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Henry Larcom Abbott :us34stars: Born: August 31, 1831 Birthplace: Beverly, Massachusetts Father: Joseph Hale Abbott 1802 – 1873 (Buried: Central Cemetery, Beverly, Massachusetts) Mother: Fanny Ellingwood Larcom 1807 – 1883 (Buried: Central Cemetery, Beverly, Massachusetts) Wife: Mary Susan Everett 1832 – 1871 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Children: Frederic Vaughan Abbott 1858 – 1928 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Marion Stanley Abbott 1864 – 1955 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Elinor Everett Abbott 1867 – 1950 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Harry Abbott 1871 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge...
Julius Walker Adams :us34stars: Born: October 18, 1812 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Eli Adams 1770 – 1822 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut) Mother: Sarah Delano Swift 1788 – 1839 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut) Wife: Elizabeth Denison 1812 – 1888 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Kirkwood H. Adams – 1867 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Irving Adams – 1875 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Alice D. Adams – 1923 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Captain Julius Walker Adams Jr. 1840 – 1865 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Lt. Stephen Dennison Adams 1844 – 1883 (Buried: Green –...
George Washington Anderson Sr. :us34stars: Born: May 22, 1832 Birthplace: Jefferson County, Tennessee Father: Pierce Butler Anderson 1806 – 1861 Mother: Ann Madison Luke 1804 – 1832 Wife: Elizabeth Lewis Marshall 1834 – 1900 Children: Edward M. Anderson 1862 – 1883 Anna M. Anderson 1865 – 1880 Elizabeth Anderson 1869 – 1957 George Washington Anderson Jr. 1872 – 1880 Charles A. Anderson 1874 – 1961 Political Party: Republican Party Education: Graduated from Franklin College in Tennessee Occupation before War: Attorney in Pike County, Missouri 1859 – 1860: Missouri State Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Company A Pike County Home Guards 1861: Colonel in the Missouri Home Guards, until disbanded...
Edward Dickinson Baker :us34stars: Born: February 24, 1811 Birthplace: London, England Father: Edward Baker 1786 – 1835 Mother: Lucy Dickinson 1783 – 1862 (Buried: Old Barry Cemetery, Barry, Illinois) Wife: Mary Ann Faust 1811 – 1871 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Children: Lucy S. Baker Hopkins 1833 – 1914 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington) Caroline Baker Stevens 1834 – 1902 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington) Lt. Edward Dickinson Baker Jr. 1838 – 1883 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Occupation before War: 1815: Immigrated to the United States from England Attorney in Springfield, Illinois 1837: Illinois State...
James Heaton Baker :us34stars: Born: May 6, 1829 Birthplace: Monroe, Ohio Father: Rev. Dr. Henry Baker 1797 – 1863 (Buried: Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Ohio) Mother: Hannah Woodruff Heaton 1801 – 1839 (Buried: Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Ohio) 1st Wife: Rose Lucia Thurston 1831 – 1873 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) 2nd Wife: Zulima E. Bartlett 1851 – 1933 Children: Arthur Heaton Baker 1852 – 1896 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Harry Edgar Baker 1854 – 1920 (Buried: Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah) James Henry Baker 1889 – 1949 (Buried: Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minnesota) Education: Graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University Occupation before War: Teacher and Principal of female...
Henry Blackstone Banning :us34stars: Born: November 10, 1836 Birthplace: Bannings Mills, Ohio Father: James Smith Banning 1800 – 1867 (Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio) Mother: Eliza A. Blackstone 1804 – 1878 (Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio) Wife: Julia Kirby 1846 – 1917 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Children: Kirby Banning 1869 – 1894 Harry Byron Banning 1871 – 1944 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Ella K. Banning 1872 – 1943 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Clinton Kirby Banning 1880 – 1921 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Political Party: Democratic Party, Independent Republican Party Education: Attended Kenyon...
