Sam Patch the first American daredevil

== Early life ==
Sam was born in 1799 to Mayo Patch and Abigail McLnitre and had to work in child labor and a mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 
== Stunts ==
He first began doing stunts in 1827 when he jumped off the Passaic Falls, New Jersey, then Hoboken in 1828 and finally became famous when he jumped off Niagara Falls in 1829.
== Death ==
Patch would successfully jump from Genesee River, New York, but it failed to make high sales so he jumped off again and died when he hit a rock and his frozen body was found in Rochester, New York.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Patch#Early_life