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Jubal Anderson Early :CSA1stNat: Born: November 3, 1816 Birthplace: Franklin County, Virginia Father: Colonel Joab Early 1791 – 1870 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery Lexington Missouri) Mother: Ruth Hairston 1794 – 1832 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg Virginia) Wife: Julia McNealy 1834 – 1904 Children: Joseph Emerson Early 1850 – 1917 (Buried: Somerset City Cemetery Somerset Kentucky) Florence Annie Early Banks 1858 – 1914 Robert Moore Early 1860 – 1944 (Buried: Early Family Cemetery Ivanhoe Virginia) Jubal Lee Early 1864 – 1936 (Buried: Sunset Memorial Park Beckley West Virginia) Signature: Education: 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (18th in class) Occupation: 1837 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States...
Virgil Walter Earp :us34stars: Born: July 18, 1843 Birthplace: Hartford, Kentucky Father: Sgt. Nicholas Porter Earp 1813 – 1907 (Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California) Mother: Virginia Ann Cooksey 1821 – 1893 (Buried: Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, California) 1st Wife: Magdalena C. "Ellen" Rysdam 1842 – 1910 (Buried: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon) 2nd Wife: Alvira Packingham "Allie" Sullivan 1849 – 1947 (Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, California) Children: Nellie Jane Earp Bohn 1862 – 1930 (Buried: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon) Civil War Career: 1861: Enlisted in the Union Army on July 26th 1862: Mustered in Union Army for service of three years 1863 –...
Edward Hyde East Jr. :us34stars: Born: October 1, 1830 Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee Father: Edward Hyde East Sr. 1789 – 1872 Mother: Celia Buchanan 1794 – Wife: Ida Tennessee "Tennie" Horton 1842 – 1914 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Edwardine Horton "Edine" East 1870 – 1900 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Elizabeth "Bessie" East Anderson 1872 – 1948 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Political Party: Whig Party, Opposition Party, Republican Party, Prohibition Party Education: 1850: Graduated from Washington Institute 1854: Graduated from Cumberland University Law School Occupation before War: Attorney in Nashville, Tennessee 1859 –...
Robert Langdon Eastman :us34stars: Born: 1840 Birthplace: Maryland Father: Brig. General Seth Eastman 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Mary Henderson 1818 – 1887 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Mary Angela Dorsey 1843 – 1918 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Mary Henderson Eastman Bennett 1864 – 1952 (Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, California) Education: May 1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (35th) Civil War Career: 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment 1861: Drilled volunteers in Washington, D.C. 1861 – 1864: 1st Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment 1861: Acting Aide – de – camp to Colonel...
Amos Beebe Eaton Born: May 12, 1806 Birthplace: Catskill, New York Father: Amos Eaton 1776 – 1842 Scientist, Author, and Educator (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York) Mother: Sally Cady 1780 – 1816 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Selden 1796 – 1868 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) 2nd Wife: Mary Isaacs Jerome 1814 – 1896 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Children: Ellen Dwight Eaton 1832 – 1907 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Daniel Cady Eaton 1834 – 1895 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Frances Spencer Eaton White 1836 – 1911 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Education...
John Echols Born: March 20, 1823 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Father: John Echols 1789 – 1824 Mother: Elizabeth F. “Eliza” Lambeth 1798 – 1875 1st Wife: Mary Jane Caperton 1823 – 1874 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) 2nd Wife: Mary Helen Cochran 1834 – 1922 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia) Children: Harriette Echols Miller 1847 – 1899 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Edward Echols 1849 – 1914 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) James Alexander Echols 1851 – 1852 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Sarah Ann Echols 1854 – 1856 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) John Percy Echols 1861 – 1881 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia)...
Joseph Hubbard Echols :CSA1stNat: Born: December 25, 1816 Birthplace: Washington, Georgia Father: Levi H. Echols 1788 – Mother: Mary A. "Polly" Hubbard 1788 – 1863 Wife: Martha Ellen Smith 1825 – 1885 (Buried: Lexington Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Georgia) Children: Morna H. Echols Johnson 1846 – Unknown (Buried: Lexington Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Georgia) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Placed on probation while a student at Franklin College 1848: Graduated from Franklin College Occupation before War: 1838: Served as a volunteer in the fighting against Cherokee Indians Owner of extensive lands in Oglethorpe County Georgia 1841 – 1845: Attorney in Lexington Georgia 1845 – 1850: Methodist...
