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Burgess, Dorothy b. March 4, 1907 d. August 21, 1961
Actress. After learning her art on the stage, she appeared in several dozen Hollywood features during the 1930s. Raised initially in Los Angeles where her father was in the transportation business, she studied painting and sculpture in New York, then got her theatrical start as a bit-player and dancer in productions that featured her maternal aunt Fay Bainter. Her 'official' New York debut came with 1926's "The Adorable Liar"; after performing in stock productions in Rochester, New York, she...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
Schindel, Seymore 'Cy' b. March 4, 1907 d. August 24, 1948
Actor. He appeared in several Three Stooges shorts, often playing a henchman or cop. He was a World War II veteran.
Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 118, Grave 10/RD
O'Driscoll, Martha b. March 4, 1922 d. November 3, 1998
Actress. She appear in over 30 films from 1938 to 1947, including "Li’l Abner" (1940, as Daisy Mae), "Ghost Catchers" (1944), "Here Come the Co-Eds", "House of Dracula", "The Daltons Ride Again" and "Under Western Skies" (1945). (Bio by: Ginny M)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Main mausoleum, Aster Hall, Appleton Family Room
Morgan, Garrett A. b. March 4, 1877 d. August 27, 1963
Inventor. Born in Paris Kentucky, the son of former slaves, he received little formal education as a child, but as a teenager the industrious youth hired a tutor to teach him while he worked in Cincinnati, Ohio as a handyman. In 1895 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he found work as a sewing machine repairman and spent his spare time pursuing his hobby of experimenting with gadgets and machines. He became a highly successful businessman operating his own sewing machine repair business, a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 50
GPS coordinates: 41.5177994, -81.5871964 (hddd.dddd)
Sheppard, Jack b. March 4, 1702 d. November 16, 1724
Thief. Folk Figure. Born John Sheppard in Spitalfields, London, the son of a carpenter, his father died when Jack was a child and he spent time in a workhouse. He served an apprenticeship as a carpenter and started his career as a thief almost at the same time. Often working in concert with female accomplices and occasionally his brother Tom, Jack beacme a notorious housebreaker and burglar. He was as renowned for his crimes as he was for many escapes from custody. His repeated arrests and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Hanged
St Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard, Westminster, Greater London, England
Nash, Henry E. b. March 4, 1842 d. March 30, 1917
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a farmer who enlisted in the Union Army at Adrian, Michigan. Mustered from Camp Denison, Ohio, July 20, 1861 and served as a Corporal in Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. On May 3, 1863 at the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he was one of a volunteer party that attempted to run the Confederate batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with ammunition stores. He was captured by the enemy that same day and paroled at City Point...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Palmyra Village Cemetery, Palmyra, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA
Shapland, John b. March 4, 1832 d. February 5, 1923
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Elk River, Tennessee on July 2, 1863. His citation reads "Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge". His Medal was awarded to him on October 30, 1897. He was one of eight 104th Illinois soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the War (the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Greenwood Cemetery, York, York County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Division J, Lot 71, Space 12
Collins, Napoleon b. March 4, 1814 d. August 9, 1875
Civil War Union Naval Officer. He was appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy in June 1834, and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1846. A veteran of the Mexican War during which he served on the “USS Decatur”, during the Civil War he held various commands, and participated in the capture of Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina while commanding the “USS Unadilla". Promoted to commander on July 16, 1862, his capture off the Bahamas of the British schooner "Mont Blanc" created a minor...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
GPS coordinates: 38.7413216, -85.3875809 (hddd.dddd)
Sokolova, Lydia [cremation location] b. March 4, 1896 d. February 2, 1974
Russian Prima Ballerina. A protege of Sergei Diaghilev, she appeared in the films "Shensnadtsataya Vesna" (1962) and "Andriyesh" (1954).
