Brutus Junius Clay
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Born: July 1, 1808
Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky
Father: Green Clay 1757 β 1828
(Buried: Green Clay Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Mother: Sally Lewis 1776 β 1867
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Brother: Maj Gen. Cassius Marcellus Clay 1810 β 1903
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
1st Wife: Amelia McClanahan Field 1812 β 1843
(Buried: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
2nd Wife: Anne Marie Field 1822 β 1881
(Buried: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Children:
Martha Clay Davenport 1832 β 1908
(Buried: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, West Virginia)
Brutus Junius Clay Jr. 1834 β 1837
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Christopher Field Clay 1835 β...
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Cassius Marcellus Clay
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Born: October 19, 1810
Birthplace: Madison County, Kentucky
Father: Green Clay 1757 β 1828
(Buried: Green Clay Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Mother: Sally Lewis 1776 β 1867
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Brother: U.S. Rep. Brutus Junius Clay of KY 1808-1878
(Buried: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
1st Wife: Mary Jane Warfield 1815 β 1900
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
2nd Wife: Dora Richardson 1880 β 1914
(Buried: Midway Cemetery, Midway, Kentucky)
Children:
Elisha Warfield Clay 1835 β 1851
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Major Green Clay 1837 β 1883
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky)
Mary Barr Clay 1839 β 1924
(Buried...
Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.:
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Born: December 13, 1816
Birthplace: Huntsville Alabama
Father: US Senator Clement Comer Clay 1789 β 1866
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama)
Mother: Susanna Claiborne Withers 1798 β 1866
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama)
Wife: Virginia Tunstall 1825 β 1915
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama)
Children:
Ella Clay 1852 β 1852
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1834: Graduated from University of Alabama
1839: Graduated from University of Virginia law school
Occupation before War:
1840 β 1846: Attorney in Huntsville Alabama
1842: Alabama State Representative
1844 β 1845: Alabama State...
Alexander Mosby Clayton
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Born: January 15, 1801
Birthplace: Campbell County, Virginia
Father: William Willis Clayton 1779 β 1820
Mother: Clarissa Mosby
1st Wife: Mary Walker Thomas 1804 β 1832
2nd Wife: Barbara Anne Barker 1819 β 1879
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi)
Children:
Clara M. Clayton 1849 β 1922
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California)
Political Party: Democrat Party
Education:
Received a small amount of formal education
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Fredericksburg Virginia
1832 β 1837: Moved to Clarksville, Tennessee where he met his wife
1832: Justice of Arkansas Territorial Supreme Court
Owner of a large amount of land near Lamar, Mississippi
Judge of...
Henry DeLamar Clayton Sr.
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Born: March 7, 1827
Birth Place: Pulaski County, Georgia
Father: Nelson Clayton 1796 β 1868
(Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Alabama)
Mother: Sarah Leith Carruthers 1800 β 1873
(Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Alabama)
Wife: Victoria Virginia Hunter 1832 β 1908
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama)
Children:
Victoria Virginia Clayton Williams
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Sarah Elizabeth Bowler Clayton Walthour 1852 β 1928
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama)
Theresa Emily Clayton 1855 β 1856
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama)
Henry DeLamar Clayton Jr. 1857 β 1929
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama)
Bertram Tracy Clayton 1862...
Powell Clayton
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Born: August 7, 1833
Birthplace: Bethel Township, Pennsylvania
Father: John Clayton 1793 β 1871
(Buried: Chester Bethel Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware)
Mother: Ann Clark 1803 β 1883
(Buried: Chester Bethel Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware)
Wife: Adeline McGraw 1841 β 1917
(Died in Oxted, England, Burial Place Unknown)
Children:
Glover Clayton Unknown β 1875
(Buried: Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Lucy Clayton Jones 1868 β 1929
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Major Powell Clayton Jr. 1871 β 1916
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
Attended Partridge Military Academy
Studied Civil Engineering in Wilmington, Delaware...
