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Addison Henry Laflin :us34stars: Born: October 24, 1823 Birthplace: Lee, Massachusetts Father: Walter Laflin 1794 – 1870 Mother: Sophronia Sylvester 1798 – 1878 Wife: Helen M. Hall 1832 – 1898 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Children: Grace Laflin Allen 1857 – 1914 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Addison Byron Allen 1861 – 1866 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1843: Graduated from Williams College Occupation before War: Paper Maker in Herkimer County, New York 1858 – 1859: New York State Senator Civil War Career: Paper Maker in Herkimer County, New York 1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from New York 1865 – 1869: Chairman...
Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar :CSA1stNat: Born: April 4, 1824 Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia Father: Gazaway Bugg Lamar 1798 – 1874 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Mother: Jane Meek Creswell 1800 – 1838 Wife: Caroline Agnes Nicoll 1825 – 1902 (North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: Jane Creswell Lamar Cunningham 1848 – 1899 (North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Gazaway Basil Lamar 1850 – 1850 (North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) William Sims Lamar 1851 – 1852 (North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Caroline Ada Lamar 1853 – 1855 (North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Caroline Nicoll Lamar DuBingnon 1855 – 1916 (North Laurel Grove Cemetery...
John Hill Lamar :CSA1stNat: Born: 1840 Birthplace: Georgia Father: John T. Lamar 1809 – 1845 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Mother: Mary Louisa Hill 1810 – 1886 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Wife: Jane A. Carter Education: Attended University of Georgia Attended Oglethorpe University Occupation before War: Planter in Macon, Georgia Civil War Career: 1861: Private of Company B, 2nd Georgia Battalion 1861 – 1862: Major of 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862: Lt. Colonel of 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded in the finger losing a finger at Battle of Fredericksburg 1864: Shot from his horse while leading a Charge at Battle of...
Thomas Gresham Lamar Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 28, 1826 Father: Thomas Gresham Lamar Sr. 1788 – 1833 (Buried: Lamar Cemetery, Beech Island, South Carolina) Mother: Martha Leland Cary 1781 – 1863 (Buried: Lamar Cemetery, Beech Island, South Carolina) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Whatley 1825 – 1849 Married: 1846 in Edgefield, South Carolina 2nd Wife: Sarah Adams Dunbar 1828 – 1904 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Married: September 26, 1850 in Edgefield, South Carolina Children: Barney Dunbar Lamar 1854 – 1907 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) John Cary Lamar 1858 – 1937 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Matthew Calbraith Butler “Cal” Lamar 1860 – 1924 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta...
John Tillman Lamkin :CSA1stNat: Born: July 17, 1811 Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia Father: William Lamkin 1778 – 1845 Mother: Keziah Hart Snead 1782 – 1817 Wife: Thurza A. Kilgore 1819 – 1887 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi) Children: Dr. William Joseph Lamkin 1843 – 1916 (Buried: Roseland Cemetery, Gloster, Mississippi) Infant Lamkin 1845 – 1845 (Buried: Holmesville Cemetery, Pike County, Mississippi) Fanny A. Lamkin Boyd 1845 – 1884 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi) Charles A. Lamkin 1846 – 1915 (Buried: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Texas) James C. Lamkin 1848 – 1895 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi) Mary Eliza Lamkin 1852 – 1853 (Buried: Holmesville Cemetery, Pike...
Frederick William Lander :us34stars: Born: December 17, 1821 Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts Father: Captain Edward Lander 1787 – 1862 Mother: Eliza West 1790 – 1849 (Buried: Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts) Wife: Jean Margaret Davenport 1829 – 1903 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: Attended Governor Dummer Academy Attended Norwich Military Academy Occupation before War: Civil Engineer for U.S. Government for Transcontinental Surveys Builder of the Lander Road an overland wagon route Helped offered an alternate route into Wyoming Territory Civil War Career: Aide on the staff of Major General George B. McClellan 1861 – 1862: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers Served on the staff...
George Washington Lane: :us34stars: Born: June 14, 1805 Birthplace: Cherokee County Georgia Father: Jonathan Lane 1767 – 1837 Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Colley 1771 - 1840 Wife: Martha Nichols Davis 1814 – 1896 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama) Children: Robert W. Lane 1835 – 1863 Nicholas Davis Lane 1839 – 1858 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama) Bettie Collie Lane 1845 – 1853 Kate Erskine Lane Townes 1845 – 1919 (Buried: Athens City Cemetery Athens Alabama) Mary Lane Westmoreland 1850 – 1931 (Buried: Athens City Cemetery Athens Alabama) Hector Davis Lane 1852 – 1898 (Buried: Athens City Cemetery Athens Alabama) Charles Paul Lane 1854 – 1907 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama) Occupation...
