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 acting, but his family was not really set up to just send him to acting...
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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.
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 father was a major landowner and a judge. He started at King's College (now Columbia...
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.
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 childhood was particularly happy. His mother died when he was nine and he was sent...
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.
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 brimstone type who also supported the South as slavery became a greater part of the...
This is the grave of Vito Genovese. Born in 1897 in Risigliano, Naples, Italy, this scumbag immigrated with his family to the U.S. when he was 15. They were already.
This is the grave of Samuel Gridley Howe. Born in 1801 in Boston, Howe grew up initially wealthy, as his father was a successful rope manufacturer. But then he fulfilled.