James Lawrence Bates :us34stars: Born: August 11, 1820 Birthplace: Weymouth, Massachusetts Father: Elijah Bates 1781 – 1873 Mother: Sarah Torrey 1783 – 1848 1st Wife: Betsey Dyer Loud 1829 – 1853 (Buried: Highland Cemetery, Weymouth, Massachusetts) 2nd Wife: Mary Jane Tirrell 1825 – 1905 (Buried: Highland Cemetery, Weymouth, Massachusetts) Children: James Wilmot Bates 1856 – 1887 (Buried: Highland Cemetery Weymouth Massachusetts) Annie Bates 1859 – 1880 (Buried: Highland Cemetery, Weymouth, Massachusetts) Bessie Tirrell Bates Nevin 1864 – 1942 (Buried: Highland Cemetery, Weymouth, Massachusetts) Occupation before War: Boot and Shoe Merchant in Weymouth, Massachusetts Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain of Company H...
Myron Holley Beaumont, Sr. :us34stars: Born: August 26, 1837 Birthplace: Lyons, New York Father: Dr. Abram Lovett Beaumont 1797 – 1852 Mother: Clarissa Gregg Holley 1809 – 1893 1st Wife: Mary Gabriella Randolph 1850 – 1900 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) 2nd Wife: Unknown 3rd Wife: Susie Davis 1870 – 4th Wife: Aneta Grier 1857 – Children: Myron Holley Beaumont Jr. 1866 – 1925 (Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Iowa) Occupation before War: 1856: Printer in Baltimore, Maryland 1856 – 1857: Served as Private in United States Army Mounted Rifles 1856 – 1857: Served with United States Army at Fort Union Civil War Career: 1861: 1st and Quartermaster 3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment 1861: Mustered out...
Hiram Berdan :us34stars: Born: September 6, 1824 Birthplace: Phelps, New York Father: John Berdan 1800 – 1851 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Michigan) Mother: Hannah Eldred 1802 – 1883 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Michigan) Occupation before War: Mechanical Engineer in New York City, New York Top Rifle shot in United States for 15 years Inventor of the repeating rifle, and received patent for musket ball Developer of first commercial gold amalgamation machine Inventor of Reaper, and Mechanical bakery Civil War Career: 1861 – 1864: Colonel 1st & 2nd United States Sharpshooters 1862: Participated in Seven Days Campaign in Virginia 1862: Sharpshooters complained about Berdan’s role 1862: Condemned by Major...
Chapman Biddle :us34stars: Born: January 22, 1822 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Colonel Clement Connell Biddle 1784 – 1855 (Buried: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Mary Searle Barclay 1785 – 1872 (Buried: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wife: Mary Livingston Cochran 1822 – 1894 (Saint James the Less Episcopal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Mary Cochrane Biddle 1850 – 1929 (Saint James the Less Episcopal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Walter Livingston Cochran Biddle 1853 – 1888 (Saint James the Less Episcopal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Occupation before War: Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Civil War Career: 1862 – 1863: Colonel of...
Charles John Biddle :us34stars: Born: April 30, 1819 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Financier Nicholas Biddle 1786 – 1844 (Buried: Saint Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Jane Margaret Craig 1793 – 1856 (Buried: Saint Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wife: Emma Mather 1831 – 1918 (Buried: Saint Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Jane Emma Biddle Dixon 1853 – 1923 (Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Torresdale, Pennsylvania) Charles John Biddle Jr. 1857 – 1923 (Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Torresdale, Pennsylvania) John Craig Biddle 1859 – 1946 (Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)...
George Hogg Biddle :us34stars: Born: October 1, 1802 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: John Hogg 1770 – 1813 Mother: Ann Storer – 1828 Wife: Mary Milne 1805 – 1857 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Annie Lyall Biddle Zueller 1829 – 1911 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) George Edgar Biddle 1832 – 1899 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Lovell L. Biddle 1838 – 1907 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Occupation before War: Served in Mexican – American War Auctioneer and Commission Businessman in New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 95th New York Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 95th New York Infantry...
