This is the grave of Prince Hall. No one knows when Prince Hall was born. It's generally considered to be between 1735 and 1738. No one knows where he was born either. After all, he was a slave. He didn't come from Africa, but whether...
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This is the future grave of Kay Bailey Hutchison. Born Kathryn Bailey in Galveston in 1943, the future Kay Bailey Hutchison grew up in La Marque, Texas before attending the.
This is the grave of Henry Wise. Born in Accomack County, Virginia in 1806 to parents from the Virginia slaveholding plantation elite, Henry Wise grew up in luxury. He graduated.
This is the grave of Rob Bironas. Born in 1978 in Louisville, Kentucky, Bironas lettered in four sports in high school, including both soccer and football. He was recruited as a kicker to Auburn, where he played between 1997 and 1999. He was a semifinalist...
This is the grave of Olive Thomas. Born in 1894 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Olive Duffy was the oldest of three children born to Irish parents. Her father died in a.
This is the grave of Darrell Royal. Born in 1924 in Hollis, Oklahoma, Royal grew up with football in his blood. In 1942, he joined the Army Air Corps and.
This is the grave of Willie Wells. Born in 1906 in Austin, Texas, Wells grew up in the city and became an outstanding baseball player. Of course, the major leagues were closed off to black players during his career, so he started playing in the...
This is the unmarked grave of Rebecca Crumpler. Born as a free woman (I think) in 1831 in Christiana, Delaware, Crumpler grew up in Pennsylvania with an aunt who provided.
This is the grave of Dean Acheson. Born in 1893 in Middletown, Connecticut, Acheson grew up rich. He attended Groton and then Yale and then Harvard Law, where he was.
This is the grave of John James Audubon. Born Jean Rabin in modern Haiti in 1785, his father was a sugar planter and slaver and his mother was his mistress, a white chambermaid originally from France. His father, like many slaveowners, had lots of children...
This is the grave of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Born in 1815 in Johnstown, New York, Stanton's father was a leading attorney and Federalist who served a term in Congress in.
This is the grave of Hazard Stevens. Born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1842, the son of the awful genocidal racist Isaac Stevens and Margaret Hazard Stevens, young Hazard followed.