graves
This is the grave of William Wells Brown. Brown was born into slavery in approximately 1814 to a planter in Kentucky. His mother was a slave woman who had seven.
This is the grave of C.W. Post. Born in 1854 in Springfield, Illinois, Charles William Post ended up at what became the University of Illinois after he finished high school,.
This is the grave of Eugene McCarthy. Born in 1916 in Watkins, Minnesota, McCarthy grew up a hard-core Irish-German Catholic. He went to Catholic school and then Saint John's University.
This is the grave of Isaac Hull. Born in 1773 in Derby, Connecticut, Hull grew up on the water. His father was a ship captain trading in the West Indies.
This is the grave of O.O. Howard. Oliver Otis Howard was born in Leeds, Maine in 1830. His father, a farmer, died, when the boy was 9 years old. But.
This is the grave of Jay Cooke. Born in 1821 in Sandusky, Ohio, Cooke grew up in a strong Whig household. His father was a Ohio state legislator and served.
This is the grave of Edmond Genêt. Born in 1763 in Versallies, France, Edmond-Charles Genêt was the son of a civil servant, head clerk in Louis XV's ministry of foreign.
This is the grave of John Corridan. Born in 1911 in Harlem, Corridan grew up poor. His father was an Irish-American cop, but he died shortly after John was born..