Thomas Kersey 1847–1888 About Thomas Kersey United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1847–1888) People from the Same Era Sarah Massey Overton 1850–1914 civil rights advocate, suffragist Massachusetts Bashir Ben Mustapha 1850–2000 sports executive Paul Harel 1854–1927 poet Échauffour William Hillman Shockley 1855–1925 amateur photographer, botanical collector, botanist, mining engineer, scientific collector New Bedford Robert von Balajthy 1855–1924 actor, stage actor Vienna Léonard Blomme 1840–1918 architect Antwerp