This is the grave of Israel Joshua Singer. Born in 1893 in Poland, Singer grew up in a strongly religious and intellectual family. His father was a rabbi. His brother.
This is the grave of Francis Pickens. Born in 1807 (though some claim 1805) in Togadoo, South Carolina, Pickens grew up at the pinnacle of the South Carolina elite slaveholding.
This is the grave of Francis Newlands. Born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1846, Newlands grew up in the wealthy antebellum South. His father was a prominent physician who moved there.
This is the grave of Cass Gilbert. Born in 1859 in Zanesville, Ohio, Gilbert was named for Lewis Cass, one of the truly reprehensible politicians of the antebellum years, a.
This is the grave of Ernest May, as well as various other professors associated with Harvard. Born in 1928 in Fort Worth, Texas, May went to UCLA for college, graduating.
This is the grave of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Born into the Jewish elite of New York in 1891, Morgenthau grew up well-connected. His father was a major financier and ambassador.
This is the grave of Robert Penn Warren. Born in 1905 in Guthrie, Kentucky, a small town on the Tennessee border, Warren grew up in relatively comfortable circumstances. He went.
This is the grave of George Dallas. Born in 1792 in Philadelphia, Dallas grew up in the financial elite class in what was at that time the nation's banking capital..