Victoria Virginia Hunter Clayton
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Born: June 10, 1832
Birthplace: South Carolina
Father: Major General John Lingard Hunter 1795 β 1868
(Buried: Hunter β Merrill Family Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Bowler 1798 β 1843
(Buried: Hunter β Merrill Family Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama)
Husband: Major General Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. 1827 β 1889
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama)
Married: January 9, 1850 in Barbour County, Alabama
Children:
Sarah Elizabeth Bowler Clayton Walthour 1852 β 1928
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama)
Theresa Emily Clayton 1855 β 1856
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama)
US Congressman Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. 1857 β 1929
(Buried: Fairview...
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Born: March 17, 1828
Birthplace: Ovens County Cork Ireland
Father: Dr. Joseph Cleburne 1792 β 1843
Mother: Mary Ann Ronayne 1792 β 1829
Girlfriend: Susan Tarleton 1840 β 1868
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Career in Europe:
1846 β 1849: Served in the British Army rising to rank of Corporal
Occupation in United States:
Immigrated to the United States, settling in Helena, Arkansas
Worked as a Pharmacist in Helena, Arkansas
Half Owner of The Democratic Star Newspaper
1856: Wounded during a street fight in Helena, Arkansas, Shot in Back
Attorney in Helena, Arkansas
Civil War Career:
Member of the Yell Rifles, Arkansas Militia
1861: Captain of Yell Rifles helped seize the U.S. Arsenal in...
Andrew Jackson Clements:
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Born: December 23, 1832
Birthplace: Clementsville Tennessee
Father: Christopher Clements
(Buried: Clementsville Cemetery Clementsville Tennessee)
Mother: Polly Fraim
(Buried: Clementsville Cemetery Clementsville Tennessee)
1st Wife: Nancy Jones 1836 β 1858
2nd Wife: Matilda Ann Harlin 1849 β 1923
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery Glasgow Kentucky)
Children:
Mollie Clements 1867 β 1914
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery Glasgow Kentucky)
Don Carlos Clements 1872 β 1918
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery Glasgow Kentucky)
Frederick Clements 1881 β 1947
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery Glasgow Kentucky)
Political Party: Unionist Party
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in Lafayette...
Thomas Green Clemson
Born: July 1, 1807
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Father: Thomas Green Clemson 1772 β 1813
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Elizabeth Baker 1773 β 1857
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Anna Maria Calhoun 1817 β 1875
(Buried: Saint Paulβs Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Children:
Infant Clemson 1839 β 1839
Captain John Calhoun Clemson 1841 β 1871
(Buried: Saint Paulβs Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Floride Elizabeth Clemson Lee 1842 β 1871
(Buried: Raymond Hill Cemetery, Carmel, New York)
Cornelia βNinaβ Clemson 1855 β 1858
(Buried: Saint Paulβs Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Education...
Nathan Clifford
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Born: August 18, 1803
Birthplace: Rumney, New Hampshire
Father: Nathaniel Clifford
Mother: Lydia Simpson
Wife: Hannah Ayer 1811 β 1892
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
Children:
William Henry Clifford 1838 β 1901
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended New Hampton Literary Institute
Occupation before War:
School Teacher and gave gavel lessons in New York
1827 β 1830: Attorney in Newfield, Maine
1830 β 1834: Maine State Representative
1832 β 1834: Speaker of Maine State House of Representatives
1834 β 1838: Maine State Attorney General
1839 β 1843: United States Congressman from Maine
1839 β 1841: Member of House...
Thomas Lanier Clingman
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Born: July 27, 1812
Birth Place: Huntsville, North Carolina
Father: Jacob Clingman 1786 β 1817
Mother: Jane Frances Poindexter 1789 β 1873
Children:
Rev. Thomas Jefferson Eatman 1855 β 1938
(Buried: Swiss Cemetery, Bald Creek, North Carolina)
Education:
1832: Graduated from University of North Carolina
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Huntsville, North Carolina
1835: Member of North Carolina House of Commons
1836 β 1839: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
1840: North Carolina State Senator
1841 β 1843: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
1843 β 1845: United States Representative from North Carolina
1845 β 1847: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
1847 β 1858: United States...
David Clopton
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Born: September 29, 1820
Birthplace: Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia
Father: Alford Clopton 1787 β 1870
(Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama)
Mother: Sarah "Sally" Kendrick 1791 β 1851
(Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama)
1st Wife: Martha E. Ligon 1827 β 1867
(Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama)
2nd Wife: Mary F. Threewits 1835 β 1885
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
3rd Wife: Virginia Clay 1825 β 1915
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)
Children:
Sarah Wilhelmina Clopton Lanier 1848 β 1916
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Laura Ligon Clopton Chambers 1851 β 1918
(Buried: Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Maryland)...
