Patrick Kelly
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Born: 1822
Birthplace: County Galway, Ireland
Father: Patrick Kelly 1790 β 1831
Mother: Mary McNully
Wife: Elizabeth Kelly 1823 β 1858
(Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York)
Occupation before War:
Immigrated to the United States from Ireland
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain Company E, 69th New York Infantry Regiment
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861 β 1862: Captain, United States Army, 16th Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Brevetted for gallantry at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Lt. Colonel of 88th New York Infantry Regiment
1862: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862 β 1864: Colonel of...
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John Russell Kelso
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Born: March 23, 1831
Birthplace: Franklin County, Ohio
Father: Robert Sylvester Kelso 1806 β 1874
(Buried: Horn Cemetery, Park County, Colorado)
Mother: Anna Rose 1806 β 1864
(Buried: Idaho Springs Cemetery, Idaho Springs, Colorado)
1st Wife: Mary Adelia Moore 1834 β 1921
(Buried: McCrary Cemetery, Gallatin, Missouri)
Married: August 28, 1851 in Daviess, Missouri
Divorced: Sept 1st, 1858
2nd Wife: Martha Susan βSusieβ Barnes 1841 β 1924
(Buried: Santa Maria Cemetery District, Santa Maria, California)
Married: September 23, 1858 Green County, Missouri
Divorced: 1874
3rd Wife: Etta Dunbar 1837 β 1923
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Longmont, Colorado)
Married: September 5, 1885 in Denver...
James Lawson Kemper
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Born: June 11, 1823
Birthplace: Mountain Prospect, Madison County, Virginia
Father: William Kemper 1776 β 1853
Mother: Maria E. Allison Kemper 1787 β 1873
Wife: Cremora βBelleβ Conway Cave Kemper 1837 β 1870
Married: July 4, 1853 in Madison, Virginia
Children:
William Meade Cave Kemper 1857 β 1886
Frances Merriweather Kemper 1859 β 1863
Florence Kemper Thompson 1859 β 1944
James Lawson Kemper Jr. 1864 β 1890
Lucy Virginia Kemper Lynch 1867 β 1915
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Jessie McRae Kemper 1868 β 1891
Heber Johns Kemper 1870 β 1950
(Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California)
Education:
1842: Graduated from Washington College
Occupation...
Augustus Holmes Kenan
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Born: April 21, 1805
Birthplace: Montpelier, Baldwin County, Georgia
Father: Thomas Holmes Kenan 1771 β 1837
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Wife: Henrietta Green Alston 1807 β 1889
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Children:
Captain Lewis Holmes Kenan 1833 β 1871
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Henrietta Alston Kenan White 1833 β 1916
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Dr. Thomas Holmes Kenan 1842 β 1910
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Political Party: Whig Party
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Milledgeville, Georgia
Known as one of the Ablest Attorneys in the State of Georgia...
Owen Rand Kenan
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Born: March 4, 1804
Birthplace: Kenansville, North Carolina
Father: U.S. Congressman Thomas Stephen Kenan 1771 β 1843
(Buried: Valley Creek Cemetery, Valley Grande Alabama)
Mother: Mary Rand 1781 β 1856
(Buried: Valley Creek Cemetery, Valley Grande, Alabama)
Wife: Sarah Rebecca Graham 1817 β 1871
(Buried: Graham Cemetery, Kenansville, North Carolina)
Children:
Colonel Thomas Stephen Kenan 1838 β 1911
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Captain James Graham Kenan Sr. 1839 β 1912
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Captain William Rand Kenan Sr. 1845 β 1903
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Annie Dickson Kenan 1848 β 1906
(Buried: Graham...
John Reese Kenly
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Born: January 11, 1818
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Father: Edward Kenly 1786 β 1861
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
Mother: Maria Keener Reese Kenly 1791 β 1860
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
Wife: None
Occupation before War:
Served in the Mexican War rising to the rank of Major
Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland
Civil War Career:
1861 β 1862: Colonel of 1st Maryland Union Volunteers Infantry Regt.
1862: Fought in the Streets of Front Royal, Virginia against Maryland
1862: Knocked from his horse while riding into Winchester, Virginia
1862: Held as Prisoner of War by the Confederate Army
1862: Exchanged as Prisoner of War on August 15th
1862 β 1865...
