This is the grave of John Ridge. Born sometime around 1802 in what is today Rome, Georgia, Yellow Bird (or Skah-tle-loh-skee in Cherokee) grew up in the Cherokee elite. Ever.
This is the grave of Fanny Wright. Born in 1795 in Dundee, Scotland, Wright grew up wealthy. Her father was a linen industrialist, making him a capitalist of the early.
This is the grave of Estelle Axton. Born in 1918 in Middleton, Tennessee, Estelle Stewart's parents were farmers. Her early life seems to have been fairly unexceptional. Like lots of.
This is the grave of Stephen Decatur. Born in 1779 in Sinepuxent, Maryland, Decatur grew up in a key naval family of the Early Republic. His father was a Revolutionary.
This is the grave of Alain Locke. Born in 1885 in Philadelphia, Arthur Locke (he changed his first name in 1901), Locke grew up in the Black middle class. In.
This is the grave of Warren Magnuson. Born in 1905 in Moorhead, Minnesota, Magnuson was adopted. It seems this both his parents died shortly after his birth and that the.
This is the grave of Florenz Ziegfeld and Billie Burke. Born in 1867 in Chicago, Ziegfeld grew up pretty well off. His family was well-connected to European nobility and politics,.
This is the grave of Smedley Butler. Born in 1881 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Butler grew up in the Gilded Age Pennsylvania elite. His father was a long-time member of.
