![]() Thomas Adams (1818-1905) - Founder of the chewing gum industry, later teamed up with William Wrigley Jr. ![]() As well as many inventors, scientists, poets, editors, artists and scores of naval and army heroes. The Governess to the children of the King of Siam ( Anna Leonownes ) The first native born American ( Elizabeth Bayley Seton ) to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church A liberator of Italy (Giuseppe Garibaldi ) ![]() A dethroned Emperor of Mexico ( Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - known as "The butcher of the Alamo" ) Two of our country's Vice Presidents of the early 19th century (Daniel D Tompkins and Aaron Burr ) The family of a President of the United States ( JohnTyler - Broadway and Clove Road ) The Island has been a haven and a home for many, ranging from. ![]() ( as written in Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County ) Awareness and appreciation of this heritage can come only through knowledge and understanding of past struggles and achievements " They have left behind them a record of significant contributions in all fields of human endeavor. " To the shores of this Island have come many generations of people who were determined to make a good life for their families. ![]()
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