Ephraim Ralph Eckley: :us34stars: Born: December 9, 1811 Birthplace: Mount Pleasant Ohio Father: Ephraim Eckley 1777 – 1863 (Buried: Richland Cemetery Calhoun Illinois) Mother: Sarah Van Gilder 1781 – 1870 (Buried: Richland Cemetery Calhoun Illinois) Wife: Martha L. Brown 1812 – 1898 (Buried: Grandview Cemetery Carrollton Ohio) Children: Captain William J. Eckley 1842 – 1867 (Buried: Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe New Mexico) Harvey Jeremiah Eckley 1845 – 1922 (Buried: Grandview Cemetery Carrollton Ohio) Martha Lillian Eckley Skeels 1855 – 1930 (Buried: Grandview Cemetery Carrollton Ohio) Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party Education: Graduated from Vermillion Institute Occupation before War: 1833 – 1836...
Matthew Duncan Ector Born: February 28, 1822 Birthplace: Putnam County, Georgia Father: Hugh Walton Ector 1798 – 1835 Mother: Dorothy Dolly Duncan 1801 – 1848 1st Wife: Letitia Graham 1834 – 1859 (Buried: Old Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Texas) 2nd Wife: Sarah P. Chew 1841 – 1925 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas) Children: Matt Ector (Buried: Old Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Texas) William Chew Ector 1873 – 1916 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas) Paul Ector 1875 – 1877 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas) Anne Ector Pleasant 1878 – 1934 (Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana) Education: Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky Occupation before War...
John Rice Eden :us34stars: Born: February 1, 1826 Birthplace: Bath County, Kentucky Father: John Paul Eden 1796 – 1835 Mother: Catherine Can 1800 – 1870 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois) Wife: Phebe Roxanna Meeker 1834 – 1888 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois) Children: Emma Eden 1857 – 1923 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois) Rose Eden Martin 1858 – 1907 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois) Finley R. Eden 1859 – 1869 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois) Thomas Hartwell Eden 1860 – 1879 Walter Eden 1862 – 1932 Joseph Edgar Eden 1870 – 1872 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Illinois) Blanche Eden Thackwell 1877 – 1939 (Buried: Greenhill Cemetery...
Joseph Ketchum Edgerton :us34stars: Born: February 16, 1818 Birthplace: Vergennes, Vermont Father: Bela Edgerton 1787 – 1874 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Mother: Phebe Ketchum 1790 – 1844 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Wife: Hannah Mariah Spies 1818 – 1900 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Married: 1839 Children: Josephine Edgerton Martin, Unknown – 1939 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Helen Edgerton Rumsey 1843 – 1932 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Edward Coke Edgerton 1846 – 1922 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Clement Edgerton 1854 – 1935 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Brother...
Sidney Edgerton :us34stars: Born: August 17, 1818 Birthplace: Cazenovia, New York Father: Amos Edgerton 1771 – 1824 Mother: Zervia Sophia Graham 1775 – 1855 Wife: Mary Wright 1827 – 1885 (Buried: Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio) Children: Unknown Edgerton (Buried: Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio) Martha Amelia Edgerton Plassmann 1850 – 1936 (Buried: Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Mausoleum, Great Falls, Montana) Lt. Colonel Wright Prescott Edgerton 1852 – 1904 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Sidney Carter Edgerton 1858 – 1895 (Buried: Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio) Mary Pauline Edgerton 1858 – 1931 (Buried: Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio) Lucia Idaho Edgerton Buckingham 1864...
Edward Claxton Edmonds :CSA1stNat: Born: January 21, 1835 Birthplace: Paris, Fauquier County, Virginia Father: Dr. John R. Edmonds Mother: Helen Carter Wife: Margaret Susan Tutwiler 1838 – 1894 (Buried: Shores & Tutwiler Family Cemetery, Fluvanna County, Virginia) Education: 1858: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (11th in class) Occupation before War: Co – Principal of Danville Military Academy Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: Colonel of 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia 1863: Led 356 Men onto the field at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863: Killed on the 3rd Day of Battle in Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg Died: July 3, 1863 Place of Death: Gettysburg...
