Henry Knox (1750-1806)

You run a bookstore where you devour books about military strategy.
You warn Captain Thomas Preston to prevent his soldiers firing at the Boston Massacre.
During the Siege of Boston you bring cannons from Upstate New York to Boston on sleds, forcing the British out of Boston in 1776.
After the Revolution, you serve in George Washington’s cabinet. Fort Knox is named after you.
You retire to an estate your wife inherited in Maine.
You swallow a chicken bone and die painfully.