Henry Smith Lane :us34stars: Born: February 24, 1811 Birthplace: Sharpsburg, Kentucky Father: Colonel James Hardage Lane Jr. 1764 – 1852 Mother: Mary “Polly” Higgins 1778 – 1824 1st Wife: Pamela Bledsoe Jameson 1814 – 1842 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: December 24, 1833 in Mount Sterling, Kentucky 2nd Wife: Joanna Maria Elston 1826 – 1914 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Married: February 11, 1845 in Crawfordsville, Indiana Political Party: Whig Party, Know – Nothing Party, Republican Party Occupation before War: 1831: Delivered an anti–slavery Speech for Colonization Society. 1834 – 1854: Attorney in Crawfordsville, Indiana 1837: Indiana State Senator 1838 – 1839: Indiana...
James Henry Lane :CSA1stNat: Born: July 28, 1833 Birth Place: Matthews Court House, Virginia Father: Colonel Walter Gardner Lane 1806 – 1868 (Buried: Goshen Cemetery, Moon, Virginia) Mother: Mary Ann Henry Barkwell 1808 – 1870 (Buried: Goshen Cemetery, Moon, Virginia) Wife: Charlotte Randolph “Lottie” Meade 1836 – 1888 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Alabama) Children: Elizabeth Hardaway “Lidie” Hardaway Lane 1871 – 1913 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Alabama) Mary Barkwell Lane Petrie 1876 – 1942 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Alabama) Kate Meade James Lane 1878 – 1968 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Alabama) Lottie Everard Lane Sloan 1880 – 1951 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Alabama) Education...
James Henry Lane Sr. :us34stars: Born: June 22, 1814 Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana Territory Father: Amos Lane 1778 – 1849 (Buried: Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Indiana) Mother: Mary Foote 1778 – 1854 (Buried: Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Indiana) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Baldridge 1826 – 1883 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Children: Ellie Lane Adams 1844 – 1874 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) James Henry Lane Jr. 1848 – 1893 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Anna “Annie” Lane Johnson 1852 – 1928 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Mary A. Lane Warren 1854 – 1874 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Thomas D. Lane 1864 – 1922 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery...
William Esselstyne Lansing :us34stars: Born: December 29, 1821 Birthplace: Perryville, New York Father: Abram Wendell Lansing 1786 – 1845 Mother: Sarah Holden 1789 – 1855 Wife: Gertrude Brown 1836 – 1859 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Chittenango, New York) Children: William B. Lansing 1859 – 1859 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Chittenango, New York) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1841: Graduated from Cazenovia Seminary Occupation before War: 1845 – 1850: Attorney in Chittenango, New York 1850 – 1853: Madison County, New York District Attorney 1853 – 1855: President of the village of Chittenango, New York 1855 – 1858: County Clerk in New York 1858 – 1861: Attorney in Chittenango, New York Civil War Career: 1861...
George Robert Latham Sr. :us34stars: Born: March 9, 1832 Birthplace: Haymarket, Virginia Father: John Latham 1794 – 1878 Mother: Juliet Ann Newman 1809 – 1886 Wife: Caroline Amelia Thayer 1834 – 1928 (Buried: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, West Virginia) Married: December 24, 1857 in Taylor County, Virginia (West Virginia) Children: Charles Ogilvie Latham 1858 – 1942 (Buried: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, West Virginia) Annie Virginia Latham Bartlett 1865 – 1948 (Buried: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, West Virginia) George Robert Latham Jr. 1873 – 1936 (Buried: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, West Virginia) William Thayer Latham 1874 – 1962 (Buried: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, West Virginia) Political Party: Unconditional...
Milton Slocum Latham Sr. :us34stars: Born: May 23, 1827 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio Father: Bela Latham 1794 – 1848 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Mother: Julianna H. Sterret 1801 – 1838 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) 1st Wife: Sophie Birdsall 1835 – 1867 (Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) 2nd Wife: Mary McMullin 1847 – 1939 (Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) Children: Milton Slocum Latham Jr. 1871 – 1911 (Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1845: Graduated from Jefferson College Occupation before War: 1845 – 1848: School Teacher in Russell County, Alabama 1848 – 1850: Attorney in Russell...
