This is the grave of Curt Gowdy. Born in 1919 in Green River, Wyoming, Gowdy was a high school basketball star in his state, leading the state in scoring his senior year, at a high school in Cheyenne.
This is the grave of Bobby Doerr. Born in 1918 in Los Angeles, Doerr was given his middle name of Pershing after John J. Pershing, World War I general. Doerr generally did a better job of chasing down
Somewhere in this small cemetery lies the unmarked grave of David Walker. Walker was born free in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1796. His father, who died before Walker was born, was a slave and his m
This is the grave of Louis Tiffany. Born in 1848 in New York, Tiffany was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany. You can see his parents in the right corner of this shot, behind their son. I hadn’t h
This is the grave of John Fitzgerald, better known as “Honey Fitz” to the people of Boston. Born in 1863 in Boston’s North End to upwardly mobile Irish immigrants, Fitzgerald did hav
This is the grave of John McSherry. Born in 1944 in New York City, McSherry became a Major League umpire in 1971, working the National League. He was very successful at the job. His first National Lea
This is the grave of Booker T. Washington. Born into slavery on a Virginia farm in 1856, Washington spent the first nine years of his life as a slave on that farm. After emancipation, his mother moved
This is the grave of Oliver Hazard Perry. Born in 1785 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Perry grew up in the naval family that included his father Christopher and, later, his brother Matthew. He beca