Harrison Gray Otis Blake :us34stars: Born: March 17, 1818 Birthplace: Newfane, Vermont Father: Harrison Gray Blake 1788 – 1868 (Buried: Monroe Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio) Mother: Lucy Goodell 1793 – 1821 (Buried: South Newfane Cemetery, South Newfane, Vermont) Wife: Elizabeth Ann Bell 1821 – 1893 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio) Married: January 1, 1840 in Medina, Ohio Children: Elizabeth Ann Blake McDowell 1843 – 1932 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio) Helen M. Blake 1845 – 1925 Political Party: Republican Party Education: Studied Medicine in Seville Ohio Occupation before War: Mercantile Businessman in Medina, Ohio Attorney in Medina, Ohio 1846 – 1847: Ohio State Representative 1848 –...
Thomas Elliott Bramlette :us34stars: Born: January 3, 1817 Birthplace: Cumberland County, Kentucky Father: Colonel Ambrose S. Bramlette Mother: Sarah H. Elliott 1796 – 1875 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas) 1st Wife: Sallie Lean Travis 1819 – 1872 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) 2nd Wife: Mary E. Graham 1832 – 1886 (Buried: Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky) Children: Colonel James Thompson Bramlette 1839 – 1872 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) William L. Bramlette 1841 – 1872 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Simeon Eugene Bramlette 1851 – 1888 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Corinne B. Bramlette Walworth 1854 – 1937 (Buried: Greenridge...
Henry Brewerton Born: September 25, 1801 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Henry Brewerton Sr. 1768 – 1803 Mother: Mary Swords 1775 – 1804 Guardian: Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins 1774 – 1825 (Buried: Saint Marks Church in the Bowery, Manhattan, New York) 1st Wife: Caroline Louisa Knight 1811 – 1853 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) 2nd Wife: Sarah Courtenay 1830 – 1930 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Children: Lt. George Douglas Brewerton 1827 – 1901 (Buried: Died in Fordham, New York) Major Henry Feltus Brewerton 1838 – 1913 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Education: 1819: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th in class) Occupation before...
Benjamin Gratz Brown :us34stars: Born: May 28, 1826 Birthplace: Frankfort, Kentucky Father: Mason Brown 1799 – 1867 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Mother: Judith Ann Bledsoe 1803 – 1827 Grandfather: U.S. Congressman John Brown 1757 – 1837 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Grandfather: U.S. Senator Jesse Bledsoe 1776 – 1836 Wife: Mary C. Gunn 1842 – 1888 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Missouri) Children: Lillian Mason Brown 1859 – 1924 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Missouri) Gratz K. Brown 1862 – 1919 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Missouri) Margaretta Gratz Brown 1862 – 1919 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Missouri) Eloise Elsa “Elsie” Brown 1871 – 1951...
George Huntington Browne :us34stars: Born: January 6, 1818 Birthplace: Gloucester, Rhode Island Father: Elisha Brown 1785 – 1826 (Buried: Acotes Hill Cemetery, Gloucester, Rhode Island) Mother: Rhobe Bowditch 1791 – 1871 (Buried: Acotes Hill Cemetery, Gloucester, Rhode Island) 1st Wife: Harriet Newell Danforth 1818 – 1859 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) 2nd Wife: Mary Louise Baker 1831 – 1895 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Children: Keyes Danforth Browne 1846 – 1933 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Mary Browne Schermerhorn 1851 – 1916 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Edward Baker Browne 1865 – 1881 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery...
Richard Byrnes :us34stars: Born: 1832 Birthplace: County Cavan, Ireland Occupation before War: 1844: Immigrated to the United States from New York 1851 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 1862: Regimental Commander in the Battle of Fredericksburg 1863: Regimental Commander in the Battle of Chancellorsville 1863: Led 265 men onto the field at Battle of Gettysburg 1863: Recruiter for his regiment in Massachusetts 1864: Irish Brigade Commander in the spring months 1864: Mortally Wounded at Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia Died: June 12, 1864 Place of Death...