William Fletcher Cloud
Born: March 23, 1825
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Father: Robert Cloud 1787 β 1858
(Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio)
Mother: Ann Corner 1791 β 1863
(Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio)
1st Wife: Elizabeth Howard 1829 β 1879
(Buried: Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri)
2nd Wife: Sara F. Buchanan
3rd Wife: Abby B. Murray
Children:
Robert William Cloud 1849 β 1920
Henry Howard Cloud 1856 β
Clara Howard Cloud 1858 β 1880
(Buried: Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri)
Eva Howard Sherman 1862 β
Occupation before War:
Served in Mexican β American War in 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
Served in the Ohio State Militia rising to Captain
Lived in Lawrence, Kansas and Emporia, Kansas
Civil War...
Gustave Paul Cluseret
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Born: June 13, 1823
Birthplace: Sursnes, France
Education:
Attended Saint β Cyr Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1843 β 1848: Served in the French Army
1848 β 1849: Captain in the French Army
1848: Participated in the June Days Uprising
1849: Supporter of Anti β Bonapartist Demonstration
1851: Fled to London England after Louis Napoleon Bonaparteβs Coup
1853 β 1858: Served in the French Army
1853: Served in the Expeditions to Algeria
Served with the French Army during the Crimean War
Wounded during the Siege of Sevastopol
1858: Resigned from the French Army
1858 β 1860: Traveled in Algeria and New York City New York
1860: Participated in the Foundation of De Flotte Legion
Civil...
Amasa Cobb
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Born: September 27, 1823
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Father: John Cobb 1784 β 1833
(Buried: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois)
Mother: Nancy Briggs 1787 β 1856
(Buried: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois)
Wife: Philadelphia Stone Moffett 1818 β 1896
(Buried: Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska)
Children:
Gertrude Cobb 1850 β 1852
(Buried: Highland Public Cemetery, Highland, Wisconsin)
Jessie Cobb 1857 β 1864
(Buried: Old Mineral Point Cemetery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
Lead Miner in Wisconsin Territory
Served as a Private in United States Army in Mexican-American War
Attorney in Mineral Point, Wisconsin
1850 β...
George Thomas Cobb
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Born: October 13, 1813
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey
Father: Enoch Cobb β 1816
Wife: Mary Ann Sergeant Unknown β 1883
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey)
Children:
Baby Cobb
Adelaide Corender Cobb 1844 β 1849
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey)
Catherine Emrick Cobb 1847 β 1849
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey)
Louisa Matilda Cobb 1849 β 1849
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey)
Julia Cobb Skidmore 1851 β 1897
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey)
Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
Store Clerk in Denville, New Jersey
Employee at iron works at Powerville, and...
Howell Cobb Sr.
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Born: September 7, 1815
Birthplace: Cherry Hill, Jefferson County, Georgia
Father: John Addison Cobb 1788 β 1855
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Mother: Sarah Robinson Rootes 1792 β 1863
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Wife: Mary Ann Lamar 1818 β 1889
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Married: May 26, 1835
Children:
Zachariah Lamar Cobb 1837 β 1840
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
John Addison Cobb II 1838 β 1925
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Georgia)
Lamar Cobb 1840 β 1907
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Howell Cobb Jr. 1842 β 1909
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Henry Jackson Cobb 1844 β 1848...
Marion McHenry Lumpkin Cobb
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Born: February 22, 1822
Birthplace: Athens, Georgia
Father: Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin 1799 β 1867
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Mother: Callender Cunningham Grieve 1803 β 1871
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Husband: Brig. General Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb 1823 β 1862
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Married: January 8, 1844 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Children:
Lucy Cobb 1844 β 1857
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Sarah Addison βSallyβ Cobb Jackson 1846 β 1915
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Callender McHenry βCallieβ Cobb Hull 1848 β 1911
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Joseph Henry...
