ABC #006: Fathers and Sons: Thomas and Albert Sully; Robert and Francis Patterson; Peter, George, and Harry Widener

ABC #006: Fathers and Sons: Thomas and Albert Sully; Robert and Francis Patterson; Peter, George, and Harry Widener

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

There are many father-and-son combinations buried at Laurel Hill:  today we cover portrait artist Thomas Sully and his military son General Albert Sully, Generals Robert and Francis Patterson, both with somewhat tarnished records, and Gilded Age capitalist extraordinaire Peter Widener, and his son George and grandson Harry who went down on the USS Titanic.

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