This is the grave of William Seward. Born in 1801 in Florida, New York, William Seward grew up wealthy. His father was a slaveowner and big landowner in Orange County, on the west side of the Hudson R
This is the grave of Henry Disston. Born in 1819 in Tewksbury, England, Disston immigrated to the U.S. in 1833, where he, his sister, and his father was supposed to move to Albany, New York, bringing
This is the grave of Frank Kellogg. Born in Potsdam, New York in 1856, Kellogg spent the first part of his childhood there before his family moved to Minnesota in 1865. He grew up pretty poor, as his
This is the grave of Charles Willson Peale. Born in 1741 in Queen Anne’s County in Maryland, Peale grew up in middling circumstances. He was apprenticed to a saddle maker when he was 14 but was
This is the grave of John Hartford. Born in New York City in 1937, John Harford grew up in St. Louis. From the time he was a child, he was obsessed by two things–the Mississippi River and countr
This is the grave of Walter Prescott Webb. Born in 1888 in Panola County, Texas, he went to high school in Eastland County, taught at some high schools, then went to college at the University of Texas
This is the grave of Carl Mays. Born in 1891 in Atterson, Kentucky, Mays grew a very strict Methodist. His father was a minister and imposed in the boy an extremely religious upbringing, to the point
This is the grave of Elihu Root. Born in 1845 in Clinton, New York, Root grew up comfortable. His father was a mathematics professor at Hamilton College and Root went to Hamilton himself. His parents