Category Archives: Famous graves

DR. RICHARD JORDAN GATLING INVENTOR OF THE GATLING GUN BORN HERTFORD CO., NORTH CAROLINA SEPT. 12TH, 1818. DIED NEW YORK CITY, FEBR. 26TH, 1903. THE HIGHEST HONORS THAT THE WORLD CAN BOAST ARE SUBJECTS FAR TOO LOW FOR MY DESIRE … Continue reading →

Not far from the Chalmers’ Monument in the Graceland Cemetery at Chicago, Illinois, is a plain obelisk with four bronze plaques, one on each side of the marker, that marks the grave of Allan Pinkerton, his wife Joan, and his … Continue reading →

  WILLIAM J. CHALMERS    JULY 10, 1852—DEC. 10, 1938 JOAN P. CHALMERS    JULY 22, 1855—JAN. 25, 1940 THOMAS STUART CHALMERS    SEPT. 21, 1881—MAR. 26, 1923 The Chicago-based Graham, Anderson, Probst, & White Architectural Firm, at one time the largest in … Continue reading →

The light rose-colored unpolished granite monument, built to honor William Peirce Anderson, is a bit of an enigma. The large neo-classic monument, with its Corinthian columns very nearly hides who is buried beneath.  The only clue is the bronze medallion … Continue reading →

WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD 1824 – 1900 AMERICAN ARTIST L’OURS (THE BEARS) SCULPTURE BY DAN OSTERMILLER, Sc. GIFT OF THE ARTIST 2002 William Holbrook Beard (1825 – 1900) was born in Painesville, Ohio. He was a popular 19th Century American wildlife … Continue reading →

Frank Leslie (March 29, 1821 – January 10, 1880) Henry Carter was born a glove maker’s son in Ipswich, England.  His father, Joseph, expected him to learn the family business and apprenticed him to the boy’s uncle.  Young Henry found … Continue reading →

Mary Elizabeth Breckenridge Caldwell—Baroness Von Zedtwitz December 26, 1865—December 16, 1910  Mary Guendaline Byrd Caldwell—Marquise Des Monstiers Merinville October 21, 1863—October 5, 1909 “Know the truth and the truth shall make you free” Positioned at the center of an exedra … Continue reading →

Actors have long since dropped their birth names for stage names—Minnesota born Frances Ethel Gumm acted and sang her way into American hearts as Judy Garland; Iowa boy Marion Morrison rode horse back into film as cowboy John Wayne; and … Continue reading →

A large gray monument displaying a steamboat in the Mount Olivet Cemetery at Nashville marks the grave of Thomas Green Ryman, (October 12, 1841-December 23, 1904) one of the most successful steamboat captains in Tennessee history. Ryman built a fleet … Continue reading →