This is the grave of James Cotton. Born in Tunica, Mississippi in 1935, Cotton was heavily influenced by the blues musicians a generation older than he in the Delta. He was a particular fan of Sonny Boy Williamson. As a boy, he and his uncle...
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This is the grave of Charles Drew. Born in 1904 in Washington, D.C., Drew grew up in a middle class Black family in the city. After high school, he went.
This is the grave of Elizabeth Lynett. One of most obscure people I've covered in this series, Lynett grew up the daughter of the publisher of the Scranton Times. She.
This is the grave of Peter Stuyvesant. Born in approximately 1592 in Friesland, the Netherlands, Stuyvesant grew up the son of a Calvinist minister, which definitely rubbed off on him. He went to the University of Franeker. He studied languages and philosophy but then was...
This is the grave of Carl Kasell. Born in 1934 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Kasell was a young student interested in drama when he had a really good teacher in.
This is the grave of Roger Sherman Baldwin. Born in 1793 in New Haven, Baldwin grew up in the Early Republic elite. His grandfather was none other than Roger Sherman,.
This is the grave of Walter Chrysler. Born in Wamego, Kansas in 1875, Chrysler grew up in a railroad family. His father, a Canadian immigrant, was a locomotive engineer. Walter followed him into the railroads, working as a machinist and mechanic. This actually angered his...
This is the grave of Abraham Cahan. Born in 1860 in what is today Lithuania, Cahan grew up in a very religious family. His grandfather was a well-known rabbi and.
This is the grave of W.K. Kellogg. Born in 1860 in Battle Creek, Michigan, Kellogg grew up with the Seventh Day Adventist ridiculousness, like his brother John Harvey. But he.
This is the grave of Isaac Rubinow. Born in 1875 in Russia, Rubinow immigrated to the U.S. in 1893, escaping the anti-Semitism of his home nation. He went to Columbia University and became a doctor. He specialized in helping out the poor in New York....
This is the grave of Geraldine Ferraro. Born in 1935 in Newburgh, New York, Ferraro grew up in an Italian immigrant household. They did OK; her father owned a couple.
This is the grave of William Cooper. Born in 1754 in Somerton, Pennsylvania, Cooper did not grow up particularly well off. He certainly wasn't a member of the colonial elite..