Isabella “Belle” Buchanan Edmondson :CSA1stNat: Born: November 27, 1840 Birthplace: Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi Father: Captain Andrew Jackson Edmondson 1793 – 1872 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Mother: Mary Ann Howard 1800 – 1861 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Education: Franklin Female College in Marshall County, Mississippi Antebellum Events: The Edmondson family moves to Shelby County, Tennessee, near Memphis, just prior to the beginning of the War Between the States Civil War Events: After the City of Memphis was taken by Federal forces in early June of 1862, Edmondson became a smuggler of contraband across the Union picket lines, working in and around north Mississippi and...
James Howard Edmondson :CSA1stNat: Born: July 15, 1831 Birthplace: Limestone County, Alabama Father: Andrew Jackson Edmondson 1793 – 1872 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Mother: Mary Ann Howard 1800 – 1861 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Wife: Mary E. Titus 1834 – 1855 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Children: Frazor Titus Edmondson 1855 – 1910 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Occupation before War: Merchant in Memphis, Tennessee dealing with hides and leather Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: Captain of Company B, 154th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 1863: Colonel of 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1863 – 1865: Owner of Charlotte Clark Steamer, a blockade Runner...
James Kerr Edmondson :CSA1stNat: Born: February 11, 1832 Birthplace: Buena Vista, Rockbridge County, Virginia Father: James Edmondson 1785 – 1833 (Buried: Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, Virginia) Mother: Margaret Glasgow 1793 – 1873 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Education: Attended Washington College Occupation before War: Clerk of the Lexington, Virginia City Court Civil War Career: 1861: Private Company, H 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861: Lt. In Company, H 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861: Regimental Adjutant for 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Captain in 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Lt. Colonel of 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862 –...
John Edwards :us34stars: Born: October 24, 1815 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Father: John Edwards 1774 – 1840 Mother: Nancy Geiger 1781 – 1820 Wife: Elizabeth Jane Knight 1811 – 1853 (Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Bedford, Indiana) Wife: Catherine Whisenand Wife: Mary Burland Beavans 1860 – 1932 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Colonel Eugene Edwards 1835 – 1915 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) John Edwards Marcus Edwards Mary W. Edwards Susan Huldah Edwards William T. Edwards Montgomery Gray Edwards Nancy Edwards Clarence B. Edwards Alfred Edwards Occupation before War: Attorney in Indiana 1845 – 1846: Indiana State Representative 1849 – 1852: Alcalde in...
Oliver Edwards Born: January 30, 1835 Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts Father: Dr. Elisha Edwards 1795 – 1840 (Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Eunice Lombard 1797 – 1875 (Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts) Wife: Anne Eliza Johnston 1841 – 1920 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Warsaw, Illinois) Children: John E. Edwards 1866 – 1925 (Buried: Forsyth Cemetery, Forsyth, Montana) Julia Katherine Edwards Matzke 1876 – 1936 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Warsaw, Illinois) Education: Apprenticed at the Springfield Armory Occupation before War: Part Owner in foundry of Nerberling, Edward, and Company Civil War Career: 1861: Private in Massachusetts Volunteers Infantry 1861...
Oliver Evans Edwards :CSA1stNat: Born: November 9, 1819 Birthplace: Spartanburg District, South Carolina Father: Colonel Zachariah Edwards 1796 – 1858 (Buried: Pettit Creek, Baptist Church Cartersville, Georgia) Mother: Nancy Bobo 1799 – 1873 (Buried: Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, South Carolina) Wife: Rebecca Jane Gray 1828 – 1912 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Married: January 23, 1851 in South Carolina Occupation before War: Attorney in Spartanburg, South Carolina Served in South Carolina State Militia as General 1856 – 1861: South Carolina State Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Civilian Volunteer at 1st Battle of Manassas, Virginia 1861 – 1863: Colonel of 13th South Carolina Infantry...
