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James Manning Gadberry :CSA1stNat: Born: August 2, 1836 Birthplace: Elnora, Daviess County, Indiana Father: John Wesley Gadberry 1810 – 1862 Mother: Delilah Manning 1807 – 1886 Wife: Catherine Beaman 1844 – 1866 Occupation before War: Attorney in Union County, South Carolina South Carolina State Representative Owner of Plantations in South Carolina, and Texas Civil War Career: 1860: Delegate to South Carolina State Secession Convention 1861: Captain Company E, 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Private Company B, 18th South Carolina Cavalry 1862: Colonel of 18th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment 1862: Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, Virginia Died: August 30, 1862 Place of Death: Manassas, Virginia...
Franklin Gaillard: :CSA1stNat: Born: April 26, 1829 Birthplace: Pineville South Carolina Father: Thomas Gaillard 1790 – 1864 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama) Mother: Marianne Gendron Palmer 1793 – 1860 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama) Wife: Catherine Cordes Porcher 1832 – 1856 (Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul Charleston South Carolina) Children: Dr. David LeClair Gaillard 1854 – 1938 (Buried: East Mount Cemetery Greenville Texas) Education: 1849: Graduated from South Carolina College – (1st in class) Occupation before War: Went to California to participate in Gold Rush but was not successful. Editor of Winnsboro Register Newspaper States Rights and Succession Activist in South Carolina...
Burgess Sidney Gaither :CSA1stNat: Born: March 16, 1807 Birthplace: Iredell County, North Carolina Father: Burgess Sydney Gaither 1757 – 1820 Mother: Amelia Martin 1774 – 1862 1st Wife: Elizabeth Sharpe Erwin 1804 – 1839 (Buried: First Presbyterian Church, Morganton, North Carolina) Married: July 30, 1830 2nd Wife: Sallie Corpening 1850 – 1911 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina) Married: April 25, 1871 in Morganton, North Carolina Children: Alfred Haywood Gaither 1833 – 1861 William Gaither Delia Emma Gaither Pearson 1837 – 1913 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina) Burgess Sidney Gaither Jr. 1872 – 1942 Political Party: Whig Party, Constitutional Union Party, Conservative Party...
Morton Gilmour Galloway :CSA1stNat: Born: 1836 Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia Father: Richard Lee Galloway Sr. 1783 – 1858 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Mother: Marie Watts Ashton 1792 – 1854 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Education: Attended Western Military Institute Occupation before War: Farm Manager in Pulaski County, Arkansas Civil War Career: 1861 – 1864: Captain Company F, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles 1862: Captured at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas 1862: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War Exchange in September Wounded in the Arm at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Regiment 1864: Wounded at Battle of Ezra...
William Gamble :us34stars: Born: January 1, 1818 Birthplace: Lisnarick County, Fermanagh, Ireland Father: Joseph Gamble 1788 – 1846 Mother: Martha Osborne 1788 – 1844 Wife: Sophia Fredreka Steingrandt 1821 – 1895 (Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Children: Louise Doretta Gamble Huntoon 1842 – 1926 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois) Mary A. Gamble 1850 – 1912 (Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Hugo L. “Hugh” Gamble 1860 – 1915 (Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Education: Studied Civil Engineering in England Occupation before War: Employee of Queen of England’s Surveying Office Participated in the Northern Ireland Survey 1838: Immigrated to the United...
Richard Montgomery Gano :CSA1stNat: Born: June 17, 1830 Birthplace: Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: Rev. John Allen Gano 1805 – 1887 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Mother: Mary Catherine Conn 1810 – 1891 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Wife: Martha “Mattie” J. Welch 1832 – 1895 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas) Children: William Beriah Gano 1854 – 1913 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas) John Thomas Gano 1856 – 1891 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas) Clarence Welch Gano 1858 – 1906 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas) Samuel E. Gano 1859 – 1860 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Kate Gano McLaurin 1862 – 1944 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery...
John Ganson Jr. :us34stars: Born: January 1, 1818 Birthplace: Le Roy, Genesee County, New York Father: John Ganson Sr. 1776 – 1819 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Le Roy, New York) Mother: Lucy Anderson 1792 – 1849 Wife: Mary Hopkins Sibley 1822 – 1905 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Children: Emily Sibley Ganson 1854 – 1936 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Mary Ganson 1857 – 1861 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1839: Graduated from Harvard University Occupation before War: 1846: Attorney in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York 1846 – 1863: Attorney in Buffalo, New York Civil War Career: 1862 – 1863: New York State Senator...
