>>11923896 lb

Savanna, you say?

Some Famous Characters Involved with Savannah

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November 24, 1817:Thomas Gibbons,a ferry entrepreneur, offered Vanderbilt a position as captain of his steamboat that ran between NJ and NY, while continuing his previous business and trade. As well Vanderbilt became Gibbons's business manager,and Gibbons became Vanderbilt's mentor.This was against a backdrop of a steamboat monopoly in NY begun by Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton (who had designed the steamboat) given by the NY state legislature, still operated by their heirs (Livingston and Fulton were no longer living at this time). Operating within this monopoly was one Aaron Ogden running his ferry, a former partner, and now a rival of Gibbons. Gibbons was attempting to put Ogden out of business and sued him all the way to the Supreme Court in an attempt to break up the monopoly. Vanderbilt even represented Gibbons in legal meetings, going to DC, and hiring Daniel Webster to represent the case before the Supreme Court. Furthermore, Vanderbilt presented his own lawsuit against the monopoly before them. Vanderbilt also moved to New Brunswick, NJ. Sofia Vanderbilt ran an inn there. Interesting. Inns often became the place for foreign strangers to meet and make deals, or other shady practices. This became very lucrative for Vanderbilt.

More on Gibbons: Gibbons's family and he were rice plantation owners in the area of Savannah, Georgia. After the Revolutionary War, Gibbons, among others who refused to give up being Tories (British loyalists), were charged and convicted of treason, and imprisoned. Gibbons continued considering himself a British citizen. His estate was confiscated, and through an executive order, he permitted to live at his mother's, only allowed to move about between there and Savannah. After petitioning to become a U.S. citizen, he was granted such but without voting or holding office rights for 14 years, nor was he allowed to practice law. Somehow, he managed to be granted full rights in only four years. Bribes perhaps? What of his British loyalty? If bribes were involved, and his estate confiscated, who provided the funds? The British? East India Company who surely operated in the Port of Savanah? Something spoopy here, for sure. Was this man a subversive, a spy for Britain? Four years after his full rights were granted, Gibbons became Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, serving several terms on and off until 1801. He also served as an aldermen, and in 1801, a federal judge. How very odd, indeed. The same year he had been appointed a federal judge, he moved to Elizabethtown, NJ, where he purchased a large docking facility a couple of years later. His neighbor was Aaron Ogden, a former U.S. Senator and NJ governor, and the two became business partners in a steamboat operation out of the Hudson River, shuttling between Elizabethtown and New Brunswick, NJ. It was his steamboat Bellona for which Vanderbilt was hired to captain. Vanderbilt biographer T.J. Stiles described Gibbons as "a staggeringly rich rice planter from Georgia." Staggeringly……….hmmm. Gibbons soon jettisoned Ogden, and that's when they became rivals, with Gibbons hell bent on ruining him. All this started mere months before he hired Vanderbilt. Ogden had been licensed by the monopoly of steamships operating between NY and NJ. '''This may have been at least the start of Vanderbilt secretly working for Britain, influenced and brought in and GROOMED by Gibbons.==

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Sorry for the red type fail.

>>11923896 lb

Some Famous Characters Involved with Savannah

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1856: James Pierpont's wife, Millicent died, and after his brother, John Pierpont, Jr., accepted a post with the Savannah, Georgia, Unitarian congregation, James followed him, as organist and music director. He earned a living by giving organ and singing lessons. Pierpont had a successful hit song composition with a song written in collaboration with lyricist Marshall S. Pike published by Oliver Ditson and Company the following year.

August, 1857: James Pierpont married Eliza Jane Purse, daughter of Savannah's mayor, Thomas Purse. While she soon gave birth to the first of their children, Lillie, his children by his first marriage remained in Massachusetts with their grandfather. James composed "The One Horse Open Sleigh" published by Oliver Ditson and Company of 277 Washington Street in Boston dedicated to John P. Ordway. The song was copyrighted the following month, on the 16th. The song was originally performed in a Sunday school concert on Thanksgiving in Savannah, Georgia, although it has been claimed that Pierpont wrote it in Medford, Mass., in 1850. In 1859, it was re-released with the title "Jingle Bells, or The One Horse Open Sleigh", and only then, it became popular.

1859: The Unitarian Church in Savannah, of which the pastor was John Pierpont, Jr., had closed because of its abolitionist position.

During the Civil War: Having served two weeks as a military chaplain with the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, John Pierpont was given an appointment in the Treasury Department in DC, a post he held until his death (Aug., 1866). In the meantime, his son, James Lord Pierpont, the composer of "Jingle Bells", who lived in Savannah, Georgia, was a Confederate soldier during the war, composing songs for the Confederates, including "Our Battle Flag", "Strike for the South", and "We Conquer or Die". It's simply odd, that his father was an avid abolutionist, yet here was his son, on the side of pro-slavers. It could be he did it for the money. The elder Pierpont was known as "the poet of the abolition movement", and published his "The Tocsin", written just after the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, in The Liberator, the leading anti-slavery paper.John Pierpont was the maternal grandfather of financier J. Pierpont Morgan.

James Lord, his son, had children by two wives, the first of whom died. But here's the deal.Was John Pierpont the founder of Yale?James Pierpont (not John's son, James Lord), died in 1714.This James Pierpont is also listed as an ancestor of J.P. Morgan.In a genealogy where he is listed born in 1785, there is a Robert Pierpont who died in 1788 (born in 1764), in Calais, France, who apparently "fell under the spell of Elizabeth Chudleigh at St.Petersburg & Calais", and that he was "plotting with Eliz Chudleigh", "see Salem Gazette of Aug 1788, Chronicle 25". However, John is said to be born in Litchfield, Ct. One of James Pierpont's (not James Lord Pierpont) son's, the youngest, Hezekiah Pierpont (1712–1741), married Lydia Hemingway (1716–1779), but after he died, she married Theophilus Morgan.

December 22, 1864: Sherman captured Savannah.

August 5, 1893: At his request, James Pierpont died, and was buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah beside his brother-in-law, Thomas, who had been killed in the First Battle of Bull Run.

>>11924698

Yeah, doesn't seem like the same mask. Plus, the other Parent look-alike has some slight differences. Forehead higher, more flawless. Hair thicker. Blonder vote counter also seems similar, both are similar, but the masks limit 100% ID. Not jumping in here with two feet. Def worth an investigation. Would be good to see if any RELATIVES of Parent and the other one were perhaps counting votes.