This is the grave of Bernard Gorin. Born Isaac Godio in 1868 in what is today Lithuania, Gorin became a leading figure in the Yiddish intellectual world both in his home and in the U.S. Information on him is surprisingly hard to find today; he's...
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This is the grave of Fitz-Greene Halleck. Born in 1790 in Guilford, Connecticut, Halleck grew up in middling circumstances, the son of a store owner. When he was 2, he.
This is the grave of Elbie Fletcher. Born in 1916 in Milton, Massachusetts, Fletcher grew up in the Boston area. His father was a traveling salesman for an elevator company..
This is the grave of Eugene Stoner. Born in 1922 in Gosport, Indiana, Stoner grew up in Long Beach, California. After graduating from high school there, he got a job with the Vega Aircraft Company, which was a major subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Stoner's job...
This is the grave of Henny Youngman. Born in 1906 in London, he and his family immigrated to New York when he was a child, living in Bay Ridge. He.
This is the grave of Helen Keller (or near it anyway). Born in 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Keller's family was reasonably well enough; her father had committed treason in defense.
This is the grave of Herbert Lipson. Born in 1929 in Philadelphia, Lipson grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania. He grew up pretty wealthy. His father was a newspaper and then magazine publisher in Philly. Lipson went to Lafayette College and graduated in 1953. After graduation,...
This is the grave of Sam Ervin. Born in 1896 in Morganton, North Carolina, Ervin would sum up the complexities and contradictions of many southern politicians in the twentieth century..
This is the grave of Melvil Dewey. Born in 1851 in Adams Center, New York, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey was interested in education from a young man. He graduated from.
This is the grave of Frank Knox. William Franklin Knox was born in Boston in 1874. His family were Canadian immigrants, but I guess we won't hold that against him. The family was middle class; his father ended up owning a grocery store in Grand...
This is the grave of Cyrus McCormick. Born in 1809 in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, he grew up a tinkerer. His father was an inventor of agricultural machines. The father had.
This is the grave of Kahlil George Gibran. Born in 1922 in Boston, this Kahlil Gibran was related on both sides of his family to that Khalil Gibran, the famous.