Frederic Hay Gantt :CSA1stNat: Born: October 10, 1833 Birthplace: South Carolina Father: Richard Allen Gantt 1796 – 1874 (Buried: Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church, Barnwell, South Carolina) Mother: Mary Louisa Hay 1812 – 1894 (Buried: Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church, Barnwell, South Carolina) Education: Attended South Carolina Military Academy Occupation before War: Attorney in Colleton County, South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Lt. In Company K 11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862: Lt. Colonel of 11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1865: Paroled at Augusta, Georgia on May 18, 1865 Occupation after War: Attorney in Barnwell, South...
Henry Perkins Gantt :CSA1stNat: Born: 1831 Birthplace: Solitude Plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia Father: Dr. John Weems Gantt Mother: Martha “Sally” Blakey Perkins Wife: Martha “Pattie” Burke Eppes Children: Temple Joyner Gantt 1869 – 1892 (Buried: Western State Hospital Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Fannie Gantt Education: 1851: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Occupation before War: Farmer in Scottsville, Virginia Served in the Virginia State Militia Civil War Career: 1861: Captain Scottsville Guard Company C, 19th Virginia Infantry 1861 – 1862: Major of 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment...
Hugh Richardson Garden :CSA1stNat: Born: July 9, 1840 Birthplace: Sumter, South Carolina Father: Alester Garden 1818 – 1848 (Buried: Bloom Hill Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina) Mother: Elizabeth _________Unknown – 1874 (Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia) Wife: Lucy Gordon Robertson 1845 – 1931 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia) Education: 1860: Graduated from South Carolina College Attended University of Virginia Civil War Career: Private Company D 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1861: Color Bearer for 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Captain of Confederate Army Artillery Occupation after War: Attorney in Columbia, South Carolina Attorney in Warrenton, Virginia...
Erasmus Lee Gardenhire Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 12, 1815 Birthplace: Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee Father: Adam Gardenhire 1794 – 1851 (Buried: Bill Cooper Farm Cemetery, Oak Hill, Tennessee) Mother: Ailsey "Alsey" Trippett 1792 – 1873 (Buried: Bill Cooper Farm Cemetery Oak Hill Tennessee) 1st Wife: Mary "Polly" McMillan 1818 – 1885 (Buried: Gilliland Farm Cemetery, Oak Hill, Cemetery) 2nd Wife: Mary Gwin 1841 – 1886 (Buried: Hartsville Cemetery, Hartsville, Tennessee) 3rd Wife: Dora Gwin 1850 – 1892 (Buried: Hartsville Cemetery, Hartsville, Tennessee) 4th Wife: Kezziah A. "Kibbie" Kirkpatrick Tinsley – Williams 1854– 1945 (Buried: Amos Kirkpatrick–Tinsley Cemetery, Jackson County, Tennessee) Children: James...
Franklin Gardner :CSA1stNat: Born: January 29, 1823 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Lt. Colonel Charles Kitchell Gardner 1787 – 1869 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Anne Eliza McLean 1801 – 1880 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Marie Celeste Mathilde Mouton 1831 – 1915 (Buried: Saint John Cemetery, Lafayette, Louisiana) Education: 1843: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (17th in class) Occupation before War: 1843 –1845: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment 1845 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment 1846: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Battle of Monterey, Mexico 1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle...
Richmond N. Gardner :CSA1stNat: Born: December 1, 1832 Birthplace: Stewart County, Georgia Father: Thomas Norton Gardner Sr. 1790 – 1858 Mother: Rebecka Wallace 1794 – 1861 Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Cromartie 1845 – 1930 (Buried: Cromartie Cemetery, Leon County, Florida) Education: 1855: Graduated from University of Virginia Medical School Occupation before War: 1855 – 1858: Medical Doctor in the State of Florida 1858 – 1862: Minister in the State of Florida Civil War Career: 1862 – 1865: Captain Company K, 5th Florida Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland 1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia 1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863: Acted as Regimental...
William Montgomery Gardner :CSA1stNat: Born: June 8, 1824 Birth Place: Augusta, Georgia Father: James Gardner 1766 – 1847 (Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Mother: Elizabeth McKinne 1784 – 1872 (Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Wife: Helen Long 1834 – 1911 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Children: James Gardner 1860 – 1934 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Marion Gardner 1861 – 1947 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) John Long Gardner 1862 – 1929 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Alexander Gardner 1864 – 1866 (Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Sarah Gardner 1865 – 1866 (Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) William...
