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Edward Bates :us34stars: Born: September 4, 1793 Birthplace: Goochland County, Virginia Father: Thomas Fleming Bates Mother: Carolina Matilda “Cally” Woodson 1751 – 1845 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Wife: Julia Davenport Coalter 1807 – 1880 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Children: Judge Joshua Barton Bates 1824 – 1892 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Nancy Coalter Bates 1827 – 1872 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Dr. Julian Bates 1833 – 1902 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Lt. Fleming Bates 1834 – 1871 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Richard Bates 1835 – 1879 (Buried: Episcopal...
Francis Preston Blair Sr. :us34stars: Born: April 12, 1791 Birthplace: Abingdon, Virginia Father: James Blair 1762 – 1837 Mother: Elizabeth Smith 1762 – 1818 Wife: Eliza Violet Gist 1794 – 1877 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: July 31, 1813 in Frankfort, Kentucky Signature: Children: Montgomery Blair 1813 – 1883 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Elizabeth Blair Lee 1818 – 1906 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Lt. James Lawrence Blair 1819 – 1853 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Major General Francis Preston Blair Jr. 1821 – 1875 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Education: 1811: Graduated from Transylvania University...
Montgomery Blair United States Postmaster General :us34stars: Born: May 10, 1813 Birthplace: Franklin County, Kentucky Father: Francis Preston Blair Sr. 1791 – 1876 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Eliza Violet Gist 1794 – 1877 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Caroline Rebecca Buckner Wife: Mary Elizabeth Woodbury 1821 – 1887 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Signature: Children: Elizabeth “Betty” Blair Comstock 1841 – 1872 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy, Post Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.) Minna Blair Richey 1850 – 1919 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Maria G. Blair 1851 – 1862 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Woodbury Blair 1852 – 1933...
Simon Cameron U.S. Secretary of State :us34stars: Born: March 8, 1799 Birthplace: Maytown, Pennsylvania Father: Charles Cameron 1768 – 1814 (Buried: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) Mother: Martha Pfoutz 1771 – 1830 Wife: Margaretta Brua 1803 – 1874 Married: October 17, 1822 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Signature: Children: Rachel Jane Cameron Burnside 1823 – 1871 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Major William Brua Cameron 1826 – 1864 (Buried: Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Pennsylvania) US Secretary of War James Donald Cameron 1833 – 1918 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Margaretta Cameron Haldeman 1836 – 1915 (Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)...
Salmon Portland Chase U.S. Secretary of Treasury - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court :us34stars: Born: January 13, 1808 Birthplace: Cornish, New Hampshire Father: Ithamar Chase 1762 – 1817 (Buried: Washington Cemetery, Keene, New Hampshire) Mother: Janette Ralston 1777 – 1832 (Buried: Old Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, New Hampshire) 1st Wife: Katherine Jane Garniss 1811 – 1835 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) 2nd Wife: Eliza Ann Smith 1821 – 1845 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) 3rd Wife: Sarah Bella Dunlop Ludlow 1820 – 1852 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Signature: Children: Catherine Jane Chase 1835 – 1840 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Katherine...
William Dennison Jr. :us34stars: Born: November 23, 1815 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Father: William Dennison Sr. 1780 – 1863 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Mother: Mary "Polly" Carter 1789 – 1853 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Wife: Anne Eliza Neil 1821 – 1911 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Children: Captain William Neil Dennison 1841 – 1904 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Lucy Dennison Clark 1854 – 1928 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Alan Neil Dennison 1858 – 1910 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party Education: 1835: Graduated from Miami University in Ohio Occupation before War...
William Pitt Fessenden :us34stars: Born: October 16, 1806 Birthplace: Boscawen, New Hampshire Father: General Samuel Fessenden 1784 – 1869 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Mother: Ruth Green 1787 – 1867 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Wife: Ellen Maria Deering 1809 – 1857 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Children: Brig. General James Deering Fessenden 1833 – 1882 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) William Howard Fessenden 1835 – 1898 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Park, Riverside, California) Major General Francis Fessenden 1839 – 1906 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Mary D. Fessenden 1843 – 1848 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Brother...