Dr. Edwin Walter Latimer :CSA1stNat: Born: June 6, 1826 Birthplace: Prince William County, Virginia Father: Samuel Marcus Latimer 1805 – 1851 Mother: Charlotte Amanda Barron 1805 – 1887 (Buried: Manassas Cemetery, Manassas, Virginia) Wife: Tracenia Young 1818 – 1879 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: October 31, 1849 in Prince George’s County, Maryland Children: Lucy Tasker Latimer Davis 1850 – 1905 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Dr. Charles Marshall Nut Latimer 1857 – 1912 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: 1860: Graduated from Columbian College Medical School Occupation before War: 1860 – 1861: Medical Doctor in Prince William County, Virginia Civil War...
Jacob Gartner Lauman :us34stars: Born: January 20, 1813 Birthplace: Taneytown, Maryland Father: George Christopher Lauman 1781 – 1849 (Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania) Mother: Margaret Gardner 1798 – 1862 (Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania) Wife: Matilda Stull – 1846 (Buried: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa) Wife: Louisa Douglas Viele 1835 – 1900 (Buried: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa) Children: Charles Newcomb Lauman 1855 – 1913 (Buried: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa) Margaret Louisa Lauman 1857 – 1877 (Buried: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa) Colonel George Viele Lauman 1860 – 1931 (Buried: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa) Carrie Lauman 1862 – 1863...
Evander McIver Law :CSA1stNat: Born: August 7, 1836 Birth Place: Darlington, South Carolina Father: Ezekiel Augustus Law 1809 – 1882 (Buried: Presbyterian Church, Darlington, South Carolina) Mother: Sarah Elizabeth McIver 1815 – 1885 (Buried: Presbyterian Church, Darlington, South Carolina) Wife: Jane Elizabeth Allison Latta 1844 – 1920 (March 9, 1863) (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Children: Evander McIver Law Jr. 1864 – 1922 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) William Latta Law 1866 – 1925 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Annie Law 1871 – 1932 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Edwin Augustus Law 1875 – 1928 (Buried: Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Education: Graduated from...
John Law :us34stars: Born: October 28, 1796 Birthplace: New London, Connecticut Father: US Congressman Lyman Law 1770 – 1842 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut) Mother: Elizabeth Learned 1774 – 1837 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut) Wife: Sarah Ewing 1804 – 1879 (Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, Indiana) Children: Anna E. Law Patterson 1827 – 1909 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1814: Graduated from Yale College Occupation before War: 1817 – 1818: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana 1818 – 1820: Vincennes, Indiana Prosecuting Attorney 1820 – 1824: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana 1824 – 1825: Indiana State...
Sarah Chapman (Gordon) Law :CSA1stNat: Born: August 27, 1805 Birthplace: Wilkes County, North Carolina Father: Colonel Chapman Gordon 1758 – 1813 (Buried: Wilkesboro Presbyterian Chapel, Wilkes County, North Carolina) Mother: Charity Robinett King 1765 – 1858 Husband: Dr. John Sanderford Law 1801 – 1844 (Buried: Bradshaw–Porter Cemetery, Glendale, Tennessee) Children: Augusta Law Erskine Unknown – 1868 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Virginia Law Sneed 1836 – 1917 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Rev. John Gordon Law 1839 – 1916 (Buried: West View Memorial Cemetery, Walhalla, South Carolina) Role for the Confederate Army: President of Southern Mothers Hospital Known as “Mother of the...
Michael Kelly Lawler :us34stars: Born: November 16, 1814 Birthplace: Monasterevin County, Kildare, Ireland Father: John Lawler Mother: Elizabeth Kelly Wife: Elizabeth Hart Crenshaw 1820 – 1908 (Buried: Lawler Cemetery, Equality, Illinois) Children: Sina Elizabeth Lawler Evans 1842 – 1915 (Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas) Raphael Edward Lawler 1858 – 1927 (Buried: Lawler Cemetery, Equality, Illinois) Occupation before War: Attorney in Gallatin County, Illinois Served in the Mexican American War rising to Captain Farmer and Mercantile Businessman in Gallatin County, Illinois Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 18th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded during the Battle of...