◀ 19th President 21st President ▶ James Abram Garfield 20th President of the United States of America :us34stars: Born: November 19, 1831 Birthplace: Cuyahoga County, Ohio Father: Abram Garfield 1799 – 1833 (Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Solon, Ohio) Mother: Eliza Ballou 1801 – 1888 (Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Solon, Ohio) Wife: Lucretia “Crete” Rudolph 1832 – 1918 (Buried: James A. Garfield Memorial and Tomb, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio) Married: November 11, 1858 in Hiram, Ohio Signature: Children: Eliza Arabella “Trot” Garfield 1860 – 1863 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hiram, Ohio) Harry Augustus Garfield 1863 – 1942 (Buried: Williams College Cemetery, Williamstown, Massachusetts) James Rudolph Garfield 1865 –...
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield :us34stars: Born: April 19, 1832 Birthplace: Hiram, Ohio Father: Zebulon Rudolph 1803 – 1897 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hiram, Ohio) Mother: Arabella Mason 1810 – 1879 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hiram, Ohio) Husband: U.S. President James Abram Garfield 1831 – 1881 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio) Married: November 11, 1858 in Hiram, Ohio Children: Eliza Arabella “Troft” Garfield 1860 – 1863 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery Hiram Ohio) Harry Augustus Garfield 1863 – 1942 (Buried: Williams College Cemetery Williamstown Massachusetts) James Rudolph Garfield 1865 – 1950 (Buried: Mentor Municipal Cemetery Mentor Ohio) Mary “Mollie” Garfield Stanley – Brown 1867 – 1947 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery...
Augustus Hill Garland :CSA1stNat: Born: June 11, 1832 Birthplace: Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee Father: Rufus King Garland Sr. 1800 – 1833 Mother: Barbara Hill 1811 – 1893 Wife: Sarah Virginia Sanders 1835 – 1877 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Brother: C.S. Congressman Rufus King Garland Jr. 1830 – 1886 (Buried: Old Washington Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas) Children: Thomas Hubbard Garland 1854 – 1855 (Buried: Pioneer Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas) Emma Garland 1856 – 1862 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Jennie Garland 1858 – 1860 (Buried: Pioneer Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas) Gus Garland 1861 – 1861 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Sanders Garland...
Robert Rice Garland :CSA1stNat: Born: May 11, 1821 Birthplace: Lovington, Nelson County, Virginia Father: James Parker Garland 1780 – 1854 (Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, Akron, Alabama) Mother: Kautrach H. Stone 1788 – 1827 Wife: Elizabeth Phillips Wolfe 1831 - Children: Althea Garland Irby 1859 – 1938 Occupation before War: 1847 – 1861: Served in United States Army, rising to rank of Captain Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in Confederate States Regular Army 1861 – 1865: Colonel of 6th Texas Infantry Regiment 1863: Captured while leading a Brigade at Arkansas Post 1863: Held as Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, & Fort Delaware 1863: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War exchange on April 29, 1863 1864: Wounded during the Battle...
Rufus King Garland Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 22, 1830 Birthplace: Tipton County, Tennessee Father: Rufus King Garland Sr. 1800 – 1833 Mother: Barbara Hill 1811 – 1893 Brother: C.S. Senator Augustus Hill Garland 1832 – 1899 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Wife: Isabella Sarah Walker 1836 – 1925 (Buried: Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, California) Married: February 22, 1853 in Hempstead, Arkansas Political Party: Whig Party, Democratic Party, Greenback Party Education: Attended St. Joseph’s College in Bardstown, Kentucky Occupation before War: Arkansas State Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Voted to take Arkansas out of Union after call for volunteers Captain in the Confederate Army until the...
Samuel Garland Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: December 16, 1830 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Father: Samuel Garland Sr. 1789 – 1861 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Mother: Mary Lightfoot Anderson 1800 – 1898 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Wife: Eliza Campbell Russell Meem 1830 – 1861 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Children: Samuel “Sammie” Garland III 1857 – 1861 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Education: 1849: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute (3rd in class) 1851: Graduated from University of Virginia law school Occupation before War: Attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia Captain of Lynchburg Home Guard Militia Civil War Career: 1861 –...
