Lew Wallace

As governor of New Mexico Territory in 1879 he offered a pardon to notorious outlaw William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid), but subsequently withdrew the offer when Bonney failed to apply for it. Bonney was later shot to death by a sheriff who had been hunting him.

Barbara Eden

Her grandmother, Frances Elvira O'Leary Franklin, was born in 1879 in Galena, Nevada.

Her grandmother, Frances Elvira O'Leary Franklin, was born in 1879 in Galena, Nevada.

Jesse James Jr.

His sister Mary James Barr, born Mary Jane Susan James (June 17, 1879 - October 11, 1935) appeared in the movie Jesse James Under the Black Flag.

Anita Sax

Is related to Leon Trotsky, (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein 1879-1940), on her paternal grandmother's side.

William Sulzer

Had a brother, Charles Alfred (1879-1919), and a sister, Clara (1868-1948). All three are buried together in a family plot at Evergreen Cemetary, Hillside, NJ.