Kent and Sussex Cemetery and Crematorium, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Swaim, William Achsah b. March 4, 1819 d. June 16, 1863
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was mortally wounded at the May 16, 1863 Bsttle of Champion Hill, Mississippi during the Vicksburg Campaign. He lingered for a month before dying of his wounds. (Bio by: Eric Lowman)
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ossian, Wells County, Indiana, USA
Armstrong, Howard 'Louie Bluie' b. March 4, 1909 d. July 30, 2003
Musician. He was a string band fiddler who took his act across the country mastering genres from bluegrass to jazz. He taught himself to play at the age of 9 and over his lifetime took up 20 instruments including mandolin, violin, viola and banjo. He was a composer, instrumentalist and singer. Two PBS documentaries, "Louie Bluie" in 1985 and "Sweet Old Song" in 2002 chronicled parts of his life and work. His recordings, released by Vocalion Records, included "Vine Street Drag" and "Knox County...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Michaels, Cass b. March 4, 1926 d. November 12, 1982
Major League Baseball Player. His real name was Casimir Eugene Kwietniewski, and he broke into the major leagues with the Chicago White Sox in 1943 as a third baseman at the age of 17 under that name. Soon he was a fixture at second base and had a 12-year career with the White Sox (1943 to 1950), the Washington Senators (1950 to 1952), the St. Louis Browns (1952), the Philadelphia Athletics (1952 to 1954) and the White Sox (1954). The right-handed hitter played in all 154 games in 1948, when he...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Judah, Theodore Dehone b. March 4, 1826 d. November 2, 1863
Industrialist. A railroad surveyer and engineer, he help to start the Central Pacific Railroad and was one of the founders of the Transcontinental Railroad. (Bio by: Tom Cummings)
Federal Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Bice, Robert b. March 4, 1914 d. January 8, 1968
Actor in 91 television series/shows including: "The Lone Ranger," "The Gene Autry Show," "The Roy Rogers Show," "Perry Mason," "Wagon Train" and "The Rifleman." Bice also appeared in 99 films including: "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," "The Red Stallion," "Tales of Robin Hood," "Superman's Peril," and "It! The Terror From Outer Space." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum of Golden Oaks, 9-D
Gramme, Zénobe b. March 4, 1826 d. January 20, 1901
Inventor of the dynamo.
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 94
O'Donnell, Kenneth P. b. March 4, 1924 d. September 9, 1977
Special Assistant to US President John F. Kennedy ('Special Political Advisor to the President'). He was a Kennedy family friend who attended Harvard with Bobby Kennedy.
Holyhood Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Dosquet, Pierre-Hermann b. March 4, 1691 d. March 4, 1777
Religious Leader. He was ordained a Priest of the La Societe Des Missions Etrangeres on August 24, 1716, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec on November 26, 1727, ordained Bishop Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec on December 25, 1727, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Quebec on February 19, 1729, succeeded Bishop of Quebec on September 12, 1733, and resigned as the Bishop of Quebec on June 25, 1739. He died on March 4, 1777, as Bishop Emeritus of Quebec.
Notre Dame De Quebec Basilica-Cathedral, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Langford, Sam b. March 4, 1883 d. January 12, 1956
Professional Boxer. He was a Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century who fought in every division from lightweight to heavyweight. Nicked named the "Boston Tar Baby", he defeated World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans on December 8, 1903, however Gans' title was not on the line. From 1903 to 1926, he fought in 252 professional bouts with 178 wins, 129 by knockout, 32 loss and 40 draws. In 1955, he was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame, Canada Sports Hall of Fame and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: #348 Amaranth Path
Helmsley, Harry b. March 4, 1909 d. January 4, 1997
Real estate billionaire. At the time of his death he owned New York's Empire State Building. He was married to Leona Helmsley.
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Abercrombie, John Joseph b. March 4, 1798 d. January 3, 1877
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1822, placing 37th of 40 (his classmates included future Union Generals J.K.F. Mansfield, David Hunter and George A. McCall, as well as future Confederate...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 313

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