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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,104

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 27, 2022

This is the grave of Hugh McCulloch. Born in 1808 in Kennebunk, Maine, McCulloch grew up rich. His father was a major shipbuilder, one of the wealthiest in New England. So young Hugh went to all the good schools and then was on to Bowdoin. However, he had shaky health and had to drop out […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,103

By Erik Loomis

On May 26, 2022

This is the grave of David Houston. Born in Monroe, North Carolina in 1866, Houston grew up in middling circumstances. His father was a horse dealer who also ran a grocery. What Houston definitely was

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,102

By Erik Loomis

On May 25, 2022

This is the grave of John Bigelow. Born in 1797 in Groton, Massachusetts, Bigelow was the son of the well-known lawyer and future Massachusetts Speaker of the House Timothy Bigelow. Like his father, J

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,101

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 24, 2022

This is the grave of Morris Feinstone. Born in 1878 in Warsaw in what is today Poland, Feinstone grew up in the artisan class of the Jewish community, as his father was a shoemaker. Feinstone had an artistic bent and got into the Warsaw Art School, where he worked in various arts, including carving and […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,100

By Erik Loomis

On May 22, 2022

This is the grave of William Raspberry. Born in 1935 in Okolona, Mississippi, Raspberry grew in the Jim Crow South. He managed to go to college at Okolona College, a two-year college where his father

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,099

By Erik Loomis

On May 21, 2022

This is the grave of Adelbert Ames. Born in 1835 in Rockland, Maine, Ames grew up in an upwardly mobile family. His father was a sea captain who then invested in a mill in Minnesota that many decades

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,098

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 19, 2022

This is the grave of Luther Terry. Born in 1911 in Red Level, Alabama, he grew up in what passed for the elite in this very small south Alabama town. Basically, his dad was the town doctor and probably the most educated person in a place that sounds too horrible to imagine. When he was […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,097

By Erik Loomis

On May 18, 2022

This is the grave of Harry Kalas. Born in 1936 in Napierville, Illinois, Kalas had something an interesting background. He was Greek-American, but his father was a Methodist minister. Can’t as s

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,096

By Erik Loomis

On May 17, 2022

This is the grave of Stewart Holbrook. Born in 1893 in Newport, Vermont Holbrook grew up there and in New Hampshire. In 1923, Holbrook moved to Portland. He was a working class guy and hadn’t re

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,095

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 16, 2022

This is the grave of Charles Eliot Norton. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1827, Norton grew up in the most elite classes of Boston. No one could out-Brahmim Norton. His father was a Harvard theologian and his mother came out of the merchant classes. His cousin was president of Harvard. It may not surprise you […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,094

By Erik Loomis

On May 15, 2022

This is the grave of Herb Brooks. Born in 1937 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Brooks did what kids in Minnesota do–play hockey. He was a star as a high schooler, leading his team to the state title in

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,093

By Erik Loomis

On May 13, 2022

This is the grave of Dominick Dunne. Born in 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut, Dunne grew up quite well off. His father was a heart surgeon at a Hartford hospital and his grandfather was a locally promin

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