Thomas McKey Edwards: :us34stars: Born: December 16, 1795 Birthplace: Keene New Hampshire Father: Thomas Edwards 1757 – 1837 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Mother: Matilda Chandler 1764 – 1843 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Wife: Mary Hart Fiske 1812 – 1904 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Children: Mary Matilda Edwards Kimball 1789 – 1872 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Julia Edwards 1841 – 1885 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Henry Fiske Edwards 1847 – 1848 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Mary Fiske Edwards Elliot 1849 – 1938 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene New Hampshire) Helen Fiske Edwards 1853 – 1875 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery Keene...
Thomas Wilberforce Egan Born: June 14, 1834 Birthplace: Watervliet, New York Wife: May have been an actress Children: 1 Occupation before War: Prior to the War extraordinarily little is known about Egan Civil War Career: 1861: Enlisted as Private 40th New York Infantry Regiment – (Mozart) 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 40th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Arrested the Colonel of 40th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 40th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia 1863: Acting Brigade Commander at Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863: Wounded in the leg on July...
Benjamin Eggleston :us34stars: Born: January 3, 1816 Birthplace: Corinth, New York Father: Benjamin Eggleston 1787 – 1856 Mother: Esther Archer 1788 – 1863 1st Wife: Lucinda M. Wagner 1818 – 1864 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) 2nd Wife: Mary Elizabeth Davis 1847 – 1926 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Children: Hannibal Columbus Eggleston 1848 – 1848 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Lavina Amanda Eggleston 1849 – 1849 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) William Henry Eggleston 1852 – 1854 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Not Named Eggleston 1855 – 1855 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) William Henry Eggleston 1855 – 1912...
Charles Augustus Eldredge :us34stars: Born: February 27, 1820 Birthplace: Bridport, Vermont Father: William Augustus Eldredge 1795 – 1854 Mother: Rebecca Howe Wife: Ann Marie Upham 1826 – 1880 (Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) Children: Arch Bishop Eldredge 1853 – 1918 Mary Rebecca Eldredge Rood 1856 – 1929 (Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois) Charles Eldredge 1861 – 1939 (Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) Adda Eldredge 1864 – 1955 (Buried: Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: 1846 – 1848: Attorney in Canton, New York 1848 – 1863: Attorney in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1854 – 1856: Wisconsin State Senator Civil War...
Charles James Elford :CSA1stNat: Born: May 11, 1820 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Father: Captain James Maud Elford 1771 – 1826 (Buried: Saint Michaels Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Mother: Ann Louisa Marsh 1783 – 1833 Wife: Sarah Alexander Sloan 1826 – 1882 (Buried: Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina) Children: Henrietta Elford Goodlett 1845 – 1902 Mary “Bessie” Elford 1846 – Ida Mae Elford Kendrick 1850 – 1897 Maud Elford 1859 – 1862 (Buried: Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina) Occupation before War: Attorney and Newspaper Editor in Greenville, South Carolina Civil War Career: 1860 – 1861: Mayor of Greenville South Carolina 1861 – 1862: Colonel 16th South Carolina...
Thomas Dawes Eliot :us34stars: Born: March 20, 1808 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: William G. Eliot 1781 – 1857 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Margaret Greenleaf Dawes 1789 – 1879 Wife: Frances Lincoln Brock 1815 – 1900 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts) Children: Caroline Dawes Eliot Stetson 1835 – 1921 (Buried: Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts) Paul M. Eliot 1837 – 1862 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts) Ida Mitchel Eliot 1839 – 1923 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts) Margaret Dawes Eliot 1842 – 1843 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts) Emily Lamb Eliot Sturgis 1851 – 1892 (Buried...
Alfred Washington Ellet :us34stars: Born: October 11, 1820 Birthplace: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Father: Charles Ellet Sr. 1777 – 1847 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania) Mother: Mary Israel 1780 – 1870 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 1st Wife: Sarah Jane Robarts 1818 – 1875 2nd Wife: Abigail Robarts 1839 – 1928 (Buried: Belle Vista Cemetery, El Dorado, Kansas) Children: Edward Carpenter Ellet 1845 – 1922 (Buried: Belle Vista Mausoleum, Butler County, Kansas) William Henry Ellet 1848 – 1915 (Buried: Belle Vista Cemetery, El Dorado, Kansas) Occupation before War: Farmer and Dry goods store Owner in Bunker Hill, Illinois Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Company I, 9th...
