Remarkable Residents of Plymouth County’s Past

WATD’s David Skill searches through the historical archives of Plymouth County looking for some of the most ‘Remarkable Residents of Plymouth County’s Past.’ Skill, a long time news anchor for WATD, takes us through the history of some of the most influential people in Plymouth County.

1. Rocky Marciano, Visit their website, ROCKYMARCIANO.NET
2. James Edgar, Visit their website, 1STDEPARTMENTSTORESANTA.COM
3. Baseball Player Bill McGunnigle – The inventor of the catcher’s mitt
4. Rebecca and Abigail Bates – “The American Army of Two”
5. John L. Sullivan – “The Boston Strong Boy”
6. Tom Thumb – Middleboro native and circus performer
7. Daniel Waldo Field of Brockton – His park, D.W. Field Park, has been called “Brockton’s crown jewel”
8. Hannah Thomas – America’s first female lighthouse keeper
9. Deborah Sampson – “The official heroine of the Commonwealth”
10. Mickey Cochrane – The only Plymouth County native inducted into The Baseball Hall of Fame
11. Frederick Glasier – Circus and wild west show photographer from Brockton
12. Joshua James – America’s Most Celebrated Lifesaver – www.HullLifeSavingMuseum.org
13. Samuel Woodworth – “The Olde Oaken Bucket” – www.ScituateHistoricalSociety.org
14. Edward Rowe Snow – Author, Historian and “The Flying Santa”
15. Ruth Graves Wakefield – Inventor of the Toll House Cookie and Owner of “The Toll House” in Whitman
16. James Kilroy – “Kilroy Was Here” – www.kilroywashere.org
17. Daniel Webster – Lawyer, Orator, Statesmen
18. Thomas Lawson - “The Copper King”