This is the grave of a lovely criminal named John Mitchell. Born in Detroit in 1913, he grew up in Queens, went to Fordham and stayed there for law school, and was admitted to the bar in New York in 1938. During World War II,...
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This is the grave of Maury Maverick. Born in 1895 in San Antonio, Maverick grew up in a well-off San Antonio family with deep Texas roots. In fact, the term.
This is the grave of George McClellan. Born in 1826 in Philadelphia, McClellan was a brilliant young child from a leading family. He started at the University of Pennsylvania in.
This is the grave of Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Born in Paris in 1754, L'Enfant's father was a favorite painter of Louis XV, allowing him to study art at the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. But up for adventure...
This is the grave of Mary Elizabeth Garrett. Born into an elite Baltimore family in 1854, Garrett grew up in wealth. Her father was president of the Baltimore & Ohio.
This is the grave of William James. Born in 1842 in New York to one of the nation's most prominent intellectual families, William, as well as his brother Henry, grew.
This is the grave of Jimmy Martin. Born in 1927 in Sneedville, Tennessee, Martin grew up in a poor farming community that was typical of any number of people in southern Appalachia. The church was a central part of life and so was the music...
This is the grave of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Born in 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut to one of the most important families in early American history--her father was the minister Lyman.
This is the grave of Mary Lease. Born in 1850 in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, in 1870 she moved to Kansas to teach school to the Osage, part of the broader missionary.
This is the grave of "Uncle" Alfred. Evidently born in or around 1803, Alfred was the name of a slave who was the son of Andrew Jackson's enslaved cook. He lived at the Hermitage or surrounding areas his entire life. He was mostly not out...
This is the grave of Abner Doubleday. Born in 1819 in Ballston Spa, New York, Doubleday grew up in Auburn, the son of a 4-term Congressman. He was sent to.
This is the grave of Robert Smith. Born in 1757 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Smith joined the Revolutionary Army soon after the war started and fought in the Battle of Brandywine..