George Van Eman Lawrence :us34stars: Born: November 13, 1818 Birthplace: Washington County, Pennsylvania Father: US Congressman Joseph Lawrence 1786 – 1842 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Rebecca Vaneman 1787 – 1822 (Buried: Pigeon Creek Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Welsh 1817 – 1855 (Buried: Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Pennsylvania) 2nd Wife: Mary Reed 1830 – 1897 (Buried: Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Pennsylvania) Children: Mary Virginia Lawrence 1850 – 1933 (Buried: Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Pennsylvania) Joseph Lawrence 1853 – 1856 (Buried: Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Pennsylvania) George R. Lawrence 1858 – 1891 (Buried: Monongahela...
Robert Josiah Lawrence :CSA1stNat: Born: September 22, 1825 Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Father: William Haywood Lawrence 1791 – 1858 Mother: Mary Prince 1795 – 1834 Wife: Mary Ledyard 1833 – 1914 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Children: Mary Lavinia Lawrence Watson 1854 – 1933 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Occupation before War: Clerk in Mobile, Alabama Clerk in Shubuta Clarke County, Mississippi Served in the Mexican – American War Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain Company A, 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1862: Captured and Exchanged Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee 1862 – 1864: Major of 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 14th Mississippi Infantry...
William Lawrence :us34stars: Born: June 26, 1819 Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, Ohio Father: Joseph Lawrence 1793 – 1866 (Buried: Bellefontaine City Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio) Mother: Temperance Gilchrist 1792 – 1846 (Buried: Bellefontaine City Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio) 1st Wife: Cornelia H. Hawkins 1823 – 1844 (Buried: Bellefontaine City Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio) 2nd Wife: Caroline M. Miller 1828 – 1906 (Buried: Bellefontaine City Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio) Children: Joseph H. Lawrence 1847 – 1885 (Buried: Bellefontaine City Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio) John M. Lawrence 1854 – 1913 (Buried: Bellefontaine City Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Ohio) Mary Temperance Lawrence Haviland 1863 – 1948 (Buried: Bellefontaine...
Alexander Robert Lawton :CSA1stNat: Born: November 4, 1818 Birth Place: Beaufort County, South Carolina Father: Alexander James Lawton 1790 – 1876 (Buried: Bostick Cemetery, Black Swamp, South Carolina) Mother: Martha Mosse 1788 – 1836 (Buried: Bostick Cemetery, Black Swamp, South Carolina) Wife: Sarah Gilbert Alexander 1826 – 1897 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: Corrine Elliott Lawton 1846 – 1877 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Lovisa Fredrika Lawton Mackall 1849 – 1925 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Nora L. Lawton Cunningham 1855 – 1943 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Alexander Rudolph Lawton 1858 – 1936 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery...
Sarah Gilbert Alexander Lawton :CSA1stNat: Born: January 26, 1826 Birthplace: Wilkes County, Georgia Father: Adam Leopold Alexander 1803 – 1882 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert 1805 – 1855 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Husband: Brig. General Alexander Robert Lawton 1818 – 1896 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Married: November 5, 1845 in Wilkes County, Georgia Children: Corinne Elliott Lawton 1846 – 1877 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Louisa Frederika Lawton Mackall 1849 – 1925 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Nora Lawton Cunningham 1855 – 1943 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Alexander...
Winburn Joseph Lawton :CSA1stNat: Born: September 30, 1817 Birthplace: Beaufort, South Carolina 1st Wife: Harriet Jaudon 2nd Wife: Sarah Lewis Occupation before War: Wealthy Planter in Daugherty County, Georgia Railroad Builder Served in the Georgia State Militia as Officer 1847 – 1848: Georgia State Senator 1855 – 1856: Georgia State Senator Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Company B, Cobb's Georgia Legion 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd Georgia Cavalry Regiment 1862: Resigned during the Middle of Kentucky Campaign Occupation before War: Merchant, Factor, Banker, Railroad Promoter, & House Builder Died: September 6, 1884 Place of Death: Macon, Georgia Age at time of Death: 66 years old Burial Place: Rose Hill...