Hugh McCulloch Jr. :us34stars: Born: December 7, 1808 Birthplace: Kennebunk, Maine Father: Hugh McCulloch Sr. Mother: Abagail Perkins 1st Wife: Eunice Elizabeth Hardy 1809 – 1836 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) 2nd Wife: Susan Maria Man 1818 – 1898 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Charles McCulloch 1840 – 1921 (Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Frederick Halsey McCulloch 1842 – 1907 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Marie Louise McCulloch Yale 1856 – 1929 (Buried: Arms Cemetery, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts) Political Party: Republican Party Education: Attended Bowdoin College for two years Occupation before War: School Teacher in Fort...
William Henry Seward Sr. :us34stars: Born: March 16, 1801 Birthplace: Florida, New York Father: Dr. Samuel Swayze Seward 1768 – 1849 (Buried: Florida Cemetery, Florida, New York) Mother: Mary Jennings 1769 – 1845 Wife: Frances Adeline Miller 1805 – 1865 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Married: October 20, 1824 in Auburn, New York Children: Lt. Colonel Augustus Henry “Gus” Seward 1826 – 1876 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Assistant Secretary of State Frederick William Seward 1830 – 1915 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Cornelia Frances Seward 1836 – 1837 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Brig. General William Henry Seward Jr. 1839 – 1920 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery...
Caleb Blood Smith :us34stars: Born: April 16, 1808 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Walter Smith Wife: Elizabeth B. Watton 1821 – Children: Albert Downes Smith 1835 – 1836 Walton J. Smith 1838 – 1866 Horace W. Smith 1840 – 1903 Alice R. Smith 1843 – 1865 Political Party: Before – 1854: Member of Whig Political Party 1854 – 1864: Member of Republican Political Party Education: 1825 – 1826: Attended Miami University (Ohio) Occupation before War: 1828 – 1832: Attorney in Connersville, Indiana Founder and Editor of Indiana Sentinel Newspaper 1833 – 1837: Indiana State Representative 1836: Speaker of Indiana State House of Representatives 1840 – 1841: Indiana State Representative 1843 – 1849: United States...
James Speed United States Attorney General :us34stars: Born: March 11, 1812 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Father: Judge John Speed 1772 – 1840 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Mother: Lucy Gilmer Fry 1788 – 1874 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Wife: Jane Cochran 1816 – 1888 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Married: April 23, 1840 in Louisville, Kentucky Signature: Children: Major John Speed 1842 – 1920 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Henry Pirtle Speed 1845 – 1909 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Charles Speed 1848 – 1935 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Lucian Breckinridge Speed 1850 – 1912 (Buried: Cave Hill...
Edwin McMasters Stanton :us34stars: Born: December 19, 1814 Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio Father: Dr. David Edwin Stanton (1788–1828) (Buried: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio) Mother: Lucy Latham Norman (1793–1873) (Buried: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio) 1st Wife: Mary Lamson (1818-March 1844) Married: December 31, 1836 at the home of Trinity Episcopal's rector in Columbus, Ohio (Buried: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio) 2nd Wife: Ellen Maria Hutchison (1830-1873) Married: June 25, 1856 at Hutchinson's father's home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC) Children: Lucy Lamson Stanton (1837–1841) (Buried: Unknown) Edwin Lamson Stanton (1842–1877) (Buried: Saint James the Less...
John Palmer Usher U.S. Secretary of Interior :us34stars: Born: January 9, 1816 Birthplace: Brookfield, New York Father: Nathaniel Usher 1786 – 1865 Mother: Lucy Palmer 1791 – 1870 Wife: Margaret A. Patterson 1818 – 1911 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Children: Arthur Patterson Usher 1846 – 1888 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) John Palmer Usher Jr. 1849 – 1931 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Linton Joseph Usher 1852 – 1952 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Samuel Chambers Usher 1855 – 1928 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Attorney in Terre Haute, Indiana Circuit Attorney in Indiana, and Illinois...
Gideon "Father Neptune" Welles :us34stars: Born: July 1, 1802 Birthplace: Glastonbury, Connecticut Father: Samuel Welles 1754 – 1834 (Buried: Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Connecticut) Mother: Anne Hale 1763 – 1816 (Buried: Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Connecticut) Wife: Mary Jane Hale 1817 – 1886 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Married: June 16, 1835 in Lewiston, Pennsylvania Children: Anna Jane Welles 1836 – 1854 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Samuel Welles 1838 – 1839 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Edward Gideon Welles 1840 – 1843 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Edgar Thaddeus Welles 1843 – 1914 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford...

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