Thomas William Cahill :us34stars: Born: August 24, 1826 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Lawrence Cahill 1800 – 1840 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Mother: Mary Ann Young 1806 – 1854 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Wife: Margaret Lanin 1834 – 1870 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Children: Edward Cahill 1859 – 1900 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Dr. Thomas Matthew Cahill 1862 – 1925 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Thomas M. Cahill 1864 – 1864 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Charles J. Cahill 1869 – 1869 (Buried: Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut)...
Henry Clay Caldwell: :us34stars: Born: September 4, 1832 Birthplace: Marshall County Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Van Caldwell 1799 – 1856 (Buried: Iowaville Cemetery Selma Iowa) Mother: Susan Moffett Unknown – 1887 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery Wheeling West Virginia) Wife: Harriet Jane Bennett 1836 – 1921 (Buried: Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas) Children: Cornelia Caldwell Smith (Buried: Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas) Occupation before War: 1852 – 1856: Attorney in Keosauqua Iowa 1856 – 1858: Prosecuting Attorney for Van Buren County Iowa 1859 – 1861: Iowa State Representative Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Major of 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of...
Edward Payson Chapin :us34stars: Born: August 16, 1831 Birthplace: Waterloo, New York Father: Rev. Ephraim Chapin 1789 – 1871 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo, New York) Mother: Elizabeth White Maltby 1794 – 1886 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo, New York) Occupation before War: Attorney in Buffalo, New York Member of the Niagara’s first semi – pro baseball club Captain in New York State Militia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in 44th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Major of 44th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded at the Battle of Hanover Court House 1862: Lt. Colonel of 44th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Resigned on the same day he was promoted to Lt. Colonel 1862 – 1863: Colonel of...
William Fletcher Cloud Born: March 23, 1825 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio Father: Robert Cloud 1787 – 1858 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Mother: Ann Corner 1791 – 1863 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Howard 1829 – 1879 (Buried: Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri) 2nd Wife: Sara F. Buchanan 3rd Wife: Abby B. Murray Children: Robert William Cloud 1849 – 1920 Henry Howard Cloud 1856 – Clara Howard Cloud 1858 – 1880 (Buried: Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri) Eva Howard Sherman 1862 – Occupation before War: Served in Mexican – 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...
Amasa Cobb :us34stars: Born: September 27, 1823 Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois Father: John Cobb 1784 – 1833 (Buried: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois) Mother: Nancy Briggs 1787 – 1856 (Buried: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois) Wife: Philadelphia Stone Moffett 1818 – 1896 (Buried: Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska) Children: Gertrude Cobb 1850 – 1852 (Buried: Highland Public Cemetery, Highland, Wisconsin) Jessie Cobb 1857 – 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 –...
Frederick Augustus Conkling :us34stars: Born: August 22, 1816 Birthplace: Canajoharie, New York Father: US Congressman Alfred Conkling 1789 – 1874 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) Mother: Elizabeth “Eliza” Cockburn 1791 – 1851 (Buried: North Street Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Brother: U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling 1829 – 1888 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) Wife: Elenora Ronalds 1825 – 1879 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Frederick Gray Conkling 1849 – 1871 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Alfred Ronalds Conkling 1850 – 1917 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Dora R. Conkling 1852 – 1868 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn...
Richard Coulter Sr. :us34stars: Born: October 1, 1827 Birthplace: Greensburg, Pennsylvania Father: Eli Coulter Jr. 1791 – 1830 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) Mother: Rebecca Alexander 1788 – 1854 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) Wife: Emma Welty 1841 – 1929 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) Children: Brig. General Richard Coulter Jr. 1870 – 1955 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) Rebecca Coulter Barclay 1872 – 1937 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) Lt. Colonel Henry Welty Coulter 1873 – 1932 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) Alexander Coulter 1875 – 1916 (Buried: Saint Clair Cemetery...