Albert Creswell Garlington :CSA1stNat: Born: June 9, 1822 Birthplace: Oglethorpe Count, Georgia Father: Christopher Garlington 1792 – 1864 (Buried: Chandler Cemetery, Calhoun, Georgia) Mother: Eliza Aycock 1801 – 1892 (Buried: Chandler Cemetery, Calhoun, Georgia) Wife: Sally Moon 1828 – 1910 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Married: December 8, 1846 Children: Octavia E. Garlington Fair 1849 – 1928 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Brig. General Ernest Albert Garlington 1853 – 1934 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Meredith William Garlington 1855 – 1896 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Harry M. Garlington 1865 – 1936 (Buried: Rosemont...
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett :CSA1stNat: Born:July 25, 1821 Birthplace: Elmwood Plantation near Loretto, Virginia Father: James Mercer Garnett Jr. 1794 – 1824 (Buried: Garnett Family Burial Ground at Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia) Mother: Maria Hunter 1797 – 1873 (Buried: Garnett Family Burial Ground at Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia) Wife: Mary Picton Stevens 1840 – 1903 (Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey) Children: Mary Barton Garnett Mitchell 1863 – 1949 (Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey) Grandfather: US Congressman James Mercer Garnett 1770 – 1843 (Buried: Garnett Family Burial Ground at Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia) Uncle: CS Secretary of State Robert M. T. Hunter 1809 – 1887 (Buried: Garnett...
Richard Brooke “Dick” Garnett :CSA1stNat: Born: November 21, 1817 Birthplace: Rose Hill Estate, Essex County, Virginia Father: William Henry Garnett 1786 – 1866 (Buried: Garnett Family Burial Ground, Loretto, Virginia) Mother: Anna Maria Brooke 1787 – 1854 (Buried: Garnett Family Burial Ground, Loretto, Virginia) Wife: Molly (Looking Woman) Campbell Hunter 1840 – 1920 (Buried: Red Cloud Cemetery, Pine Ridge, South Dakota) Children: William Garnett 1855 – 1928 (Buried: Red Cloud Cemetery, Pine Ridge, South Dakota) Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (29th in class) Occupation: 1841 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army 6th Infantry Regiment 1847 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army 6th Infantry Regiment...
Robert Selden Garnett Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: December 16, 1819 Birthplace: Essex County, Virginia Father: Robert Selden Garnett Sr. 1789 – 1840 (Buried: Champlain Estate Cemetery, Lloyds, Virginia) Mother: Charlotte Olympia De Gougea 1796 – 1856 (Buried: Champlain Estate Cemetery, Lloyds, Virginia) Wife: Marianna Nelson 1832 – 1858 (Buried: Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Arthur Nelson Garnett 1858 – 1858 (Buried: Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (27th in class) Occupation before War: 1841 – 1842: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1842 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1846 – 1848: 1st Lt. United States...
Kenner Garrard :us34stars: Born: September 30, 1827 Birthplace: Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: Jeptha Dudley Garrard 1802 – 1837 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Mother: Sarah Bella Ludlow 1802 – 1882 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Education: Attended Harvard University 1851: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class) Occupation before War: 1851 – 1852: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1851 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania 1852 – 1853: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons 1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Conrad, New Mexico Territory 1852 – 1853: Frontier Duty at Albuquerque, New Mexico 1853 – 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army...
Theophilus Toulmin Garrard :us34stars: Born: June 7, 1812 Birthplace: Clay County, Kentucky Father: Colonel Daniel Garrard 1780 – 1866 (Buried: Garrard Family Cemetery, Garrard, Kentucky) Mother: Lucinda Jane Toulmin 1790 – 1849 (Buried: Garrard Family Cemetery, Garrard, Kentucky) Wife: Nancy M. Brawner 1813 – 1838 (Buried: Garrard Family Cemetery, Garrard, Kentucky) Wife: Lucy Burnham Lees 1832 – 1887 (Buried: Garrard Family Cemetery, Garrard, Kentucky) Mistress: Almira Maupin 1822 – 1906 (Buried: Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Texas) Wife: Susan Abner 1852 – 1921 (Buried: Teges Cemetery, Clay County, Kentucky) Children: Mary Rankin Garrard – 1848 (Buried: Garrard Family Cemetery, Garrard, Kentucky) Lucinda Toulmin Garrard...
Isham Warren Garrott :CSA1stNat: Born: 1816 Birthplace: Ansonville, North Carolina Father: Isham Garrott 1774 – 1845 Mother: Mary “Polly” Simms 1785 – 1829 Wife: Margaret Matilda Fletcher 1829 – 1902 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas) Married: January 18, 1845 in Perry County, Alabama Children: Mary Sims Garrott 1845 – 1880 Emeline Garrott 1850 – John Fletcher Garrott 1857 – 1925 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas) Thomas Ritchie Garrott 1859 – 1930 William Burrell Garrott Education: Graduated from University of North Carolina Occupation before War: Attorney in Marion, Alabama Incorporator of Marion and Alabama River Transportation Company President of Board of trustees for Howard College 1845 – 1847...
