This is the grave of Cassius Clay. Born in 1810 to extreme wealth in Madison County, Kentucky, Clay grew up with lots of slaves and around the overtly masculine racehorse culture of the antebellum eli
This is the grave of Henry Weinhard. Born in 1830 in the Kingdom of Württemberg, which is today the southwestern corner of Germany, Weinhard went into the brewing trade at a young age, becoming an ap
This is the grave of Wallace Stegner. Born in 1909 in Lake Mills, Iowa, Stegner grew up in various in the West–Montana, Saskatchewan, Utah. These experiences–especially being a non-Mormon
This is the grave of Susan and Anna Warner. Susan Warner was born in 1819 and Anna Warner in 1827 on Long Island. The family was downwardly mobile. Their father had been well-off but he lost most of h
This is the grave of Henrik Ibsen. Born in 1828 in Oslo, Norway, Ibsen grew up wealthy, the son of a prominent merchant. The family was slightly downwardly mobile, as his father wasn’t good with
This is the grave of Homer Banks. Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1941, Banks grew up in the city and inhaled the incredible mix of music popular in that amazing city. Not surprisingly, he grew up in th
This is the grave of Bill Wallace. Now, I had never heard of this guy before and I didn’t go to this cemetery to visit him. But when you see something like this, I mean how can you resist? All I
This is the grave of Willa Cather. Born in 1873 in Gore, Virginia, Cather grew up pretty well off. Not knowing too much about her life really, I assumed she really did come from Nebraska settlers, but