Mary Ann Lamar Cobb
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Born: April 23, 1818
Birthplace: Milledgeville, Georgia
Father: Colonel Zachariah Lamar 1769 β 1838
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Mother: Mary Ann Robinson 1784 β 1823
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Husband: Major General Howell Cobb Sr. 1815 β 1868
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Married: May 26, 1835
Brother: John Basil Lamar 1812 β 1862
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Children:
Zachariah Lamar Cobb 1837 β 1840
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
John Addison Cobb II 1838 β 1925
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Georgia)
Lamar Cobb 1840 β 1907
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Howell...
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
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Born: April 10, 1823
Birthplace: Cherry Hill, Jefferson County, Georgia
Father: John Addison Cobb 1788 β 1855
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Mother: Sarah Robinson Rootes 1792 β 1863
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Wife: Marion McHenry Lumpkin 1822 β 1897
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Married: January 8, 1844 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Children:
Lucy Cobb 1844 β 1857
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Sarah Addison βSallyβ Cobb 1846 β 1915
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Callendar βCallieβ McHenry Cobb Hull 1848 β 1911v
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Cobb 1850 β 1851...
Abner Coburn
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Born: March 22, 1803
Birthplace: Skowhegan, Massachusetts
Father: Eleazer Coburn 1777 β 1845
(Buried: Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Massachusetts)
Mother: Mary βPollyβ Weston 1782 β 1860
(Buried: Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Massachusetts)
Political Party: Federalist Party, Whig Party, and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
Worked on his family farm at a young age.
Assistant to his father who was a land surveyor
Helped Start the firm of E. Coburn & Sons buying lands and dealing in lumber on the Kennebec River.
After the death of his father the Firm became A & P Coburn
This firm would become the largest landowner in the state of Maine.
The Firm would acquire large timber holdings in...
James Addison Cochran
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Born: December 28, 1828
Birthplace: Augusta County, Virginia
Father: James Addison Cochran Sr. 1804 β 1856
(Buried: Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Virginia)
Mother: Martha Miller Lewis 1806 β 1841
(Buried: Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Virginia)
1st Wife: Elizabeth Brooke
2nd Wife: Nancy Crawford 1835 β
Children:
Benjamin C. Cochran 1869 β
Martha S. Cochran 1871 β
Nannie Cochran
Education:
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Farmer in Loch Willow, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861 β 1862: Lt. Of Company I, 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862 β 1863: Captain of Company I, 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1863 β 1864: Colonel of 14th...
John Cochrane
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Born: August 27, 1818
Birthplace: Palatine, New York
Father: Walter Livingston Cochrane 1771 β 1857
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)
Mother: Cornelia Wyntje Smith 1792 β 1825
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)
Education:
1831: Graduated from Hamilton College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Palatine, Oswego, and Schenectady, New York
1846 β 1853: Attorney in New York City, New York
1853 β 1857: Surveyor of the Port of New York
1857 β 1861: United States Congressman from New York
1857 β 1859: House Chairman of Commerce Committee
1860: New York Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1860: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection as Congressman
Civil War...
Philip St. George Cocke
Born: April 17, 1809
Birth Place: Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia
Father: Brig. General John Hartwell Cocke 1780 β 1866
Mother: Anne Blaus Barraud 1785 β 1816
Wife: Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin 1815 β 1872
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Lt. John Bowdoin Cocke 1836 β 1889
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Louisiana Barraud Cocke Kennon 1838 β 1914
(Buried: Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Northampton Coounty, North Carolina)
Sarah Browne βSallieβ Cocke Wilson 1840 β 1909
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Lucy Cary Cocke Bridges 1842 β 1915
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Philip St. George Cocke 1844 β 1913
(Buried: Grace...
Francis Marion Cockrell
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Born: October 1, 1834
Birth Place: Warrensburg, Missouri
Father: Josephus Cockrell 1784 β 1837
Mother: Nancy Marnea Ellis 1803 β 1883
(Buried: Blackwater Cemetery, Holden, Missouri)
1st Wife: Arthusa Dorcas Stapp 1830 β 1859
(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Missouri)
2nd Wife: Anna E. Mann 1840 β 1871
(Buried: Mud Meeting House Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Kentucky)
3rd Wife: Anna Ewing 1846 β 1894
(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Missouri)
Children:
John J. Cockrell 1850 β 1892
(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Missouri)
Ewing Cockrell 1874 β 1962
(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Missouri)
Education:
1853: Graduated from Chapel Hill College...
