John Sappington
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John S. Sappington was an American medical doctor known for developing a quinine pill to treat malarial and other fever diseases in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, where the disease was widespre
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John Breathitt
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John Breathitt was an American politician and lawyer who was the 11th governor of Kentucky. He was the first Democrat to hold this office and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office. Shortly
John Sappington
…Sappington settled in Missouri after completing medical training and getting married. He married Jane Breathitt, a sister of future Kentucky governor John Breathitt and two other politically connected brothers. As an early pioneer near Arrow Rock, Missouri, Sappington established several businesses to earn money…
John Breathitt