Annie Edson Taylor

Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American school-teacher and adventurer.  She was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel without dying.  She did this on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901.

 References 

 Women of Bay County, Joan Totten Musinski Rezmer (ed.). Bay County Historical Society: Bay City, Michigan, 1980.
 Queen of the Falls, Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children.

Category:1838 births
Category:1921 deaths
Category:People from New York (state)