This is the grave of Theodore Weld. Born in 1803 in Hampton, Connecticut, Weld came from old Puritan stock and had at least some money, with his father a pretty big landholder. His father wanted the kid to pay for his own education so he...
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This is the grave of William Johnson. Born in 1771 in St. James Goose Creek Parish (quite a name) South Carolina, Johnson didn't grow up rich. His father was a.
This is the grave of Arthur Sullivan. Born in 1842 in Lambeth, London, Sullivan grew up around music. His father was a clarinet player and led a military band. The.
This is the grave of Abe Beame. Born in 1906 in London, Abraham Birnbaum grew up a Jewish immigrant family from Poland which changed its name to Beame at some point. It wasn't quite so common for fleeing Jewish families to find political and economic...
This is the grave of Dennis Hopper. Dennis Hopper....OK, this is a lot. Born in 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper grew up without anything too special in terms of.
This is the grave of Charles Bent. Born in 1799 in Charleston, now West Virginia, Bent was the son of a judge named Silas Bent. The family moved to Missouri.
This is the grave of James E. Webb. Born in 1906 in Tally Ho, North Carolina (what a name!), Webb grew up pretty well off. His father was county superintendent of schools, segregated of course. He went to the University of North Carolina, graduating in...
This is the grave of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. Born in 1824 in Belfast, Occupied Ireland, William Thomson grew up wealthy. His father taught math and engineering at the Royal.
This is the grave of John Sutter. Born in Kandern, Baden, in what is now Germany, in 1803, Johann Sutter came from a middle-class family. His father was a foreman.
This is the grave of George Neumayr. Well, when you run across a grave like this in a cemetery, you snap a quick picture and figure you might find more about this person later. Information about Neumayr isn't that complete. He was never big enough...
This is the grave of Caroline Still Anderson. Born in 1848 in Philadelphia, Caroline Still grew up pretty well off for the Black community of that time. Her parents were.
This is the grave of Pappy O'Daniel. Born in 1890 in Malta, Ohio, Wilbert Lee O'Daniel grew up mostly in Kansas. His father died in an accident when the boy.