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth
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Born: May 18, 1828
Birthplace: Somerset, Pennsylvania
Father: John Coffroth 1790 β 1854
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Mary M. Besore 1785 β 1869
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Eleanora K. βNoraβ Kimmel 1831 β 1893
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Andrew Bruce Coffroth 1856 β 1910
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Jacob Kimmel Coffroth 1858 β 1890
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Somerset Academy
Occupation before War:
Publisher of Democratic Paper in Somerset, Pennsylvania
1851 β 1863: Attorney in Somerset, Pennsylvania...
Charles Jones Colcock Sr.
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Born: April 30, 1820
Birthplace: Boiling Springs, Barnwell County, South Carolina
Father: Thomas Hutson Colcock Sr. 1797 β 1851
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)
Mother: Eliza Mary Hay 1803 β 1844
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)
1st Wife: Mary Caroline Heyward 1822 β 1848
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)
2nd Wife: Lucy Frances βFannyβ Horton 1832 β 1862
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
3rd Wife: Agnes May Bostick 1841 β 1914
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)
Children:
Caroline Ann Colcock 1846 β 1855
(Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina)
Charles Jones...
Cornelius Cole
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Born: September 17, 1822
Birthplace: Lodi, New York
Father: David Cole III 1788 β 1857
(Buried: Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg, New York)
Mother: Rachel Townsend 1790 β 1863
(Buried: Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg, New York)
Wife: Olive A. Colegrove 1833 β 1918
(Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California)
Children:
Emma Cole Brown 1854 β 1920
(Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California)
Seward Cole 1856 β 1927
(Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California)
Willoughby Cole 1857 β 1912
(Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California)
Lucretia Cole Waring 1860 β 1953
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Cornelia Cole McLoughlin 1863 β...
Robert Granderson Cole
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Born: September 29, 1830
Birthplace: Manchester, Virginia
Father: George W. Cole 1790 β 1846
Mother: Caroline M. Wooldridge 1796 β 1851
Education:
1850: Graduated West Point Military Academy β (37th in class)
Occupation before War:
1850 β 1852: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Infantry
1852 β 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 8th Infantry
1855 β 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 8th Infantry
1861: Resigned from United States Army on January 28th
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Infantry, Confederate States Army
1861: Captain on staff of Brig. General Robert S. Garnett
1861: Major Commissary of Subsistence on Garnettβs Staff
1861 β 1862: Major Commissary of Subsistence, Gen...
David Coleman
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Born: February 5, 1824
Birthplace: Buncombe County, North Carolina
Father: William Coleman 1785 β 1874
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Mother: Cynthia Lane Swain Lowery 1791 β 1829
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Education:
Graduated from University of North Carolina
Graduated from United States Naval Academy
Occupation before War:
Served in the United States Navy rising to Midshipman
Attorney in Buncombe County, North Carolina
North Carolina State Senator
1858: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. In North Carolina State Navy Commander of steamer Ellis
1861 β 1862: Major of a battalion...
Robert Lowry Coleman
Born: October 8, 1835
Birthplace: Buncombe County, North Carolina
Father: William Coleman 1785 β 1874
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Mother: Ann Evelyn Baird 1804 β 1886
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Wife: Victoria Rice 1838 β 1919
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)
Children:
William Coleman 1875 β 1924
(Buried: Rosemount Cemetery, Union, South Carolina)
Occupation before War:
Farmer and Clerk in Buncombe County, North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Private of Company E 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862 β 1863: Captain & Assistant Commissary 60th North Carolina Inf.
1863 β 1865: Major Commissary of...
Thaddeus Charles Coleman
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Born: January 15, 1837
Birthplace: Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Father: William Coleman 1785 β 1874
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Mother: Ann Evelyn Baird 1804 β 1886
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Sloan 1841 β 1926
(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)
Children:
Sara Lindsay Coleman Porter 1868 β 1959
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)
Evelyn Kambach Coleman 1875 β 1927
(Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Union, South Carolina)
Education:
1856: Graduated from University of North Carolina
Occupation before War:
1856 β 1857: Mathematics Tutor...
Schuyler Colfax Jr.
