In 1873 Eliza Tibbets received two new citrus trees to grow and test, from the botanist William Saunders, the Director of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C..
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Luther Calvin Tibbets (June 26, 1820 - July 21, 1902) was born in South Berwick, York County, Maine.
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The lead aircraft of the group, Butcher Shop, was piloted by the Group Commander, Colonel Frank A. Armstrong, and squadron commander Major Paul W. Tibbets (who later flew the Enola Gay to Hiroshima Japan on the first atomic bomb mission).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress.
Born in Farmington, Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies and taught school in Holley, New York.