These are the graves of Thomas Hatton, Lewis Davies, and other victims of the Avondale Colliery coal mine fire. What I'm going to do here is paste my Labor History on Avondale with some additional thoughts at the end. By the end of the Civil...
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This is the grave of Delia Bacon. Born in 1811 in Tallmadge, Ohio, Bacon didn't have a great start to life. Her father was a Congregationalist minister in Connecticut, but.
This is the grave of Henry Edwards. Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1779, Edwards grew up in the post-Revolutionary elite. Somewhat surprisingly, Edwards did not go to Yale, but.
This is the grave of Charles Thomas Jackson. Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1805, Jackson grew up in the New England elite. Just as an example, his sister married Ralph Waldo Emerson. That didn't necessarily mean huge money by modern standards or even by mid-19th...
This is the grave of Charles Dawes. Born in 1865 in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes grew up quite well off. His father was General Rufus Dawes, who played a key role.
This is the grave of Joe Paterno. Born in Brooklyn in 1926, Paterno grew up in a strong Italian Catholic family. He graduated from high school in 1944 and was.
This is the grave of Samuel Pomeroy. Born in 1816 in Southampton, Massachusetts, Pomeroy grew up comfortable and went to Amherst College, graduating in 1838. He taught school in New York state for a couple of years and then moved back to Massachusettts. In the...
This is the grave of Henry Corbett. Born in 1827 in Westborough, Massachusetts, Corbett grew up pretty well off. His father ran a tool factory and then later a hotel.
This is the grave of Fannie Farmer. Born in 1857 in Boston, Farmer grew up in a middle-class family that valued education. Despite having four daughters, meaning at that time.
This is the grave of John Harvey Kellogg. Born in 1852 in Tyrone, Michigan, Kellogg grew up in the religious fervor of the late Second Great Awakening. His father was a religious seeker and frequent attendee of revival meetings and finally became one of the...
This is the grave of Andre Delfau. Born in Paris in 1914, Delfau is not super well known today, but he became a leading costume and set designer by the.
This is the grave of Johnny Paycheck. One of the truly great artists in country music history and one of the most underrated figures in the history of the genre.