AMERICAN HISTORY: THE UNKNOWNS

First- unknown American:
GENERAL JOHN C PEMBERTON

Second- unknown emigrant:
ALBERTO "BETO" PÉTEZ

Third- unknown inventor:
JOHN STITH PEMBERTON
(General Pemberton's nephew)

GENERAL PEMBERTON

• Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1814
• Participated in the US Military Academy
• Served in the Mexican-American war
• Was a confederate general during the civil war
• Was taken prisoner after surrendering at the Siege of Vicksburg but was exchanged with another prisoner
• Died in Pennsylvania five years after the war in 1881

ALBERTO "BETO" PÉTEZ

• Was born in 1970 in Columbia
• At age 14 he had three different jobs involving him in his dancing career
• Moved to Miami, Florida to for fill his dream and love for dancing
• After experimenting with his own dance routines to different types of music he created Zumba
• Zumba was made as a way to work out while dancing through music videos fitness groups today Zumba is a type of dancing style used in many work outs and dance companies

DR. PEMBERTON

• He was born July 8, 1831, in Knoxville, Crawford County, Georgia
• He served as a lieutenant colonel of the Confederate Army and was wounded after the Battle of Columbus
• Therefore Dr.Pemberton used morphine to get rid of his pain.
• After using similar meds. he created the product Coca-Cola to stop headaches.
• Because of becoming very poor and ill Dr.Pemberton sold the company
• At the age of 57 (in August 1888) he was poor, sick, addicted to morphine, and a victim of stomach cancer

RESOURCES

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Pemberton#Early_life_and_career
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pemberton#
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto_Perez