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: January 7, 1821 Birthplace: Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia Father: Joseph Gartrell 1788 – 1868 Mother: Elizabeth Boswell 1798 – 1878 1st Wife: Louisiana Olivia Gideon 1823 – 1854 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) 2nd Wife: Antoinette Phoebe Burke 1834 – 1882 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Joseph Erasmus Gartrell 1852 – 1886 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Vannie Gartrell Phinizy 1858 – 1887 (Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell 1864 – 1865 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Jr. 1879 – 1944 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Education: Attended...
Martin Witherspoon Gary :CSA1stNat: Born: March 25, 1831 Birth Place: Cokesbury, South Carolina Father: Dr. Thomas Reeder Gary 1802 – 1852 (Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina) Mother: Mary Ann Porter 1808 – 1881 (Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina) Wife: Never Married Education: 1850 – 1852: Attended South Carolina College (withdrew) 1854: Graduated from Harvard University Occupation before War: 1855 – 1861: Attorney in Edgefield, South Carolina 1860 – 1861: South Carolina State Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Infantry in the Hampton South Carolina Legion 1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run 1862: Lt. Colonel of Hampton South Carolina Legion 1862 –...
Theodore Burr Gates :us34stars: Born: December 16, 1825 Birthplace: Oneonta, New York Father: Silas Gates Mother: Deborah McDonald 1796 – 1863 Wife: Maria Leuven Overbach 1825 – 1889 (Buried: Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, New York) Children: Elizabeth Ver Plank Gates 1852 – 1871 (Buried: Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, New York) Occupation before War: Attorney in Ulster County, New York Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 20th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Mustered out of Service on August 2nd in Kingston, New York 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 80th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in McDowell’s Advance on Falmouth, Virginia 1862: Acting Regimental Commander Second Battle of Bull Run 1862: Regimental Commander at...
Richard Caswell Gatlin :CSA1stNat: Born: January 18, 1809 Birthplace: Kinston, North Carolina Father: John S. Gatlin Mother: Susannah Caswell 1st Wife: Scioto Sandford 1827 – 1852 (Buried: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas) 2nd Wife: Mary Ann Gibson 1836 – 1916 (Buried: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas) Children: Alfred Sanford Gatlin 1851 – 1852 (Buried: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas) Mary Gatlin Cobb 1875 – 1973 (Buried: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Education: 1824 – 1825: Attended University of North Carolina 1832: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (35th in class) Occupation before War: 1832 – 1861: Served in the United States...
Lucien Coatsworth Gause :CSA1stNat: Born: December 25, 1836 Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina Father: Samuel Sidney Gause 1804 – 1867 Mother: Elizabeth Ann Martha Sweet 1812 – 1843 Wife: Virginia Ann “Jennie” Page 1837 – 1884 Children: Percy Page Gause 1867 – 1869 (Buried: Patterson Minor Cemetery, Diaz, Arkansas) Bertha Page Gause Woodard 1870 – 1961 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Tennessee) Ada Page Gause 1873 – 1874 (Buried: Patterson Minor Cemetery, Diaz, Arkansas) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Graduated from University of Virginia Graduated from Cumberland University Occupation before War: 1859 – 1861: Attorney in Jacksonport, Arkansas Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company G...
Richard Haynsworth Gayle :CSA1stNat: Born: February 26, 1832 Birthplace: Greensboro, Alabama Father: Governor John Gayle 1792 – 1859 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Mother: Sarah Ann Haynsworth 1804 – 1835 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Wife: Flora Levy 1838 – 1899 (Buried: Dispersed of Judah Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Occupation before War: Served in the United States Navy until resigning on June 27, 1853 Civil War Career: 1861 – 1864: Midshipman in the Confederate States Navy 1863: Commander of CS Navy Steamer C.S.S. Cornubia 1863: Captured aboard the C.S.S. Cornubia on November 8th 1863 – 1864: Prisoner of war held at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor 1864: Exchanged in prisoner of war...