John Cradlebaugh :us34stars: Born: February 22, 1819 Birthplace: Circleville, Ohio Father: Andrew Cradlebaugh 1797 – 1852 (Buried: Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio) Mother: Margaret M. Martin Unknown – 1876 (Buried: Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio) 1st Wife: Polly “Kate” Geil 1814 – 1840 Married: 1834 2nd Wife: Angeline Ring 1821 – 1852 Married: October 8, 1844 in Fairfield County, Ohio Children: George Cradlebaugh 1845 – Alice Mary Cradlebaugh 1847 – 1855 John H. Cradlebaugh 1850 – 1918 (Buried: City View Cemetery, Salem, Oregon) Andrew Cradlebaugh Jr. 1852 – 1852 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Political Party: Independent Party Education: Attended Kenyon College Attended Oxford University in...
George Henry Cram :us34stars: Born: January 22, 1838 Birthplace: Shamokin, Pennsylvania Father: Jacob Kram 1790 – 1855 Mother: Susan Bush 1805 – 1890 Wife: Frances M. Dodge 1852 – 1933 (Buried: Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa) Occupation before War: Merchant before the War Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee 1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky Wounded during the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 1863 – 1866: Colonel of 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 1863: Served in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia 1863: Wounded during the Battle of Missionary...
Samuel Johnson Crawford :us34stars: Born: April 10, 1835 Birthplace: Lawrence County Indiana Father: William Crawford 1780 – 1845 (Buried: Old Crawford Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana) Mother: Jane Morrow 1793 – 1867 (Buried: Crossroads Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Wife: Isabel Marshall Chase 1848 – 1920 (Buried: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas) Married: November 27, 1866 Children: Florence Crawford Capper 1868 – 1926 (Buried: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas) George Marshall Crawford Sr. 1872 – 1918 (Buried: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas) Political Party: Republican Party Education: Graduated from Cincinnati College Occupation before War: 1859 – 1861: Attorney in Garnett, Kansas 1859: Attended the...
Edward Ephraim Cross Born: April 22, 1832 Birthplace: Lancaster, New Hampshire Father: Colonel Ephraim Cross 1795 – 1876 (Buried: Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, New Hampshire) Mother: Abigail C. Everett – 1884 (Buried: Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, New Hampshire) Occupation before War: Writer for Coos Democrat Newspaper Printer for Cincinnati Times Newspaper Washington Correspondent for Cincinnati Times Newspaper Supporter and Campaigner for Know – Nothing political party Newspaper Article Writer for New York Herald Newspaper Member of Santa Rita Silver Mining Company Investor of Mines in Arizona Territory Founder and Owner of Weekly Arizonian Newspaper Scout for United States Army during the Apache Expeditions 1860...
Robert Parson Cummins :us34stars: Born: 1827 Birthplace: Somerset County, Pennsylvania Father: Joseph Cummins 1799 – 1883 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania) Mother: Martha Parson 1800 – 1872 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania) Wife: Sarah Jane Meek 1830 – 1906 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania) Children: Gertrude Cummins Hall – 1897 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Emma Rebecca Cummins Pauling 1848 – 1923 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania) Edmond Kernan Cummins 1849 – 1931 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania) James B. Cummins 1851 – 1915 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania) Lillian Cummins Helme 1855 – 1928 (Buried: Salt Lake...
John Irvin Curtin :us34stars: Born: June 17, 1837 Birthplace: Milesburg, Pennsylvania Father: Roland Curtin Jr. 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Pennsylvania) Mother: Eliza Irvin 1814 – 1897 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Pennsylvania) Wife: Margaery Isabel Curtin 1837 – 1924 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Bellefontaine, Pennsylvania) Education: Attended Dickinson Seminary Attended Lycoming College Occupation before War: Civil Engineer in Pennsylvania Civil War Career: 1861: Private in 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Captain of 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 1862: Major of 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 1862...
