John Haywood was born on March 16, 1825, in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York.
He was a professor, amateur astronomer, and inventor. He graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio in 1850 and began teaching mathematics and natural sciences at Otterbein University in 1851. He surveyed the streets of Westerville and became the first mayor when the village was incorporated in 1858, but only served until the spring election of 1858. Haywood kept the official records on the weather conditions in the Westerville vicinity including temperature, rainfall, barometric pressure, wind velocity, and humidity. He also introduced the metric system to the area and provided meters for measuring cloth to local merchants to encourage its adoption. He was also a keen amateur astronomer and the inventor of the tangent index. After his retirement, he was known as the "Grand Old Man of Otterbein."
In 1852, he married Sylvia Carpenter (1828–1886) and in 1888, he remarried Eliza A. Carpenter (1833–1909). He died on December 12, 1906, in Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio.

Sir Edmund Walker Head was born on February 16, 1805, in Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, Kent, England.

He was a British politician and diplomat. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1830, he was made a Fellow of Merton College. He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books, e.g., “The Story of Viga Glum” (1866), which he had translated from the original Icelandic. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863. In 1847, Head was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1847–1854). While Lieutenant Governor, he authorized the creation of an engineering faculty at the University of New Brunswick. This was the first such programme in what would become Canada. In 1854, he was appointed Governor-General of the Province of Canada and served until 1861. During his time in office, there was some controversy over his refusal to grant a dissolution to the Reform ministry at the time of the "Double Shuffle". He was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1857, and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1860. Sir Edmund Head Hall is the name of the engineering building at the University of New Brunswick. Edmundston, New Brunswick, is named after him.

In 1838, he married Lady Anna Maria Yorke (1808–1890). He died on January 28, 1868, in London, England.

Tanfield George Headley was born on January 5, 1827, in Cambridge, England.

He was a solicitor and clergyman, educated at Trinity Hall of the Cambridge University. As a solicitor, he practised at Cambridge and at the Manor House, Petersham, Surrey (1860-1905). In 1869, he was ordained deacon and served at St. Peter's Church, Great Windmill Street in London. He wrote the book "Elementary and Primary Views of Religion" (1871).

In 1858, he married Elizabeth Hyde (1833–1869) and in 1879, he married Sarah Marianne Chittenden (1852–1927). He died on February 17, 1905, in Richmond, Surrey, England.