Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,881 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,881 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is the grave of Elbert Gary. Born in 1846 in Wheaton, Illinois, Gary went to Wheaton College and then Union College of Law, finishing there in 1868. That soon became Northwestern’s law school, so it was pretty good. He started to practice in both Chicago and Wheaton (which to be fair is just outside of Chicago so it’s not like there was much of a difference) and became a corporate attorney, the kind of railroad hack that made the Gilded Age…