This is the grave of Charles Richter. Born in 1900 in Overpeck, Ohio, Richter mostly grew up in Los Angeles after his mom moved there in 1909. His father left the family when he was an infant. He was a very smart kid and ended...
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This is the grave of Dwight Eisenhower. We don't need a full biography of Eisenhower here, so let me make a few points about him and his presidency, primarily. First,.
This is the grave of Lucian Pye. Born in 1921 in Fenzhou, Shanxi, China, Pye was the son of missionaries. His father died in China in 1926, but his mother.
This is the grave of John Hathorne. Born in 1641 in Salem, Massachusetts, Hathorne grew up in what passed for the elite of early Massachusetts. Early Puritan Massachusetts was theoretically anti-elite and there was a lot of mistrust of people who were overly interested in...
This is the grave of Ralph Dungan. Born in Philadelphia in 1923, Dungan grew up in the city, went into the Navy in World War II as a flight instructor,.
This is the grave of Albert Niblack. Born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1859, Niblack did well as a student and won an appointment to the Naval Academy, where he began.
This is the grave of George Wright and his son Beals Wright. Born in 1847 in Yonkers, New York, George Wright grew up in the world of cricket. His father was a big purveyor of that sport in America and ran a club in Hoboken....
This is the grave of P.G.T. Beauregard. Born in 1818 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Beauregard grew up in the sugar planting elite, meaning slaves, slaves, slaves. He was the.
This is the grave of Levi Lincoln. Born in 1749 in Hingham, Massachusetts, Lincoln did not grow up particularly wealthy. His father apprenticed him out to a blacksmith. But Lincoln.
This is the grave of Caroline LeCount. Born in 1846 in Philadelphia, LeCount grew up in the Black activism of the pre-Civil War community of that city. Her father was a cabinet maker and participant in the Underground Railroad. After 1850, with the Fugitive Slave...
This is the grave of Samuel Sewall. Born in 1652 in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, Sewall grew up in Puritan England. In fact, his father had been a colonist in Massachusetts,.
This is the grave of Johnny Dodds. Born in 1892 in Waveland, Mississippi, Dodds grew up in a musical family. I don't know a lot about his family's background, but.