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Bland Ballard Sr.: :us34stars: Born: September 4, 1819 Birthplace: Shelby County, Kentucky Father: James Bland 1763 – 1849 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery Shelbyville Kentucky) Mother: Susannah Cox 1785 – 1858 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery Shelbyville Kentucky) Wife: Sarah Shelby McDowell 1820 – 1901 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville Kentucky) Children: Austin Ballard Sr. 1852 – 1934 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville Kentucky) Bland Ballard Jr. 1855 – 1909 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville Kentucky) Fanny Thurston Ballard 1858 – 1921 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville Kentucky) Susan Ballard 1863 – 1909 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville Kentucky) Education: 1840: Graduated from Transylvania University Law School...
Samuel Rossiter Betts: :us34stars: Born: June 8, 1786 Birthplace: Richmond Massachusetts Father: Uriah Betts 1761 – 1841 (Buried: Old Town Cemetery Newburgh New York) Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Rosseter 1763 – 1796 (Buried: Center Cemetery Richmond Massachusetts) Wife: Caroline Abigail Dewey 1798 – 1882 Children: Maria Caroline Betts Metcalf 1818 – 1909 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery Westfield Massachusetts) Frances Julia Betts Hillhouse 1822 – 1907 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery New Haven Connecticut) Lt. Colonel George Frederic Betts 1827 – 1898 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx New York) Education: 1806: Graduated from Williams College Occupation before War: 1809 – 1812: Attorney in Monticello New York 1812 – 1814: Served in the U.S...
Joseph Casey Jr.: :us34stars: Born: December 17, 1814 Birthplace: Ringgold Manor Pennsylvania Father: Joseph Casey Sr. 1771 – 1841 Mother: Rebecca McLaughlin 1770 – Wife: Mary Ann Knettle 1816 – 1899 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D.C.) Children: Joseph William Casey 1842 – 1843 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D.C.) Isaac Knettle Casey 1844 – 1867 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D.C.) Alice Jane Casey 1846 – 1860 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D.C.) Occupation before War: 1838 – 1845: Attorney in Bloomfield Pennsylvania 1845 – 1849: Attorney in New Berlin Pennsylvania 1849 – 1851: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania 1851 – 1855: Attorney in New Berlin Pennsylvania 1855 – 1861: Attorney in Harrisburg...
John Catron :us34stars: Born: January 7, 1786 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Father: Peter Catron 1754 – 1840 (Buried: Catron Cemetery, Sunnybrook, Kentucky) Mother: Maria Elisabetha Houck 1762 – 1791 (Buried: Catron Cemetery, Sunnybrook, Kentucky) Wife: Matilda Fountain Childress 1802 – 1872 Political Party: Democrat Party Occupation before War: Served in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson 1815 – 1818: Attorney in Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee 1818 – 1824: Attorney in Nashville, Tennessee 1824 – 1831: Judge of Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals 1831 – 1834: Chief Justice of Tennessee Supreme Court 1834 – 1837: Attorney in Nashville, Tennessee 1837 – 1865: Associate Justice of United States Supreme...
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...
Nathan Clifford :us34stars: Born: August 18, 1803 Birthplace: Rumney, New Hampshire Father: Nathaniel Clifford Mother: Lydia Simpson Wife: Hannah Ayer 1811 – 1892 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Children: William Henry Clifford 1838 – 1901 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Attended New Hampton Literary Institute Occupation before War: School Teacher and gave gavel lessons in New York 1827 – 1830: Attorney in Newfield, Maine 1830 – 1834: Maine State Representative 1832 – 1834: Speaker of Maine State House of Representatives 1834 – 1838: Maine State Attorney General 1839 – 1843: United States Congressman from Maine 1839 – 1841: Member of House...
David Davis :us34stars: Born: March 9, 1815 Birthplace: Cecil County, Maryland Father: Dr. David Davis 1787 – 1814 (Buried: Saint Stephens Episcopal Cemetery, Earleville, Maryland) Mother: Ann Betts 1796 – 1851 (Buried: Harmony Cemetery, Otsego, New York) Wife: Sarah Woodruff Walker 1814 – 1879 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Married: October 30, 1838 in Lenox, Massachusetts Children: George Perrin Davis 1842 – 1917 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Bloomington Illinois) Mercer Davis 1845 – 1846 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Lucy Adam Davis 1850 – 1850 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Sarah Worthington Davis Lillard 1852 – 1934...
Philemon Dickerson Sr.: :us34stars: Born: January 11, 1788 Birthplace: Succasunna New Jersey Father: Jonathan Dickerson 1747 – 1805 (Buried: First Presbyterian Church Succasunna New Jersey) Mother: Mary Coe 1752 – 1827 (Buried: First Presbyterian Church Succasunna New Jersey) Wife: Sydney Maria Stotesbury 1788 – 1853 (Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey) Children: John H. Dickerson 1818 – 1855 (Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey) Mary Dickerson Gould 1820 – 1900 (Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey) Edward Nicoll Dickerson Sr. 1824 – 1889 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Philemon Dickerson Jr. 1829 – 1862 (Buried: Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson New Jersey) Education: 1808: Graduated...
