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- Dave Hager was born on 7 August 1944. He was an actor, known for Catch Me If You Can (2002), Double Jeopardy (1999) and The Bay (2012). He died on 22 September 2021 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.
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Gravy was born on 8 April 1907 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Bandits of El Dorado (1949), West of Dodge City (1947) and Adventures in Jazz (1949). He died on 26 May 1964 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
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Mustard was born on 26 September 1908 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Bandits of El Dorado (1949), West of Dodge City (1947) and The Lone Hand Texan (1947). He died on 2 February 1993 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.- Wayne Tucker was born on 21 November 1924 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Hong Kong (1960), The Detectives (1959) and Follow the Sun (1961). He was married to Dana Tucker. He died on 16 April 2023 in Wilson County, Texas, USA.
- Capt. Harvey Lee Boswell spent most of his life in show business.It was 1944 and at 16 he enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marines and served until 1952.
Capt. Harvey Lee Boswell got into the business. He bought up leftover oddities, hired performers, collected some animals, put them in tents and traveled by railroad with three 80 foot train cars, carrying his Palace of Wonders to corners of small-town America
He created "Palace of Wonders" in 1954, showcasing the oddities he had collected from over 32 countries he had visited.
He was injured while serving in the Merchant Marines and was paralyzed. The story goes racing another person to the top of a palm tree and he fell from near the top. He spent a year in a U.S. Marine Hospital. Upon release he stared his first "Palace of Wonders" show.
Capt. Boswell has operated many types of side shows including live wild and freak animal shows. Then was the second largest exhibitor of Pickled Punks in the business right behind Lou DuFour. Pickled Punks were still born oddities were a huge draw and showed deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde. Sometimes faked and presented as human, animal, or even "alien" fetuses and were displayed in large glass jars.
Over the years Capt. Boswell operated shows in permanent amusement parks and he toured with most of the major carnivals on the East Coast and throughout Canada. He would say "This was one of the most enjoyable times in my life."
In North Carolina where he was born and died from 1957 to 1962 he operated a zoo and a museum, gift shop, pony and kid rides. He operated a complete small carnival for two seasons until 1963.
Capt. Boswell would always say "It's been a great life; I have met some of the most fascinating people in the world, the sideshow greats. Most are now all gone to the big lot in the sky. It has been an honor to be in their company."
Capt. Boswell was part of the Confederate Sons of America, CSA, organization.
He was fluent in Spanish and would go to Mexico each year to vacation.
Close to his death James Taylor and Bobby Reynolds, purchased most of his pickled punks.
He gave all his snakes to a family in Nashville, N.C. before his death. - Alan Hirschfield was born on 10 October 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Berte Schindelheim. He died on 15 January 2015 in Wilson, Wyoming, USA.
- George Sheridan was born on 10 March 1917 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Rebel (1973) and A Man Called... Rainbo (1990). He died on 18 January 1981 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.
- Keven Kelly was born on 29 April 1939. She was an actress, known for The Deputy (1959). She died on 13 December 1992 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.
- Virginia Guernsey Huidekoper was born on 11 January 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. She was married to James Huidekoper. She died on 24 October 2010 in Wilson, Colorado, USA.
- Nathaniel Lyon was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginning of the conflict, to forestall secret secessionist plans of the governor Claiborne Jackson. He had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida and the Mexican-American War. After being assigned to Kansas, where many residents were divided about slavery and the Union, he developed strong pro-Union views. In February 1861, Lyon was made commander of the Union arsenal in St. Louis, Missouri (another divided state). Suspicious of governor Claiborne, who was working with Jefferson Davis on a secret plan for secession, Lyon forced the surrender of the pro-Confederate militia. Some civilians rioted and Lyon's troops fired into the crowd, which came to be known as the Camp Jackson Affair. Lyon was promoted brigadier-general and given command of Union troops in Missouri. He was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, while trying to rally his outnumbered soldiers. Despite his passing during the first year of the war, Lyon's efforts prevented the State of Missouri from joining the Confederacy.