Died on December 18, 1854 at the age of 23
Daniel Webster Crofts
nickname: Dan’l
birhplace: frontier farm in Columbiana County, Ohio, on
December 3, 1828
• Entered Jefferson College in 1844 before the age of 16
• lived under perpetual torment of tuberculosis (TB)
• Died from TB in January, 1852
Naaman Fletcher
nickname:Nancy
birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, on Feb. 27,1824
• 1st secretary and 2nd president of the “Delta Association”
• Father died when he was 3 years old
• Became editor of The Massillion News
• Bought The Gazette and later The Interlligencer
• Died from typhoid fever on December 20,1864