John White Geary :us34stars: Born: December 30, 1819 Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Father: Richard Geary Mother: Margaret White Wife: Margaret Ann Logan 1823 – 1853 (Buried: Delmont Presbyterian Church, Delmont, Pennsylvania) Wife: Mary C. Church 1828 – 1913 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Children: Captain Edward Ratchford Geary 1845 – 1863 (Buried: Delmont Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Delmont, Pennsylvania) Major William Logan Geary 1849 – 1907 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Mary Church Geary Bonzano 1861 – 1940 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) John White Geary Jr. 1869 – 1940 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg...
Dr. Edward Wyatt Geddings :CSA1stNat: Born: February 18, 1833 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Father: Dr. Eli Geddings 1799 – 1878 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Mother: Mary E. Wyatt Education: 1854: Graduated from University of Berlin 1858: Graduated from University of Berlin Medical School Occupation before War: Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina Civil War Career: 1862: Surgeon for Confederate Hospital in Danville, Virginia 1862: Appointed Surgeon Provisional Army of the Confederacy 1862: Surgeon Confederate Hospital in Warrenton, Virginia 1862: Captured by Union Army in October 1862: Prisoner of War held by the Union Army until exchanged 1863 – 1864: Surgeon for Confederate...
Dr. Eli Geddings :CSA1stNat: Born: March 9, 1799 Birthplace: Newberry County, South Carolina Father: Jacob Geddings 1784 – 1833 Mother: Mary Nancy Osteen 1784 – 1850 Wife: Mary Wyatt Wife: Laura Postell 1835 – 1879 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Dr. John Frederic Meckel Geddings 1829 – 1887 (Buried: Saint Phillips Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Dr. Edward Wyatt Geddings 1833 – 1906 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston South Carolina) Dr. William Henry Geddings 1837 – 1892 (Buried: Saint Thaddeus Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina) Charles Gignilliant Geddings 1863 – 1868 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Education: Studied Medicine in Abbeville, South...
Meredith Poindexter Gentry :CSA1stNat: Born: September 15, 1809 Birthplace: Rockingham County, North Carolina Father: Watson Gentry 1760 – 1844 Mother: Theodosia Poindexter 1763 – 1850 1st Wife: Emily Saunders 1818 – 1844 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) 2nd Wife: Caldonia Brown 1821 – 1853 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Mary A. Gentry Hillman 1841 – 1908 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Emily S. Gentry Hillman 1844 – 1917 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Albert Gentry 1848 – 1903 (Buried: Citizens Cemetery Clarendon Texas) Political Party: Whig Party Occupation before War: Attorney in Franklin, Tennessee 1835 – 1839...
George Washington Getty :us34stars: Born: October 2, 1819 Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Father: Robert Getty 1780 – 1842 Mother: Margaret Wilmot 1789 – 1873 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Elizabeth Graham Stevenson 1828 – 1913 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Anna Laub Getty McClure 1849 – 1926 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Brig. General Robert Nelson Getty 1855 – 1941 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Maud Getty Walsh 1862 – 1951 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) George Graham Getty 1866 – 1945 (Buried: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland) Education: 1840...
Samuel Jameson Gholson :CSA1stNat: Born: May 19, 1808 Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky Father: Francis Gholson 1787 – 1849 (Buried: Sargent Cemetery, Franklin County, Alabama) Mother: Susan Jameson 1786 – 1876 Wife: Margaret Ann Ragsdale 1820 – 1888 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) Education: Attended School in Franklin County, Alabama Occupation before War: Attorney in Athens, Mississippi 1835 – 1836: Mississippi State Representative 1836 – 1838: United States Representative from Mississippi 1839 – 1861: United States District Court Judge in Mississippi 1846: Served in the Mississippi State Militia as Lt. Advocate for States Rights Civil War Career: 1861: Delegate to Mississippi State Secession...
Thomas Saunders Gholson :CSA1stNat: Born: December 9, 1810 Birthplace: Gholsonville, Virginia Father: Major William Gholson 1775 – 1831 Mother: Maury Saunders 1776 – 1842 Wife: Cary Ann Gholson 1810 – 1896 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Children: Rev. John Yates Gholson 1830 – 1886 (Buried: Saint Michaels Cemetery, Faunsdale, Alabama) Georgianna Freeman Gholson Walker 1833 – 1904 (Buried: Silver Mount Cemetery, Sunnyside, New York) Infant Daughter Gholson 1850 – 1850 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Brother: U.S. Congressman James Herbert Gholson 1798 – 1848 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Uncle: U.S. Congressman Thomas Gholson Jr. 1780 – 1816 Political Party...

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