Anthony Kennedy
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Born: December 21, 1810
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Father: John Kennedy 1769 β 1836
(Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia)
Mother: Anne Clayton "Nancy" Pendleton 1776 β 1854
(Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia)
Wife: Sarah Stephena Dandridge 1811 β 1846
(Buried: Norborne Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia)
Children:
Dr. Stephen Dandridge Kennedy 1834 β 1914
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Political Party: Whig Party, Know β Nothing Party, Unionist Party
Occupation before War:
Farmer in Maryland, and Virginia
1839 β 1843: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates
Magistrate for Jefferson County, Virginia Court...
John Doby Kennedy
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Born: January 5, 1840
Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina
Father: Anthony McMillan Kennedy 1817 β 1892
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Mother: Sarah Ann Belton Doby 1821 β 1893
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
1st Wife: Elizabeth Cunningham 1842 β 1876
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
2nd Wife: Harriett A Boykin 1844 β 1907
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Children:
Sarah βSallieβ Doby Kennedy Winkler 1865 β 1949
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Elizabeth McMillan Kennedy Blakeney 1868 β 1896
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Alfred Edward Kennedy 1872 β 1956
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden...
Duncan Farrar Kenner
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Born: February 11, 1813
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Father: William Butler Kenner 1774 β 1824
Mother: Mary Minor 1787 β 1814
Wife: Anne Guillelmine βNannieβ Bringier 1822 β 1911
(Buried: Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, Louisiana)
Married: June 1, 1839 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Children:
Duncan Farrar Kenner Jr. 1841 β 1846
Blanche Kenner 1846 β 1900
Infants Kenner
(Buried: Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, Louisiana)
Frances Rosella Kenner Brent 1849 β 1928
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
George Currie Duncan Kenner 1853 β 1883
(Buried: Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, Louisiana)
Political Party...
Francis Kernan
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Born: January 14, 1816
Birthplace: Wayne, New York
Father: William Kernan 1781 β 1870
Mother: Roseanna Maria Stubbs 1789 β 1862
Wife: Hannah Avery Devereux 1820 β 1902
(Buried: Saint Agnes Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Children:
John Devereux Kernan 1844 β 1922
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Oxford, New York)
Francis J. Kernan 1853 β 1931
(Buried: Saint Agnes Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Walter Newberry Kernan 1864 β 1940
(Buried: Saint Agnes Cemetery, Utica, New York)
Political Party: Democrat Party β (War Democrat during Civil War)
Education:
1836: Graduated from Georgetown College
Occupation before War:
1840 β 1854: Attorney in Utica, New York
1854 β 1857: New York Reporter for Court of Appeals...
Michael Crawford Kerr
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Born: March 15, 1827
Birthplace: Titusville, Pennsylvania
Father: Samuel Kerr 1763 β 1839
(Buried: Pioneer Park Cemetery, Titusville, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Catherine Coover 1792 β 1874
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Brother: Colonel James K. Kerr 1824 β 1876
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Mary H. βPollyβ Coover 1824 β 1904
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana)
Married: 1845 in Erie, Pennsylvania
Children:
Samuel B. Kerr 1855 β 1924
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana)
Charles A. Kerr 1858 β 1864
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1851: Graduated from...
James Kerrigan
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Born: December 25, 1828
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Political Party: Independent Democrat
Education:
Attended Fordham College
Occupation before War:
Served in Mexican American War in Company D, 1st New York Infantry
Served as Captain in Walker's filibustering expedition to Nicaragua
Alderman for Sixth Ward of New York City, New York
Clerk of Tombs Police Court in New York
Civil War Career:
1861 β 1862: Colonel of 25th New York Infantry Regiment
1861 β 1863: United States Congressman from New York
1861 β 1863: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee
1862: Honorably discharged from the Union Army on March 6th.
Occupation after War:
Leader with Irish Nationalist Movement
1866...
Joseph Brevard Kershaw
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Born: January 5, 1822
Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina
Father: U.S. Congressman John Kershaw 1765 β 1829
(Buried: Kershaw Family Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Mother: Harriett DuBose 1791 β 1845
(Buried: Kershaw Family Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Wife: Lucretia Douglas 1825 β 1902
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden ,South Carolina)
Children:
Rev. John Kershaw 1847 β 1921
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Mary Martin Kershaw Shannon 1848 β 1934
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang 1850 β 1930
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Charlotte Douglas Kershaw 1851 β 1923
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South...