John Milton Elliott :CSA1stNat: Born: May 16, 1820 Birthplace: Scott County, Virginia Father: John Lisle Elliott 1794 – 1855 (Buried: Elliott Family Cemetery, The Ridge, Kentucky) Mother: Jane Ritchie 1795 – 1870 (Buried: Elliott Family Cemetery, The Ridge, Kentucky) Wife: Susan Jane Smith 1834 – 1912 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1841: Graduated from Emory and Henry College Occupation before War: 1843 – 1853: Attorney in Prestonsburg, Kentucky 1847: Kentucky State Representative 1853 – 1859: United States Congressman from Kentucky 1853 – 1855: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee 1855 – 1857: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee 1857 –...
Stephen Elliott Jr :CSA1stNat: Born: October 26, 1830 Birth Place: Beaufort, South Carolina Father: Rev Stephen Elliott Sr. 1804 – 1866 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Ann Hutson Habersham 1812 – 1843 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Charlotte Stuart 1833 – 1868 (Buried: Saint Helena's Episcopal Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina) Children: Stephen Habersham Elliott 1856 – 1862 (Buried: Prince William Parish Churchyard, Gardens Corner, South Carolina) Charles Pinckney Elliott 1860 – 1943 (Buried: Saint Helena's Episcopal Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina) Education: 1850: Graduated from South Carolina College Occupation: Planter at Paris Island, South...
Washington Lafayette Elliott Born: March 31, 1825 Birthplace: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Father: U.S. Navy Commodore Jesse Elliott 1782 – 1845 (Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Frances Caln Vaughn 1791 – 1877 (Buried: Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania) Wife: Valeria Biddle 1828 – 1900 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Children: Washington Graham Elliott 1852 – 1924 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings on the Hudson, New York) Frances Vaughan Elliott 1862 – 1940 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Education: 1841 – 1844: Attended West Point Military Academy 1844: Left Military Academy to study Medicine Occupation before...
Augustus Van Horne Ellis :us34stars: Born: May 1, 1827 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Dr. Samuel Corp Ellis 1803 – 1874 Mother: Elizabeth Van Horn 1805 – 1896 Education: Graduated from Columbia University Occupation before War: Attorney in New York City, New York Merchant Sea Captain Some say he became the Captain of the Kingdom of Hawaii Navy Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Company I, 71st New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1861: Drillmaster for the 56th New York Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Captain in 56th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Helped recruit a Union Army Regiment from Orange County, New York 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 124th New York Infantry...
John Thomas Ellis :CSA1stNat: Born: March 16, 1827 Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia Father: Richard Shelton Ellis 1775 – 1846 (Buried: Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia) Mother: Emily Henrietta Douglass 1800 – Unknown (Buried: Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia) Wife: Mildred Irving “Millie” Garland 1831 – 1910 (Buried: Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia) Children: Mildred Garland Ellis Strode 1854 – 1898 Rose Alexander Ellis 1857 – John Thomas Ellis Jr. 1860 – 1925 Marian D. Ellis 1863 – 1940 Education: 1848: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Occupation before War: Teacher and Merchant in Amherst, Virginia Amherst County, Virginia Commissioner of Revenue Civil War Career: 1861: Enlisted in 19th...
Peter Clarkson Ellmaker :us34stars: Born: August 11, 1813 Birthplace: Pequea, Pennsylvania Father: Jacob Carpenter Ellmaker 1778 – 1816 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Church, Compass, Pennsylvania) Mother: Juliana Clarkson Wife: Sarah Ann Wade 1819 – 1891 (Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Thomas H. Ellmaker 1846 – Pauline Goddard Ellmaker 1848 – Fannie Neville Ellmaker 1853 – 1913 Occupation before War: Worked in the Dry Goods business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Grocery Businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Notary Public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Naval Officer of the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Served with the Washington Grays Artillery rising to Captain Civil War...
Alfred Ely :us34stars: Born: February 15, 1815 Birthplace: Lyme, Connecticut Father: Charles Ely 1774 – 1854 Mother: Elizabeth “Betsey” Perkins 1778 – 1858 Wife: Caroline Lydia Field 1818 – 1912 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York) Children: Joseph Field Ely 1838 – 1873 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York) Charles Alfred Ely 1845 – 1847 Caroline Lydia Ely 1847 – 1871 Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ely 1850 – 1889 Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: 1841 – 1859: Attorney in Rochester, New York 1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York 1859 – 1861: Member of House Claims Committee 1859 – 1863: Missed 301 roll call votes in U.S. Congress. Civil War Career: 1859 – 1863...
