Died On This Date: Mar 4

Candy, John Franklin
b. October 31, 1950 d. March 4, 1994
Actor. Born the second son of Sidney James and Evangeline Aker Candy in the Toronto suburb of East York, Canada. He lost his father to heart failure in 1955. John attended Holy Cross Catholic School and Neil McNeil High School. He studied drama briefly at a community college before he found a position with the Children's Theater in Ontario. His television debut was CBC's children's program ‘Coming Up Rosie.' In 1977, he was offered a position with the legendary Second City Troupe in Chicago.

Pearl (Cannon), Minnie (Sara Ophelia Colley)
b. October 25, 1912 d. March 4, 1996
Country Music Commedienne/Icon. Born in Centerville, Tennessee, Sarah Colley's parents had debutante balls and college in mind for their daughter, who'd been stage-struck with a love for vaudeville and drama since an early age. While she was indeed a college graduate, that didn't stop her from sneaking into tent shows, which was against her parents wishes. While producing an amateur musical comedy in Baileyton, Ala. around 1936, she met a young mountain woman from whom she based her famed.

Urban, Matt L.
b. August 23, 1919 d. March 4, 1995
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Lieutenant Colonel Matt Louis Urban has the distinction, along with Major Audie Murphy, of being the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II. According to the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Virginia, both Urban and Murphy each received 29 decorations, including the Congressional Medal of Honor. In 2000, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp that honored Audie Murphy as well as three others.

Terry, John Darling
b. 1845 d. March 4, 1919Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Sergeant in Company E, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at New Bern, North Carolina on March 14, 1862. His citation reads “In the thickest of the fight, where he lost his leg by a shot, still encouraged the men until carried off the field”. His Medal was issued on October 12, 1867. He served until the end of the war, and received brevets up to Major, US Volunteers.

Genaust, William Homer
b. 1907 d. March 4, 1945United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant. War Correspondent. He filmed the raising of the second American Flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Nine days after he filmed the flag raising, he was shot and killed by Japanese soldiers hiding in a cave. Because bulldozers sealed the cave his body was not recovered.

Perry, Matthew Calbraith
b. April 10, 1794 d. March 4, 1858
United States Naval Officer. A member of an illustrious naval family, his father, Christopher Raymond Perry, served in the Continental and United States Navies. Matthew and his four brothers were naval officers and two of his three sisters married naval officers. Matthew C. Perry went to sea at age 15, under the command of his older brother, Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie and the brilliant victory at Put in Bay, Ohio.

Garland, Hamlin
b. September 14, 1860 d. March 4, 1940
Born on September 14, 1860 in West Salem, Wisconsin to pioneer parents, Hamlin Garland's literary career began when, in his early twenties, he moved to Boston. His first success, Main-Travelled Roads, was published in 1891 and began a string of unflinchingly realistic depictions of frontier settler life that culminated with A Son of the Middle Border and A Daughter of the Middle Border, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.

Chisholm, Jesse
b. 1805 d. March 4, 1868
Made Chisholm Trail.

Schofield, John McAllister
b. September 29, 1831 d. March 4, 1906
Civil War Union Major General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Growing up in Freeport, Illinois, he hoped for a military career. He entered the United States Military Academy graduating 7th in the class of 1853. After 2 years of service with the 1st Artillery in Florida, where he contracted malaria, he was ordered back to West Point. At this point, his career changed direction for the first time when he was named to the Military Academy's faculty.

Sandrich, Mark R.
b. August 26, 1900 d. March 4, 1945
Motion Picture Director. Real name Mark Rex Goldstein. His fame rests on the five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals he directed for RKO in the 1930s, including their greatest, "Top Hat" (1935). Born in New York City and trained as an engineer, Sandrich went to Hollywood in 1922 as a propman and began directing two-reel comedies in 1927.

O'Hara, Joseph Patrick
b. January 23, 1895 d. March 4, 1975
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Minnesota's 2nd District in the United States House of Representative, serving from 1941 to 1959.

Miller, James
b. September 21, 1836 d. March 4, 1914
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Denmark and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He entered the service at Boston, Massachusetts and he served in the Union Navy. His citation reads "Served as quartermaster on board the U.S. steam gunboat Marblehead off Legareville, Stono River, South Carlina, 25 December 1863, during an engagement with the enemy on John's Island. Acting courageously under the fierce hostile fire, Miller behaved gallantly throughout the engagement.

Coups, Plenty
b. 1848 d. March 4, 1932
Native Mountain Crow Chief. His name was A-Lek-Chea-Ahoosh which means "Many Achievements". In his early youth he was known as Swift Arrow and gained respect through his merits, exploits of bravery and war deeds. At 25, he became chief of the Mountain Crow. In 1876 he was the head of scouts for General George Crook as Crook was making his way to meet Custer. On the Rosebud River in Montana, he and his Indian scouts saved General Crook from a Custer fate.

Smith, Andrew Jackson
b. September 3, 1843 d. March 4, 1932
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on November 30, 1864 at Honey Hills, SC. The medal was issued over 136 years later on January 16, 2000 by Pres. William Clinton. His citation reads in part "Forced into a narrow gorge crossing a swamp in the face of the enemy position, the 55th's Color-Sergeant was killed by an exploding shell, and Corporal Smith.

Kenrick, Peter Richard
b. August 17, 1806 d. March 4, 1896
Archbishop Kenrick was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was ordained a priest in 1832 & became a bishop in 1841. Shortly after that, he moved to St. Louis where he became the Bishop of St. Louis upon the death of Bishop Joseph Rosati. When St. Louis became an archdiocese in 1847, Peter Richard Kenrick was made the first Archbishop of St. Louis in 1848. He purchased a farm north of the city & a portion of that acreage was was set aside to establish Calvary Cemetery.