Lucretia Ann Douglas Kershaw:
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Born: August 27, 1825
Birthplace: Camden South Carolina
Father: James Kennedy Douglas 1780 β 1860
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina)
Mother: Mary Lucretia Martin 1785 β 1852
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina)
Husband: Major General Joseph B. Kershaw 1822 β 1894
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina)
Married: 1844 in Camden South Carolina
Children:
Rev. John Kershaw 1847 β 1921
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina)
Mary Martin Kershaw Shannon 1848 β 1934
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina)
Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang 1850 β 1930
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina)
Charles Douglas Kershaw 1851 β 1923
(Buried: Quaker...
John Henry Ketcham
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Born: December 21, 1832
Birthplace: Dover Plains, New York
Father: Colonel John Mabbett Ketcham 1807 β 1853
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New York)
Mother: Eliza Ann Stevens 1808 β 1886
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New York)
Wife: Augusta Ann Belden 1838 β 1915
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New York)
Children:
Augusta Ann Ketcham 1857 β
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New York)
Henry Belden Ketcham 1865 β 1920
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New York)
Charles Belden Ketcham 1871 β 1929
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New York)
Ethel Belden Ketcham 1878 β 1965
(Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, New...
William Scott Ketchum
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Born: July 7, 1813
Birthplace: Norwalk, Connecticut
Father: Daniel Ketchum 1786 β 1828
Mother: Rebecca Hill 1780 β 1835
1st Wife: Ann Pinkerton McMullin 1817 β 1841
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
2nd Wife: Rebecca O. White 1815 β 1866
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Charles Leavenworth Ketchum 1841 β 1918
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
1834: Graduated from West Point Military Academy β (32nd in class)
Occupation before War:
1834 β 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment
1834 β 1836: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
1836 β 1837: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment
1836...
Erasmus Darwin Keyes
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Born: May 29, 1810
Birthplace: Brimfield, Massachusetts
Father: Dr. Justus Keyes 1780 β 1835
(Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts)
Mother: Elizabeth βBetsyβ Corey 1781 β 1826
(Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts)
Wife: Caroline M. Clarke 1810 β 1853
(Buried: Green β Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Wife: Mary Loughborough 1831 β 1907
Children:
Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes 1843 β 1924
(Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York)
Eleanor Fisher Keyes Chetwood 1845 β 1924
(Buried: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Alexander Darwin Keyes 1864 β 1928
(Buried: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, California)
Dr. Henry Elmo Keyes 1870 β...
Wade Rutledge Keyes
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Born: October 10, 1821
Birthplace: Mooresville, Alabama
Father: General George Keyes 1792 β 1833
Mother: Nellie Rutledge 1799 β 1834
Wife: Alice Wharton Whitfield 1825 β 1901
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Children:
Louisa Blackledge Keyes Kittrell 1849 β 1929
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas)
Alice Whitefield Keyes 1851 β 1851
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Nellie Rutledge Keyes 1856 β 1938
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama)
Mary Whitfield Keyes Whitfield 1857 β 1933
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama)
Wade Keyes 1858 β 1859
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Annis Waddell "Annie" Keyes 1860 β 1861
(Buried...
James Lawlor Kiernan
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Born: October 26, 1837
Birthplace: Mountbellew County, Galway, Ireland
Wife: Harriet Josepha Sands 1840 β 1928
(Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Married: Late 1865
Children:
Inez M. Kiernan Chalmers 1868 β 1921
(Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Education:
Attended Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland
1857: Graduated from New York University, Academy of Medicine
Occupation before War:
1857 - 1861: Medical Doctor on the lower East Side of New York
1859 β 1861: Publisher of New York Medical Press
Civil War Career:
1861: Surgeon for 69th New York Militia Regiment
1861: Assistant Surgeon in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Surgeon for 6th Missouri...
John Weinland Killinger
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Born: September 18, 1824
Birthplace: Annville, Pennsylvania
Father: John Killinger
Mother: Fanny Killinger
Wife: Mary Hittchell 1832 β 1912
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Charles H. Killinger 1852 β 1923
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Flora Cornelia Killinger 1863 β 1958
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
1843: Graduated from Franklin and Marshall College
Occupation before War:
1846 β 1886: Attorney in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
1848 β 1849: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Prosecuting Attorney
1850 β 1851: Pennsylvania State Representative
1854 β 1857...