Arnold Elzey Jr. Born: December 18, 1816 Birthname: Arnold Elzey Jones Jr. Birthplace: Elmwood Plantation, Somerset County, Maryland Father: Colonel Arnold Elzey Jones Sr. 1785 – 1839 (Buried: Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Churchyard, Princess Anne, Maryland) Mother: Anne Wilson Jackson 1788 – 1866 (Buried: Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Churchyard, Princess Anne, Maryland) Wife: Ellen Irwin 1825 – 1902 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Arnold Jones Elzey 1849 – 1881 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Education: 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (33rd in class) Occupation before War: 1837 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1839 – 1849: 1st Lt. United States...
William Hemsley Emory Born: September 7, 1811 Birthplace: Poplar Grove Estate, Queen Anne’s County, Maryland Father: Thomas Emory 1782 – 1842 (Buried: Poplar Grove Graveyard, Centreville, Maryland) Mother: Anna Maria Hemsley 1787 – 1864 (Buried: Poplar Grove Graveyard, Centreville, Maryland) Wife: Matilda Wilkins Bache 1819 – 1900 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) (Great Granddaughter of Inventor, Benjamin Franklin) Married: May 29, 1838 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Children: Lt. Colonel Campbell Dallas Emory 1839 – 1878 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Dr. Thomas Alexander Emory 1841 – 1908 (Buried: Saint Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Admiral William Hemsley Emory Jr. 1846 – 1917...
James Edward English :us34stars: Born: March 13, 1812 Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut Father: James English 1784 – 1850 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Mother: Nancy Griswold 1786 – 1867 1st Wife: Caroline Augusta Fowler 1811 – 1874 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Married: January 25, 1837 in New Haven, Connecticut 2nd Wife: Anna Robinson Morris 1849 – 1898 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Married: October 7, 1885 in Manhattan, New York Children: Edward Fowler English 1838 – 1841 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Augusta Caroline English 1843 – 1857 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Edward Fowler English 1848 – 1849...
John Ericsson :us34stars: Born: July 31, 1803 Birthplace: Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden Father: Olaf Ericsson - 1778–1818 Mother: Brita Sophia Yngström Ericsson Wife: Amelia Byam Married: October 15, 1836 at St John's Church, London, England Children: Hjalmar Elworth 1824 - 1887 (illegitimate son of Caroline Lilliesköld & John Ericsson) Signature: Antebellum History: About 1820: Joined the Swedish Army at age 17 Soon promoted to lieutenant in the Swedish Army, and assigned to a field survey unit tasked with making maps of the country 1826: Left the Swedish Army and Moved to England While in England, worked on engineering projects including: hot air engines, locomotives, and steam-powered fire engines, and developed...
John Baylis Estes :CSA1stNat: Born: June 4, 1834 Birthplace: Anderson District, South Carolina Father: Dr. Micajah Estes 1804 – 1883 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Mother: Nancy Owen 1802 – 1853 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Wife: Frances C. Bryant 1838 – 1900 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Children: Hubert Estes 1869 – 1905 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Claudius Estes 1857 – 1917 Lizzie Estes 1859 – 1883 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Occupation before War: Teacher in Jonesboro, Georgia Civil War Career: 1862: Captain Company D, 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862: Lt. Colonel of 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862...
George Peabody Estey (Este) :us34stars: Born: April 24, 1829 Birthplace: Nashua, New Hampshire Father: Jesse Estey 1781 – 1846 Mother: Anna Peabody 1787 – 1868 Wife: Emma Gould Lindsay 1849 – 1870 Education: Attended Dartmouth College – (Did not Graduate) Occupation before War: Attorney in Galena, Illinois Attorney in Toledo, Ohio Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the Battle of Philippi Western, Virginia 1861: Served in the Battle of Laurel Hill 1861: Served in the Battle of Corrick’s Ford Western, Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment 1863: Served in the Tullahoma Campaign in Tennessee...

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