This is the grave of Ralph Bunche. Born in Detroit in 1904, Bunche didn't have a great childhood. His father was a barber and moved around a lot for work, often leaving the family in quite a bit of poverty. They moved to Toledo when...
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This is the grave of Allen Dulles. Born in 1893 in Watertown, New York and brother of future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Allen grew up in an elite.
This is the grave of George Ruffin and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. George Ruffin was born in 1834 in Richmond to free parents. Josephine St. Pierre was born free in.
This is the grave of Webb Pierce. Born in 1921 in West Monroe, Louisiana, Pierce became a huge fan of country music as a child. He started playing the guitar and by the time he was 15, he had a short radio show on a...
This is the grave of Jim Denny. Born in 1911 in Silver Point, Tennessee, Denny grew up dirt poor. He went to work as a teenager, moving to Nashville. In.
This is the grave of Claire Chennault. Born in 1893 in Commerce, Texas, Chennault grew up in Louisiana. He and his father decided to lie about the boy's age, moving.
This is the grave of Tran Van Chuong and Princess Nam Tran Tran Van Chuong. Tran Van Chuong was born in 1898 and Nam Tran in 1910. They were both members of the colonial Vietnamese elite. She was the granddaughter of Emperor Dong Khanh. He...
This is the grave of Ralph Branca. Born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1926, Branca was the 15th of 17 children. He was the child of immigrants. His father.
This is the grave of Wernher von Braun. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was born in 1912 in Wirsitz, Germany. His father was Minister of Agriculture in one of.
This is the grave of Ralph Ellison. Born in 1914 in Oklahoma City, Ellison grew up without a father. See, African-Americans worked the most dangerous jobs at a time when all jobs were pretty unsafe. So not surprisingly, Ellison's dad died on the job in...
This is the grave of Calvert Vaux. Born in London in 1824, this son of a doctor was trained as an architect from a young age. Specifically, he was placed.
This is the grave of Increase and Cotton Mather. Born in 1639 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Increase Mather grew up in a preacher family. His father and mother were among of.