Franklin Whitner Kilpatrick
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Born: September 30, 1837
Birthplace: Pendleton District, South Carolina
Father: John Clark Kilpatrick Jr. 1809 β 1840
(Buried: Old Kilpatrick Cemetery, Seneca, South Carolina)
Mother: Eliza Amanda Whitner 1812 β 1884
(Buried: Old Stone Church Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina)
Education:
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Planter in Pickens District, South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1862: Captain Company B, Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment
1862 β 1863: Major of Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment
1862: Appointed and declined Colonel of Palmetto Sharpshooters
1863: Colonel of 1st South Carolina (Hagoodβs) Infantry Regiment
1863: Killed at the Battle of Wauhatchie...
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
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Born: January 14, 1836
Birthplace: Wantage Township, New Jersey
Father: Colonel Simon Kilpatrick 1794 β 1860
(Buried: Clove Cemetery, Sussex, New Jersey)
Mother: Julia Wickham 1799 β 1876
(Buried: Clove Cemetery, Sussex, New Jersey)
1st Wife: Alice Shailer 1841 β 1863
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
2nd Wife: Luisa Fernandez Valdivieso Araoz 1847 β 1926
(Buried: Cementerio General de Santiago, in Santiago, Chile)
Children:
Judson Beaumont Kilpatrick 1862 β 1864
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Julia Mercedes Kilpatrick Rafferty 1867 β 1958
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Laura Isabel Delphine Kilpatrick Morgan 1869 β 1956
(Buried: Gate of...
Nathan Kimball
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Born: November 22, 1822
Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Indiana
Father: Nathaniel Kimball 1790 β 1828
Mother: Nancy Ferguson β 1825
1st Wife: Martha A. McPheeters β 1850
2nd Wife: Emily C. McPheeters 1831 β 1892
(Buried: Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah)
Children:
James Kimball
Rose Ella Kimball Gorman 1867 β 1942
(Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)
Education:
1839 β 1841: Attended Indiana Asbury College
Studied medicine at University of Louisville Medical School
Occupation before War:
School Teacher & Farmer in Independence, Missouri
Medical Doctor in Salem and Livonia, Indiana
Served in the Mexican War, rising to the rank of Captain
Medical Doctor in Salem, Livonia, and...
Austin Augustus King
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Born: September 21, 1802
Birthplace: Sullivan County, Tennessee
Father: Walter King 1764 β 1830
(Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, Tennessee)
Mother: Nancy Goad "Patsy" Sevier 1780 β 1825
(Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, Tennessee)
1st Wife: Nancy Harris Roberts 1806 β 1857
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri)
2nd Wife: Martha Anthony Woodson 1825 β 1885
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri)
Children:
Judge Walter King 1829 β 1885
(Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri)
Frances A. "Fannie" King Richardson 1830 β 1909
(Buried: Woodland Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri)
William Augustus King 1832 β 1915
(Buried: West End Cemetery, Stephenville, Texas)...
Henry Clay King
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Born: July 28, 1831
Birthplace: Burksville, Kentucky
Father: Alfred King 1800 β 1872
Mother: Nancy Haggard 1808 β 1838
Wife: Sara βSallieβ Eliza Haughton 1838 β 1924
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee)
Children:
Haughton King 1866 β 1916
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee)
Fannie King 1869 β 1956
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee)
Maud King Lewis 1871 β 1946
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee)
Ida Lee King 1873 β 1933
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Paducah, Kentucky
Civil War Career:
Colonel in the Confederate Army, Mounted Rifles...
John Haskell King
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Born: February 19, 1820
Birthplace: Sackets Harbor, New York
Raised by: Colonel Hugh Brady 1768 β 1851
Wife: Matilda Davenport 1837 β 1912
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Children:
Sarah Louise King 1866 β 1872
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Charles Brady King 1868 β 1957
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
John Haskell King Jr. 1872 β 1875
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Occupation before War:
1837 β 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment
1839 β 1846: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment
1839 β 1840: Served in the Second Seminole War in Florida
1846 β 1861: Captain United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment...
