This is the grave of Edwin Upton Curtis. Born in 1861 in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Curtis was old old Boston, going back to the early Puritan days. That meant hating the Irish, which was key to his later life. He went to all...
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This is the grave of Andrew Hammond. Born in 1848 in Saint-Léonard, New Brusnwick, Canada, Hammond grew up a working class kid. This was timber country and he was just.
This is the grave of Yellow Wolf. Born about 1855, Yellow Wolf, or He–Mene Mox Mox grew up in the horrible times when his people, the Nez Perce, were trying to.
This is the grave of Larry Conley. So this is a weird grave post in the sense that Conley was a fairly well known musician back in his day who was totally forgotten about long before he died. But for a moment, he was a...
This is the grave of Jane Byrne. Born in 1933 in Chicago, Jane Burke grew up rich. Her father was the VP of a steel company. They were a Catholic.
This is the grave of Luana Reyes. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1933, Reyes was half-Filipino, half-Sinixt, but she grew up much more with her Native identity than her Asian.
This is the grave of Emmett Roe. You have likely never heard of Emmett Roe. But he was a murderous horrible person, one who made America worse for his existing. In fact, I don't know all that much about much of his life. He was...
This is the grave of Edward Ord. Born in 1818 in Cumberland, Maryland, Ord grew up pretty well off. He grew up in Washington, D.C., where he and his family.
This is the grave of Mattiwilda Dobbs. Born in 1925 in Atlanta, Dobbs grew up in the Black elite of the city. Her parents were relatively well off political activists.
This is the grave of Walt Disney. Born in 1901 in Chicago, Disney grew up in a middle class family. He spend the first part of his childhood in Chicago and then the family moved to Kansas City in 1911, before moving back to Chicago...
This is the grave of Alexander Stephens. Born in 1812 in Crawfordville, Georgia, Stephens grew up in the slavery elite, at least at first. His mother died shortly after his.
This is the grave of Lum York. Born in 1918 in Elmore, Alabama, York grew up there and started playing bass in country bands. There's not really that much to.