This is the grave of Jim Ed Brown. Born in 1934 in Sparkman, Arkansas, his family moved to Pine Bluff when he was a child. They frequently sang publicly as a family. In 1953, Jim Ed and his sister Maxine received a recording contract as...
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This is the grave of Allan Pinkerton. Born in 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland, Pinkerton's father died young. Forced to survive basically on his own, Pinkerton became a voracious reader and.
This is the grave of Billy Sherrill. Born in Phil Campbell, Alabama in 1936, Sherrill's father was a preacher. But it didn't stick to young Billy. Instead, he found the.
This is the grave of William Kelley. Born in 1814 in Philadelphia to a Quaker family, Kelley's father died when William was 2. That led to some very hard times for the family. His mother opened a boarding house to keep the family going, which...
This is the grave of Frank Lumpkin. Born in 1916 to sharecroppers near Washington, Georgia, Lumpkin grew up in Florida, near Orlando. As a boy, he worked very hard. He.
This is the grave of Edsel Ford. Born in 1893 in Detroit, Edsel Ford's father was one of the worst human beings this nation has ever produced. Henry was also.
This is the grave of William Temple Hornaday. Born in 1854 in Avon, Indiana, Hornaday's family moved to Iowa when he was young and while there, he basically watched the destruction of the passenger pigeon in real time. He graduated from Iowa State University (then...
This is the grave of Jervis McEntee. Born in 1828 in Rondout, New York, McEntee received the modern equivalent of a high school education at the Clinton Liberal Institute in.
This is the grave of Mack Vickery. Born in 1938 in Town Creek, Alabama, Willard Vickery, known as Mack, became a musician and was determined to break into the vibrant.
This is the grave of the traitor James Seddon. Born in 1815 in Falmouth, Virginia, Seddon was a pretty sickly child, so he was largely home-schooled. This wasn't so uncommon among the southern elite anyway, which was largely rural and thus frequently hired tutors to...
This is the grave of Philip and Katherine Meyer Graham. Philip Graham was born in 1915 in Terry, South Dakota, but grew up in Miami, where his father bought a.
This is the grave of David and Ruth Greenglass. David Greenglass was born in 1922 to Jewish immigrant parents on the Lower East Side. Ruth Printz was born in 1924.