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Tree ID: FM-16
Species: Green Ash
Year: 1860
Honoree: George Washington Carver
Ancestor Location: Carver's birthplace; Diamond, Missouri
History: George Washington Carver was born into slavery in the early 1860's (no date recorded) in Diamond, Missouri in a one-room cabin. He was raised by a white family. As a scientist he was renowned for his work on peanuts and sweet potato plants.

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