Preston King
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Born: October 14, 1806
Birthplace: Ogdensburg, New York
Father: John King
Mother: Margaret Galloway
Guardian: Louis Hasbrouck
Wife: None
Political Party: Democratic Party, Free Soil Party, Republican Party
Education:
1827: Graduated from Union College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in St. Lawrence County, New York
1830: Established St. Lawrence Republican Newspaper
1831 β 1834: United States Postmaster for Ogdensburg, New York
1835 β 1838: Member of New York State Assembly
1843 β 1847: United States Congressman from New York
1843 β 1845: Member, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
1845 β 1847: Chairman, House Invalid Pensions Committee
1846: Choose not to be a candidate for...
Rufus King
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Born: January 26, 1814
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Father: Charles King 1789 β 1867
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York)
Mother: Eliza Gracie 1790 β 1825
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York)
1st Wife: Ellen Eliot
2nd Wife: Susan McCown Eliot 1826 β 1892
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York)
Children:
Lt. Rufus King Jr. 1838 β 1900
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey)
Captain Charles King 1844 β 1933
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Education:
1829: Graduated from West Point Military Academy β (4th in class)
Occupation before War:
1833 β 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt., United States Army Corps of Engineers
1833 β...
Henry Walter Kingsbury
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Born: December 25, 1836
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Father: Major Julius Jesse Bronson Kingsbury 1797 β 1856
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut)
Mother: Jane Creed Stebbins 1810 β 1892
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut)
Wife: Evelyn McLean Taylor 1845 β 1917
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Henry Walter Kingsbury Jr. 1862 β 1900
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
May 1861: Graduated West Point Military Academy β (4th in class)
Occupation before War:
1861: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Department
Civil War Career:
1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army Ordnance Department
1861 β 1862: 1st Lt...
Dr. Robert Alexander Kinloch
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Born: February 20, 1826
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Father: George Kinloch 1785 β 1867
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Mother: Charlotte Granby 1802 β 1877
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Wife: Elizabeth Caldwell 1834 β 1914
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Children:
Mary Caldwell Kinloch 1857 β 1864
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
George G. Kinloch 1859 β 1886
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Alice Kinloch Missildine 1861 β 1946
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Robert Henry Kinloch 1863 β 1930
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery...
John Fitch Kinney Sr.
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Born: April 2, 1816
Birthplace: New Haven, New York
Father: Stephen Fitch Kinney 1789 β 1872
Mother: Abby Brockway 1788 β 1824
1st Wife: Hannah D. Hall 1816 β 1895
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California)
Married: January 29, 1839 in Mount Vernon, Ohio
2nd Wife: Lucy Leonard 1825 β 1911
(Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salta Lake City, Utah)
Married: May 9, 1899 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Children:
Julia Beatrice Kinney Metcalf 1839 β 1932
(Cremated Ashes delivered to a private residence)
Ellen Hall Kinney Ware 1841 β 1931
(Buried: Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Nebraska)
1st Lt. Samuel Hall Kinney 1843 β 1868
(Buried: Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Nebraska)
John Fitch Kinney...
Edmund Kirby
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Born: March 11, 1840
Birthplace: Brownville, New York
Father: Colonel Edmund Kirby 1794 β 1849
(Buried: Brownville Cemetery, Brownville, New York)
Mother: Eliza A. Brown 1808 β 1864
(Buried: Brownville Cemetery, Brownville, New York)
Education:
1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy May β (10th)
Civil War Career:
1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1861: Drilled Volunteers in Washington, D.C.
1861 β 1863: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1861 β 1862: Artillery Company Commander in Harperβs Ferry, Virginia
1861: Served in the Battle of Ballβs Bluff, Virginia
1862...
Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith
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Born: September 26, 1837
Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia
Father: Samuel Marshall Selden 1815 β 1849
(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Mother: Caroline Elizabeth Hare 1822 β 1881
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Husband: General Edmund Kirby-Smith 1824 β 1893
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Married: September 24, 1861 in Lynchburg, Virginia
Children:
Caroline Selden "Carrie" Kirby-Smith Crolly 1862 β 1941
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Frances Kirby-Smith Wade 1864 β 1952
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)
Edmund Kirby-Smith 1866...
Edmund Kirby-Smith
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Born: May 16, 1824
Birthplace: Saint Augustine, Florida
Father: Joseph Lee Smith 1776 β 1846
(Buried: Huguenot Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida)
Mother: Frances Kirby 1785 β 1875
(Buried: Huguenot Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida)
Wife: Cassie Selden 1837 - 1907
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Married: September 24, 1861 in Lynchburg, Virginia
Signature:
Children:
Caroline Selden βCarrieβ Kirby-Smith Crolly 1862 β 1941
(Buried: University of South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Frances Kirby-Smith Wade 1864 β 1952
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)
Edmund Kirby-Smith Jr. 1866 β 1938
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, California)...