Rufus Dawes :us34stars: Born: July 4, 1838 Birthplace: Malta, Ohio Father: Henry Dawes 1804 – 1867 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Lindina, Wisconsin) Mother: Sarah Cutler 1809 – 1896 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Wife: Mary Beman Gates 1842 – 1921 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Children: U.S. Vice President Charles Gates Dawes 1865 – 1951 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois) Rufus Cutler Dawes 1867 – 1940 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) U.S. Congressman Beman Gates Dawes 1870 – 1953 (Buried: Dawes Arboretum and Cemetery, Newark, Ohio) Mary Frances Dawes Beach 1872 – 1956 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Henry May Dawes 1877 – 1952 (Buried: Rosehill...
Rene Edward De Russy Born: February 22, 1789 Birthplace: Saint – Domingueb (Haiti) Father: Thomas Francois Benoit De Russy 1762 – 1822 Mother: Magdaline Emilie Bessier 1770 – 1843 1st Wife: Harriet Elizabeth Taylor 1805 – 1834 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) 2nd Wife: Helena Augusta Maxwell 1832 – 1908 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: Brig. General Gustavus Adolphus De Russy 1818 – 1891 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) John Allen De Russy 1826 – 1850 (Buried: Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia) Clara Louise De Russy Nichols 1829 – 1900 (Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, LeMay, Missouri) Emily...
Henry Champion Deming: :us34stars: Born: May 23, 1815 Birthplace: Colchester Connecticut Father: David Deming 1781 – 1827 (Buried: Colchester Burying Ground Colchester Connecticut) Mother: Abigail Champion 1st Wife: Sarah Clerc 1828 – 1869 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford Connecticut) 2nd Wife: Anne Putnam Wilson 1849 – 1905 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford Connecticut) Children: Henry Champion Deming Jr. 1850 – 1931 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford Connecticut) Charles Clerc Deming 1852 – 1924 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx New York) Mary Shipman Deming 1855 – 1859 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford Connecticut) Laurent Clerc Deming 1860 – 1945 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford Connecticut)...
Thomas Donnelly Doubleday Born: February 18, 1816 Birthplace: Albany, New York Father: Ulysses Freeman Doubleday 1792 – 1866 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Mother: Hester Donnelly 1798 – 1859 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Wife: Mary Augusta Ward 1818 – 1882 (Buried: Staten Island Cemetery, West New Brighton, New York) Brother: Major General Abner Doubleday 1819 – 1893 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Mary Augusta Doubleday Sargent 1842 – 1912 (Buried: Staten Island Cemetery, West New Brighton, New York) Occupation before War: Owner of Book and Stationery Business on Wall Street in New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: Colonel...
Ulysses Doubleday Born: August 31, 1824 Birthplace: Auburn, New York Father: Ulysses Freeman Doubleday 1792 – 1866 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Mother: Hester Donnelly 1798 – 1859 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Wife: Mary Stewart 1827 – 1879 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Brother: Major General Abner Doubleday 1819 – 1893 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Harold Doubleday 1867 – 1925 (Buried: Tryon Cemetery, Tryon, North Carolina) Occupation before War: Banker and Stock Broker in New York Civil War Career: 1862: Major of 4th New York Heavy Artillery 1862 – 1863: Aide to his brother General Abner Doubleday 1863...
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...
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...
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...
John Franklin Farnsworth :us34stars: Born: March 27, 1820 Birthplace: Eaton, Quebec Father: John Farnsworth 1788 – 1844 (Buried: North Cemetery, Saint Charles, Illinois) Mother: Sallie Patten 1783 – 1854 (Buried: North Cemetery, Saint Charles, Illinois) Wife: Mary Ann Clark 1820 – 1900 (Buried: North Cemetery, Saint Charles, Illinois) Children: Ensign John Franklin Farnsworth Jr. 1855 – 1926 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Occupation before War: Attorney in Saint Charles, Illinois 1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Illinois Civil War Career: 1861: Organizer of 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment 1861 – 1863: Colonel of 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Helped secure a Lt. Commission for nephew...

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