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Born: March 23, 1823
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Father: Schuyler Colfax Sr. 1792 β 1822
(Buried: Colfax Family Burying Ground, Wayne, New Jersey)
Mother: Hannah Delameter Stryker 1805 β 1872
(Buried: City Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana)
1st Wife: Evelyn Clark 1823 β 1863
Married: October 10, 1844
(Buried: City Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana)
2nd Wife: Ellen Maria Wade 1836 β 1911
Married: November 18, 1868
(Buried: City Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana)
Signature:
Children:
Schuyler Colfax III 1870 β 1925
(Buried: City Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
Deputy Auditor for Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Legislative Correspondent for...
Jacob Collamer
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Born: January 8, 1791
Birthplace: Troy, New York
Father: Samuel Collamer 1764 β 1832
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont)
Mother: Elizabeth Van Arman 1766 β 1850
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont)
Wife: Mary N. Stone 1796 β 1870
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Children:
Elisabeth Collamer 1819 β 1839
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Harriet A. Collamer Johnson 1819 β 1906
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
William Collamer 1824 β 1873
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Ellen Collamer Rice 1831 β 1886
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Frances Collamer 1834 β 1917
(Buried: River...
Alfred Holt Colquitt
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Born: April 20, 1824
Birthplace: Monroe, Georgia
Father: Walter Terry Colquitt 1799 β 1855
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Mother: Nancy Hill Lane 1808 β 1840
1st Wife: Dorothy Elizabeth βDollyβ Wimberly Tarver 1828 β 1855
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
2nd Wife: Sarah Louisa Bunn 1832 β 1898
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Children:
Anne Lane Colquitt Newell 1850 β 1898
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Elizabeth Hill Colquitt Marshall 1861 β 1930
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Harriet Bunn Colquitt 1865 β 1924
(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Laura Warren Colquitt Howard 1869 β 1951...
Raleigh Edward Colston
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Born: October 1, 1825
Birthplace: Paris, France
Father: General Francois Etienne de Kellermann 1770 β 1835
Adoptive Father: Dr. Raleigh Edward Colston 1796 β 1881
Mother: Maria Theresa 1775 β 1845
1st Wife: Louise Meriwether Bowyer 1808 β 1882
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
2nd Wife: Laura Eunice Collier 1841 β 1918
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Mary Frances Colston
Louise Elizabeth Colston
Education:
1846: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute (4th in class)
Occupation:
1846 β 1861: Professor of French & Military Science V.M.I.
1859: Served as a Guard during the execution of John Brown
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 16th...
John Gordon Coltart
Born: January 27, 1826
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama
Father: Samuel Coltart 1794 β 1873
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)
Mother: Jane Wilson 1802 β 1868
(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)
Occupation before War:
Book Seller, Druggist, and Insurance Agent in Huntsville, Alabama
Served in the Alabama State Militia
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain in Coltart's Alabama Battalion
1861: Lt. Colonel of Coltart's Alabama Battalion
1861 β 1862: Lt. Colonel of 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Colonel of 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862 β 1863: Colonel of 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1863: on Conscription Duty for the...
Frederick Augustus Conkling
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Born: August 22, 1816
Birthplace: Canajoharie, New York
Father: US Congressman Alfred Conkling 1789 β 1874
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Mother: Elizabeth βElizaβ Cockburn 1791 β 1851
(Buried: North Street Cemetery, Auburn, New York)
Brother: U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling 1829 β 1888
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Wife: Elenora Ronalds 1825 β 1879
(Buried: Green β Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Children:
Frederick Gray Conkling 1849 β 1871
(Buried: Green β Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Alfred Ronalds Conkling 1850 β 1917
(Buried: Green β Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Dora R. Conkling 1852 β 1868
(Buried: Green β Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn...
Roscoe Conkling
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Born: October 30, 1829
Birthplace: Albany, New York
Father: US Congressman Alfred Conkling 1789 β 1874
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Mother: Elizabeth Cockburn 1791 β 1851
(Buried: North Street Cemetery, Auburn, New York)
Wife: Julia Catherine Seymour 1827 β 1893
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Children:
Eliza Cockburn Conkling Oakman 1856 β 1931
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Brother: U.S. Congressman Frederick Augustus Conkling 1816 β 1891
(Buried: Green β Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1850 β 1859: Attorney in Utica, New York
1852: Campaigner for Winfield Scott...
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