Jesse Lazear :us34stars: Born: December 12, 1804 Birthplace: Richhill Township, Pennsylvania Father: Thomas Lazear 1770 – 1858 (Buried: Lazear Cemetery, Richhill Township, Pennsylvania) Mother: Elizabeth Braddock 1775 – 1852 (Buried: Lazear Cemetery, Richhill Township, Pennsylvania) Wife: Frances Burbridge 1808 – 1867 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) Children: Catherine Lazear 1830 – 1830 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) Thomas Clay Lazear 1831 – 1917 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Elizabeth Lazear 1833 – 1834 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) Lucy Lazear Stephenson 1835 – 1856 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg...
Francis Celeste Le Blond :us34stars: Born: February 14, 1821 Birthplace: Belville, Ohio Father: Everah Celestain Le Blond 1789 – 1851 Mother: Elizabeth Haldeman 1793 – 1861 Wife: Louise E. McGinley 1834 – 1917 (Buried: North Grove Cemetery, Celina, Ohio) Married: September 6, 1853 in Allen County, Ohio Children: Emma L. Le Blond Kloeb 1860 – 1930 (Buried: Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery, Celina, Ohio) Frank Celestian Le Blond 1866 – 1947 (Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: 1844 – 1863: Attorney in Celina, Ohio 1851 – 1855: Ohio State Representative 1854 – 1855: Speaker of Ohio State House of Representatives Civil War Career: 1844 – 1863...
Danville Leadbetter :CSA1stNat: Born: August 26, 1811 Birthplace: Leeds, Maine Father: Thomas Leadbetter 1776 – 1848 (Buried: Cassidy Cemetery, Bingham, Maine) Mother: Eunice Clark 1775 – 1867 (Buried: Cassidy Cemetery, Bingham, Maine) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Waterman 1807 – 1851 (Buried: Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut) 2nd Wife: Delphine Euphrosine Kennedy 1822 – 1870 Children: Alice Elizabeth Leadbetter Berry 1857 – 1895 (Buried: Salem Cemetery, Winston Salem, North Carolina) Education: 1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (3rd in class) Occupation before War: 1836 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery 1838 – 1852: 1st Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers 1852 – 1857: Captain, United...
Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary :us34stars: Born: October 22, 1813 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Father: Lt. Peter Leary 1781 – 1871 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Mother: Elizabeth Hagerman 1794 – 1861 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) 1st Wife: Jane Phillips 1814 – 1863 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) 2nd Wife: Rebecca Ellis Horton 1836 – 1915 (Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland) Children: Mary Clare Leary Unknown – 1885 (Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland) General Peter Leary Jr. 1840 – 1911 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) USN Rear Admiral Richard Phillips Leary 1842 – 1901 (Buried: United States Naval...
Dr. Robert Lebby Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: June 1, 1805 Birthplace: South Carolina Father: Robert Lebby Mother: Catherine Ann Grattan Wife: Elizabeth Esther Rivers 1810 – 1882 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Sarah Wyatt Lebby Clement 1845 – 1926 (Buried: Johns Island Presbyterian Church Johns Island S.C.) Robert Lebby Jr. B. M. Lebby Education: 1826: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina Occupation before War: Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina Acting Assistant Surgeon at Fort Johnson, during the Yellow Fever Epidemic Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, during Seminole War Alderman for the City of Charleston, South Carolina Civil War Career: Surgeon for the...
James Hewitt Ledlie :us34stars: Born: April 14, 1832 Birthplace: Utica, New York Father: George Ferguson Ledlie – 1840 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) Mother: Fanny Hewitt 1801 – 1880 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) Wife: Catherine Hees 1837 – 1865 (Buried: Palatine Bridge Cemetery, Palatine Bridge, New York) Education: Graduated from Union College – (No Record of Attendance found) Occupation before War: Civil Engineer on the Erie Canal and Railroad Construction Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 19th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Major of 3rd New York Artillery Regiment 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 3rd New York Artillery Regiment 1862 – 1865: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers 1862 –...
Albert Lindley Lee :us34stars: Born: January 16, 1834 Birthplace: Fulton, New York Father: U.S. Congressman Moses Lindley Lee 1805 – 1876 (Buried: Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, New York) Mother: Ann Case 1815 – 1883 (Buried: Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, New York) Wife: Victorine Lindt 1830 – 1918 (Buried: Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, New York) Children: Author Albert Lee Jr. 1868 – 1946 (Buried: Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, New York) Education: 1853: Graduated from Union College Occupation before War: One of the founders of Elwood Free Press in Kansas District Court Judge in Kansas Associate Justice of Kansas State Supreme Court Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 7th Kansas Volunteers Cavalry Regiment 1861 – 1862...
