This is the grave of Samuel Slater. Born in 1768 in Derbyshire, England, Slater went into the new industrial mills of his region of the nation as a young child. He was working in the textile mills by the time he was 10 years ago,...
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This is the grave of Eugene Dennis. Francis Waldron was born in 1904 in Seattle (some say 1905), he seems to have grown up poor. He became a worker as.
This is the grave of Joseph Cotten. Born in 1905 in Petersburg, Virginia, Cotten grew up middle class but not overly prosperous. As a boy, he was tremendously interested in.
This is the grave of Matthias Baldwin. Born in 1795 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, Baldwin was wealthy as a small child. His father was a builder of fancy carriages for the rich and did very well for himself. But dad died in 1799 and the...
This is the grave of Milt Davis. Born in 1929 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Davis was half-Black and half-Native, growing up in Jim Crow Los Angeles, which was pretty segregated at.
This is the grave of Gouverneur Morris. Born in 1752 on an estate in what is today The Bronx, Morris grew up as part of the late colonial elite. His.
This is the grave of Abraham Bishop. Born in 1763 in New Haven, Connecticut, Bishop grew up in the city's elite. He graduated from Yale at age 15 and became a lawyer at age 22. He spent two years in Europe from 1787-89, continuing his...
This is the grave of Benjamin Silliman. Born in 1779 in Connecticut, Silliman was birthed into the chaos of the American Revolution. He was actually born in a tavern after.
This is the grave of Henry Stimson. Born into the New York elite in 1867, Stimson grew up wealthy. His father was a rich surgeon. But that doesn't mean his.
This is the grave of Hughie Jennings. Born in 1869 in Pittston, Pennsylvania, Jennings grew up in an Irish family. His parents had immigrated to the U.S. and his father was working in coal. Jennings was headed for a lifetime in the mines too. As...
This is the grave of Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Born in 1807 into America's most elite political family, Charles Francis was the only one of John Quincy Adams' kids who.
This is the grave of Mary Baker Eddy. Born in 1821 in Bow, New Hampshire, Eddy grew up in a very religious household, with her father being a fire and.