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This is the grave of Vern Gosdin. Born in 1934 in Woodland, Alabama, Gosdin grew up singing in the church, like many future American musicians. His mother was the pianist in a local Baptist church and
This is the grave of Ray Stannard Baker. Born in 1870 in Lansing, Michigan, Baker went to Michigan State Agricultural College, which is now Michigan State University. He then got a law degree at the U

This is the grave of Abigail Adams. Born in 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Abigail Smith grew up as a minster’s daughter with deep roots in the Puritan past. Although she did not have formal s
This is the grave of Francis Parkman. Born in Boston in 1823, Parkman grew up in the region’s elite. His father was one of the city’s leading Unitarian ministers. He was a sickly boy and s

This is the grave of Harry Blackmun. Born in 1908 in Nashville, Illinois, Blackmun grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Somewhat incredibly, he went to elementary school with Warren Burger. Although he w
This is the grave of Jaroslav Pelikan. Born in 1923 in Akron, Ohio, Pelikan grew up in a Lutheran family. His father was a pastor of a Slovak Lutheran church (I grew up Lutheran and had no idea that t
These are the graves of William Patterson, Jack and Sue Kling, and Art and Esther Shields. William Paterson was born in 1890 or 1891 in San Francisco. His father was an immigrant from St. Vincent and
This is the grave of Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee. Born in 1756 in Dumfries, Virginia, Lee grew up in the colonial Virginia elite that would soon be the leadership of the United States. H
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