Tag: graves

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,172

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 10, 2022

This is the grave of John Dioguardi. A genuinely horrible human is in this grave. Giovanni Dioguardi, later known as John Dioguardi or Johnny Dio in the underworld, was born in 1914 in Manhattan. By this time, the mafia was already pretty established in the city, having come over with Sicilian immigrants. He grew up […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,171

By Erik Loomis

On August 9, 2022

This is the mass grave for victims of the 1862 Wilmington, North Carolina yellow fever epidemic. Yellow fever is a horrible disease. Before the discovery of that it was mosquito-borne, it was even mor

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,170

By Erik Loomis

On August 8, 2022

This is the grave of Cecil Andrus. Born in Hood River, Oregon in 1931, Andrus and his siblings grew up near Junction City, Oregon, just outside of Eugene. This was a very poor family. The farm didn

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,169

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 7, 2022

This is the grave of William Faulkner. Born in 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, Falkner grew up in Oxford, the home of the University of Mississippi and the center of whatever passed for learning in this time and state. His father was the university’s business manager. And yes, this was his given name. He added […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,168

By Erik Loomis

On August 5, 2022

This is the grave of Richard Ballinger. Born in Boonesboro, Iowa in 1858, Ballinger grew up wealthy. He got to go to Williams College in Massachusetts, today often considered the best college in the c

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,167

By Erik Loomis

On August 4, 2022

This is the grave of Marvell Thomas. Born in 1941 in Memphis, Thomas grew up around music and the church. His father was the legendary Rufus Thomas and his sister the almost equally legendary Carla. M

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,166

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 3, 2022

This is the grave of Buck O’Neil. Born in 1911 in Carabelle, Florida, O’Neil grew up in Sarasota. His father ran a pool hall, which made him pretty middle class for his time, place, and race. He was a smart kid who wanted an education. But this was almost impossible. From the moment the Supreme […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,165

By Erik Loomis

On August 1, 2022

This is the grave of Robert Winthrop. Born in Boston in 1809, Winthrop came from one of the true Brahmin families. His ancestor was John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony all the way b

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,164

By Erik Loomis

On July 31, 2022

This is the grave of James MacArthur. Born in 1937 in Los Angeles, MacArthur was the son of two legends–the playwright Charles MacArthur and the actress Helen Hayes. They adopted him shortly aft

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,163

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 30, 2022

This is the grave of Cokie Roberts. One of the most genuinely annoying and useless figures in the history of American political media, Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was born into an elite Louisiana political family in New Orleans in 1943. Her father was Hale Boggs, who at the time was in between terms […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,162

By Erik Loomis

On July 29, 2022

This is the grave of John Roosma. Born in 1900, Roosma was an excellent basketball player in Passaic and played some semi-pro ball after high school. He was in fact a high school legend, maybe the fir

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,161

By Erik Loomis

On July 28, 2022

This is the grave of Albert Beveridge. Born in 1862 in Highland County, Ohio, Beveridge grew up in Indiana. He was a working class kid and had to work from the time he was a child. But he wanted an ed

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