Anne Carter “Annie” Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: June 18, 1839 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Ann Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Died: October 20, 1862 Place of Death: Jones Springs, Warrenton, North Carolina Age at time of Death: 23 years old Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever Original Burial Place: Jones family Cemetery, Warrenton, NC Current Burial Place: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia Inscription on Original Grave: ANNE C. LEE, DAUGHTER OF GENERAL R. E. LEE, AND MARY CUSTIS LEE / BORN AT ARLINGTON, JUNE 18TH, 1839 AND DIED AT THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WARREN COUNTY, N. C., OCTOBER 20TH, 1862. / PERFECT AND TRUE ARE ALL HIS WAYS / WHOM HEAVEN ADORES...
Charles Cochrane Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: February 2, 1834 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Father: Colonel Stephen Lee 1801 – 1879 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Mother: Caroline Lee 1807 – 1855 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Wife: Anna Perry Fripp 1838 – 1920 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Children: Annie C. Lee Moyle 1857 – 1923 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (4th in class) Occupation before War: 1856 – 1858: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Department 1856 – 1859: Ordnance Assistant at Watervilet Arsenal, New York 1858 – 1859: 2nd Lt. United States...
Daniel Murray Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: July 14, 1844 Birthplace: Alexandria, Virginia Father: Sydney Smith Lee 1802 – 1869 (Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Mother: Anna Maria Mason 1811 – 1898 (Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Wife: Ann Eliza "Nannie" Ficklen 1851 – 1933 (Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia) Children: Daniel Murray Lee Jr. 1876 – 1934 (Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California) Joseph Burwell Ficklen Lee 1878 – 1935 (Buried: San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California) Edmonia Corbin "Edmo" Lee 1879 – 1982 (Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia) Colonel Sydney Smith Lee 1881 – 1963 (Buried...
Edwin Gray Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: May 27, 1836 Birthplace: Shepherdstown, Virginia (Now West Virginia) Genealogy: His grandfather was Edmund Jennings Lee, Sr. a brother of “Light Horse Harry” Lee. Father: Edmund Jennings Lee II 1797 – 1877 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown, West Virginia) Mother: Henrietta Bedinger 1810 – 1898 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown, West Virginia) Wife: Susan Pendleton 1833 – 1911 (Married: 11 – 16 – 1856) Children: None Education: 1852: Graduated from College of William and Mary 1859: Received law degree from Washington College Occupation: 1859 – 1861: Attorney in Lexington, Virginia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Aide to Thomas Jonathan Jackson 1861: Aide during the First Battle...
Eleanor Agnes Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: February 27, 1841 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Education: Attended Virginia Female Institute For a time she helped to instruct the Arlington slaves by conducting a Sunday evening school for them and by instructing individual children before and after breakfast She was said to be in love with Colonel William Orton Williams She was nurse and companion of her father Died: October 15, 1873 Place of Death: Lexington, Virginia Age at time of Death: 32 years old Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever Burial Place: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia
Fitzhugh Lee Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 19, 1835 Birthplace: Clermont Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia Father: Sydney Smith Lee 1802 – 1869 (Buried: Old Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Mother: Anna Maria Mason 1811 – 1896 (Buried: Old Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Wife: Ellen Bernard Fowle 1853 – 1933 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Jr. 1875 – 1954 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Ellen Bernard Lee Rhea 1873 – 1959 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Anna Lee 1872 – 1872 Colonel George Mason Lee 1877 – 1934 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military...
George Washington Custis Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: September 16, 1832 Birthplace: Fortress Monroe, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Nickname: Boo Education: 1854: Graduated West Point Military Academy – (1st in class) Occupation before War: 1854 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1855 – 1859: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1859 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army Engineers Civil War Career: 1861: Captain Confederate Army Engineers 1861 – 1863: Colonel and Aide to President Jefferson Davis 1863 – 1864: Brigadier General and Aide to President Jefferson Davis 1863: Volunteered to take Rooney’s place as Prisoner of War so Rooney could be...
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: October 1, 1808 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: George Washington Parke Custis 1781 – 1857 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Mother: Mary Lee Fitzhugh 1788 – 1853 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Husband: Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Married: June 30, 1831 in Arlington, Virginia Children: Major General George Washington Custis Lee 1832 – 1913 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Mary Custis Lee 1835 – 1918 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Major General William Henry Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee 1837 – 1891...

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