Edward Needles Kirk
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Born: February 29, 1828
Birthplace: Jefferson County, Ohio
Father: Aquila M. Kirk 1794 β 1860
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois)
Mother: Sarah Needles 1794 β 1860
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois)
Wife: Eliza Marcella Cameron 1833 β 1897
(Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Edward Cameron Kirk 1856 β 1933
(Buried: Alstead Center Cemetery, Alstead, New Hampshire)
Occupation before War:
School Teacher in Mount Pleasant, Ohio
1853 β 1854: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland
1854 β 1861: Attorney in Sterling, Illinois
Civil War Career:
1861: Organizer of 34th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861 β 1862: Colonel of 34th Illinois...
William Whedbee Kirkland
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Born: February 13, 1833
Birthplace: Hillsboro, North Carolina
Father: John Ulmstead Kirkland 1802 β 1879
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Simpson 1809 β 1881
Wife: Susan Ann Hardee 1841 β 1905
Children:
Elizabeth Lee Kirkland (Odette Taylor) 1869 β 1936
(Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California)
Education:
1852 β 1855: Attended West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1855 β 1860: Served in United States Marine Corps rising to 2nd Lt.
Civil War Career:
1861 β 1863: Colonel of 21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Regimental Commander First Battle of Manassas, Virginia
1862: Participated in Jackson's Shenandoah, Virginia Valley Campaign
1862: Wounded in both...
Anthony Lausett Knapp
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Born: June 14, 1828
Birthplace: Middletown, New York
Father: Augustus Reed Knapp 1801 β 1862
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville, Illinois)
Mother: Catherine S. Wyckoff 1800 β 1868
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville, Illinois)
Wife: Henrietta E. Smith 1834 β 1918
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deposit, New York)
Children:
Toney W. Knapp
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
1839 β 1861: Attorney in Jerseyville, Illinois
1859 β 1861: Illinois State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861: Elected to U.S. Congress to fill vacancy of John A. McClernand
1861 β 1865: United States Congressman from Illinois
1861 β 1863: Ranking Member of House Revolutionary Claims...
Joseph Farmer Knipe
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Born: March 30, 1823
Birthplace: Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Father: Henry Knipe 1797 β 1871
Mother: Elizabeth Farmer 1797 β 1868
Wife: Elizabeth S. Hagan 1833 β 1875
(Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Theresa Elizabeth Knipe Hogentogler 1852 β 1937
(Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Ida Irene Knipe Gastrock 1853 β 1934
(Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
William B. Knipe 1855 β 1936
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania)
Mary Knipe 1858 β 1860
(Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Alpheus Knipe 1864 β 1931
(Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Montana)
Bertie Knipe 1866 β 1867...
Samuel Knox Sr.
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Born: March 21, 1815
Birthplace: Blandford, Massachusetts
Father: General Alanson Knox 1784 β 1865
(Buried: Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin, Falls Ohio)
Mother: Lucinda Knox 1784 β 1876
(Buried: Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin, Falls Ohio)
Wife: Mary Kerr 1826 β 1863
(Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts)
Married: March 18, 1845 in Saint Louis, Missouri
Children:
Samuel Knox Jr. 1846 β 1897
(Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts)
Reuben Knox 1850 β 1930
(Buried: Woodstown Baptist Burial Ground, Woodstown, New Jersey)
Matthew K. Knox 1854 β 1857
(Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts)
Political Party: Unconditional Unionist Party...
John A. Koltes
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Born: 1823
Birthplace: Rhenish, Prussia
Occupation before War:
Served in the Revolution in Prussia
1846: Immigrated to the United States from Prussia
Orderly Sergeant during the Mexican β American War
Served in United States Marine Corps
Employee of the United States Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Advocate for Immigrants in the United States
Civil War Career:
1861 β 1862: Colonel of 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Acting Brigade Commander in Von Steinwehrβs Division
Killed at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
His friends helped get him promotion to Brig. General, and were carrying his promotion when they met his body coming from battle
Died: August 30, 1862
Place of Death...
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