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Beall, Walter Esau b. July 29, 1899 d. January 28, 1959
Major League Baseball Player. Beall was a member of the famed '27 Yankees Murderers row team, although he only appeared in 1 game that season, pitching 1 complete inning. Beall was the type of pitcher who could have been a star had he been able to harness control of his curve ball. In the minors he was highly touted, so much so that the Yankees parted with $50,000 to acquire his services in 1924, this after he won 25 games with Rochester of the International League. Beal never settled down...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Bias, Len b. November 18, 1963 d. June 19, 1986
College Basketball Player. He was an outstanding basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose two days after being drafted into the National Basketball Association. Playing for the University of Maryland Terrapins, he garnered that Atlantic Coast Conference Athlete of the Year and the Player of the Year awards in 1986. On June 17, 1986 he was drafted by the Boston Celtics as the number two overall pick. Two days later he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia after ingesting cocaine, and died hours...[Read More]
Cause of death: Drug related heart attack
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Frederick Douglas Gardens, Lot 342-B
GPS coordinates: 38.8563995, -76.9459229 (hddd.dddd)
Black, Eugene F. b. July 2, 1879 d. May 22, 1975
US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1929. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Bourne Jr., Jonathan b. February 23, 1855 d. September 1, 1940
US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Oregon to the United States Senate, serving from 1907 to 1913. He served in the Oregon State House of Representatives from 1887 to 1899.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Crawford, Fred Lewis b. May 5, 1888 d. April 13, 1957
US Congressman. He attended Peniel University in Peniel, Texas and the University of Michigan, afterwards becoming an accountant, first in Des Moines, Iowa, and later in Detroit and Saginaw, Michigan. Crawford was also involved in several businesses, including ranching, trucking, and building and operating beet sugar mills. He was a Director of the Michigan National Bank and Detroit's Refiners Transport & Petroleum Corporation. In 1934 he was a successful Republican candidate for the US House...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Drew, Charles Richard b. June 3, 1904 d. April 1, 1950
Medical Pioneer. He developed a method for storing blood in plasma form; the technique, which is still in use today, has saved untold numbers of lives. After attending Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he was an All-American football player, he taught biology for a time at Morgan College in Baltimore, Maryland. With the money he saved, he entered McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and earned his medical degree. In 1935, he joined the faculty of Howard University in Washington...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Ford, Edward 'Len' b. February 18, 1926 d. March 14, 1972
Professional Football Player. He played defensive end for the Los Angeles Dons, and for the Cleveland Browns from 1950 to 1957, and Green Bay Packers in 1958. He also played for the University of Michigan. He caught 67 passes while with the Los Angeles Dons, learned altered defense moves and had great pass rushing skills. He overcame serious injuries in 1950 and earned NFL honors from 1951 to 1955. He played in four Pro-Bowls and received 20 opponents. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Frasier, Sarah b. January 29, 1830 d. April 9, 1933
Medical Pioneer. Pioneering doctor in the field of medicine and one of the first African-American female doctors in America. She was born in Syracuse, New York, the fifth of five children of abolitionist and religious leader Rev. James Loguen and his wife Caroline. Frasier later studied to become a doctor, she was admitted to the Syracuse University College of Medicine in October of 1873. She received her M.D. in the Spring of 1876. In September of that same year Frasier began her internship at...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Gambrill, Stephen Warfield b. October 2, 1873 d. December 19, 1938
US Congressman. After graduating from the law department of what is now George Washington University in 1896, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Baltimore. He served in both the Maryland house of delegates and state senate. In 1924 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sidney Mudd. Reelected seven more times, he served until his own death in 1938. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Herrell, Walter William b. February 19, 1889 d. January 23, 1949
Major League Baseball Player. Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1911. He appeared in only one game in his career against the Chicago White Sox in June of that year. He pitched the last two innings to finish the game and allowed the last four runs of the 18 total scored and on five hits. (Bio by: Robert)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Just, Ernest Everett b. August 14, 1883 d. October 27, 1941
Scientist. He was a biologist, zoologist, physiologist and research scientist in the field of physical chemistry. Also a founder of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity at Howard University (November 17, 1911). He pioneered the fields of biology and chemistry at a time when it was extremely difficult for African-Americans to get a scientific education. He overcame many obstacles to leave a scientific legacy for generations to come studying cell life and human metabolism. In addition, he explored egg...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Section 1 plot # 226, Site# 12
Keating, Edward b. July 9, 1875 d. March 18, 1965
US Congressman. From 1899 to 1901, he was city editor and city auditor of Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the first convention elected to draft a charter for the city of Denver in 1903 and editor of the "Rocky Mountain News," from 1906 to 1911. From 1911 to 1913, he was president of the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners. In 1913, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1919. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Lacy, Sam Harold b. October 23, 1903 d. May 8, 2003
Pro Baseball Figure, Sports Editor. He was The (Baltimore) Afro-American weekly newspaper sports editor since 1944 and was a key figure in the integration of major league baseball. He filed his last newspaper column from his hospital bed. He was the first black reporter to become a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and was inducted into the writers wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1997. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
McCoy, Van b. January 6, 1940 d. July 6, 1979
Prolific singer of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. He was a member of The Starlights, a group that included his brother Norman McCoy Jr. His songs include, "Baby, I'm Yours," "When You're Young And In Love," "Stop The Music," "Right On Top of My Tongue," "Lean On Me" and "Sweet Bitter Love." In 1975 he had a #1 hit with, "The Hustle," which sold over 1 million copies and won a Grammy. In 1978 he wrote the theme song for the television movie, "A Woman Called Moses" and he also appeared in the film "...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 105, Site 4
GPS coordinates: 38.8574600, -76.9478073 (hddd.dddd)
Miller, Dr. Kelly b. July 18, 1863 d. December 29, 1939
Sociologist, Essayist, Newspaper Columnist. Kelly Miller was a force in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century. Miller was also a noted mathematician. Born in South Carolina in 1863, he worked his way through Howard University, then did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins, the first black ever admitted to that university. Appointed professor of mathematics at Howard in 1890, Miller introduced sociology into the curriculum in 1895, serving as professor of sociology...[Read More] (Bio by: coni porter uzelac)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Moore, Raymond "Ray" b. June 1, 1926 d. March 2, 1995
Major League Baseball Player. The right-hander was a starter and reliever in the big leagues for 11 years. He made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952 with a 1-2 record in 14 games. He was 0-1 in one game in 1953 and was traded to the Baltimore Oioles on October 8, 1954 for second baseman Chico Garcia. He went 10-10 with a 3.92 earned run average in 1955, 12-7 with a 4.18 ERA in 1956 and 11-13 with a 3.72 ERA in 1957. He led the American League by issuing 112 walks that year. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Nugent, John Frost b. June 28, 1868 d. September 18, 1931
Democrat Senator from Idaho. He served in the US Senate from 1918-1921. In 1921, President Wilson appointed him as head of the Federal Trade Commission where he served until 1927. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Robinson, Max b. May 1, 1939 d. December 20, 1988
First African-American news anchor for a major TV network, ABC. And at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., he won six journalism awards for his coverage of such events as the 1968 riots after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, the antiwar demonstrations, and the national election. Died from complications of AIDS. (Bio by: Marko)
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Sterling, Thomas b. February 25, 1851 d. August 26, 1930
Republican Senator from South Dakota. He served in the US Senate from 1913-1925. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Sutherland, George b. March 25, 1862 d. July 18, 1942
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA

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