This is the grave of Stephen Ambrose. Born in 1936 in Lovington, Illinois, Ambrose grew up middle class, the son of a doctor who was in the Navy as a medic in World War II. He grew up mostly in Whitewater, Wisconsin, where he graduated...
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This is the grave of Charles McLean Andrews. Born in 1863 in Weathersfield, Connecticut, Andrews grew up the son of a Catholic Apostolic minister. I admit I had to look.
This is the grave of George Bancroft. Born in 1800 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Bancroft came from old Purtian stock, which he loved. His father was a leading Unitarian minister who.
This is the grave of Frederick Merk. Born in 1887 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Merk went to the University of Wisconsin and graduated in 1911. He was into history and went to Harvard to study with Frederick Jackson Turner. He stayed at Harvard. Turner retired in...
This is the grave of Charles and Mary Beard. Born in 1874 in Knightstown, Indiana, Charles Beard grew up reasonably well off. His father was a prosperous Quaker farmer who.
This is the grave of Leroy Vail. Born in 1940 as Hazen Leroy Vail in Boston, Leroy, as very much demanded to be called, was born of Canadian immigrants. Despite.
This is the grave of William H. Prescott. Born in 1796 in Salem, Massachusetts, Prescott grew up well off. His father was a prominent lawyer, his grandfather a colonel in the Revolutionary Army. They moved to Boston in 1808 and the money really started pouring...
This is the grave of James Malin. Born in Edgeley, North Dakota in 1893, Malin grew up in Kansas, with the family moving there in 1903. He was interested in.
This is the grave of Winthrop Jordan. Born in 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Jordan came out of the old liberal elite of Massachusetts, including having Lucretia Mott and Edward Hallowell,.
This is the grave of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Born in 1832 in Granville, Ohio, Bancroft grew up in an abolitionist and religious household that was interested in reform movements generally, as most abolitionists were. He had your standard common school education of the time, got...
This is the grave of Charles Seymour. Born in 1885 in New Haven, Seymour's blood ran as blue as the Bush family would in the 20th century. This was pure.
This is the grave of Robin Winks. Born in 1930 in Indiana, Winks grew up on the road, as his family tried to find their bearings during the Depression. They.