This is the grave of Anthony Comstock, arguably the single worst American to ever live. Born in New Canaan, Connecticut (try not to hold it against the town, I'm sure there are some OK people there) in 1844, Comstock served in the Civil War. He...
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This is the grave of George Crook. Born in 1830 on a farm near Taylorsville, Ohio, Crook managed a nomination to West Point but wasn't very good at it and.
This is the grave of Theodore Sedgwick. Born in 1746 to one of Massachusetts' oldest families, Sedgwick went to Yale but didn't graduate. Instead, he went to Great Barrington where.
This is the grave of the traitor Fitzhugh Lee. Born in 1835 in Claremont, Virginia, Lee was part of the famous elite Lee family that included the traitor general Robert E. Lee and Harry Lighthorse Lee, among others. Thus, he was destined for the military-political...
This is the grave of John Randolph of Roanoke. Born in what is today Hopewell, Virginia in 1773 to one of Virginia's most elite families, Randolph spent his life defending.
This is the grave of Piet Mondrian. Pieter Mondriaan was born in 1872 in the Netherlands, only changing his name slightly in the late 1900s. I am the first person.
This is the grave of Sarah Bagley. Born in 1806 in New Hampshire, Bagley's family was like many other New England families. They were farmers and owned a little mill to make extra money. New England farm families were almost by definition poor but middling...
This is the grave of Lester Young. Born in 1909 in Woodville, Mississippi, Young grew up in New Orleans as part of a family of musicians. But although professional musicians,.
This is the grave of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Born in 1866 in Millvale, Ohio to a doctor, Landis was named after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, where his father had.
This is the grave of Stephen Field. Born in 1816 in Haddam, Connecticut to a Congregationalist minister and a larger family who would produce many leading 19th century figures, including Cyrus Field, who made the transatlantic telegraph happen, Field grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts before...
This is the grave of John Jacob Astor. Johann Jakob Astor was born in 1763 in Walldorf, in what is today Germany. His family was skilled workers and that seemed.
This is the grave of Earl Butz. Born in Albion, Indiana in 1909, Butz grew up working on his parents' dairy farm. Unlike many young farm boys, Butz kept on.