William Fell Giles Sr.: :us34stars: Born: April 8, 1807 Birthplace: Harford County Maryland Father: Jacob W. Giles 1776 – 1851 (Buried: Saint George's Episcopal Church Perryman Maryland) Mother: Martha Phillips 1782 – 1815 1st Wife: Sarah Wilson 1809 – 1845 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland) 2nd Wife: Catharine W. Donaldson 1816 – 1874 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland) Children: William Fell Giles Jr. 1835 – 1891 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland) Dr. Alfred Baker Giles 1858 – 1912 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland) Occupation before War: 1829 – 1837: Attorney in Baltimore Maryland 1838: Member of Maryland State House of Delegates 1839: Attorney in Baltimore Maryland 1840...
Robert Cooper Grier :us34stars: Born: March 5, 1794 Birthplace: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Father: Isaac Grier 1763 – 1814 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, Pennsylvania) Mother: Elizabeth Cooper 1762 – 1844 Wife: Isabella Rose 1807 – 1886 (Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) Married: 1829 Children: Sarah Rose Grier Beck 1830 – 1926 (Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) Mary Rose Grier Smith 1832 – 1900 (Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) Dr. William Potter Grier 1834 – 1866 (Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) Elizabeth Cooper Grier Mayer 1837 – 1913 (Buried: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes–Barre...
Nathan Kelsey Hall Sr.: :us34stars: Born: March 28, 1810 Birthplace: Marcellus New York Father: Ira Hall 1788 – 1860 (Buried: Wales Center Cemetery East Aurora New York) Mother: Emily Catherine Rose 1789 – 1814 (Buried: Old Marcellus Village Cemetery Marcellus New York) Wife: Emily Paine 1811 – 1896 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo New York) Children: Nathan Kelsey Hall Jr. Unknown – 1835 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo New York) Frank Hall Unknown – 1848 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo New York) Emily H. Hall Gorham Unknown – 1863 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo New York) Frederick A. Hall 1836 – 1852 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo New York) Grace Collins Hall Jewett 1850 – 1932 (Buried: Forest Lawn...
Willard Hall: :us34stars: Born: December 24, 1780 Birthplace: Westford Massachusetts Father: Willis Hall 1747 – 1813 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery Westford Massachusetts) Mother: Mehitabel Poole 1755 – 1804 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery Westford Massachusetts) 1st Wife: Junia Hall 1771 – 1826 (Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Dover Delaware) 2nd Wife: Harriett Hillyard 1798 – 1877 (Buried: Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery Wilmington Delaware) Children: Lucinda Hortensia Hall Porter 1809 – 1869 (Buried: Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery Wilmington Delaware) Education: 1799: Graduated from Harvard College Occupation before War: 1803 – 1823: Attorney in Dover Delaware 1811 – 1814: Delaware State Secretary of State 1817 – 1821: United...
Matthew Harvey Jr.: :us34stars: Born: June 12, 1781 Birthplace: Sutton New Hampshire Father: Matthew Harvey Sr. 1749 – 1799 Mother: Hannah Sargent Unknown – 1827 (Buried: Stumpfield Cemetery Contoocook New Hampshire) Wife: Margarette Rowe 1783 – 1864 (Buried: Old North Cemetery Concord New Hampshire) Children: Margarette Elizabeth Harvey 1815 – 1836 (Buried: Old North Cemetery Concord New Hampshire) Education: 1806: Graduated from Dartmouth College Occupation before War: 1809 – 1814: Attorney in Hopkinton New Hampshire 1814 – 1821: New Hampshire State Representative 1821 – 1825: United States Congressman from New Hampshire 1825 – 1827: New Hampshire State Senator 1828 – 1829: Member of New Hampshire State Executive Council 1830...
Edward Greely Loring Sr.: :us34stars: Born: January 28, 1802 Birthplace: Chelsea Massachusetts Father: Edward Loring 1773 – 1802 Mother: Frances Greely 1777 – 1850 (Buried: Central Burying Ground Boston Massachusetts) Wife: Harriett Boott 1808 – 1901 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Children: Francis Greeley Loring 1831 – 1833 (Buried: Central Burying Ground Boston Massachusetts) Dr. Edward Greely Loring Jr. 1838 – 1888 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Harriet Boott Loring 1842 – 1921 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Helen Pelham Loring 1846 – 1849 (Buried: Central Burying Ground Boston Massachusetts) Dr. Francis Boott Loring 1850 – 1923 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery...
John Lowell III: :us34stars: Born: October 18, 1824 Birthplace: Boston Massachusetts Father: John Amory Lowell 1798 – 1881 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery Jamaica Plain Massachusetts) Mother: Susan Cabot Lowell 1801 – 1827 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery Jamaica Plain Massachusetts) Wife: Lucy Buckminster "Mary" Emerson 1827 – 1904 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery Jamaica Plain Massachusetts) Children: Susan Cabot Lowell Aspinwall 1864 – 1919 (Buried: Walnut Hills Cemetery Brookline Massachusetts) Education: 1843: Graduated from Harvard College 1845: Graduated from Harvard Law School Occupation before War: 1846 – 1865: Attorney in Boston Massachusetts 1856 – 1860: Editor of Monthly Law Reporter Civil War Career: 1846 – 1865: Attorney...
John McLean Sr. :us34stars: Born: March 11, 1785 Birthplace: Morris County, New Jersey Father: Fergus McLean 1746 – 1837 (Buried: Old School Baptist Church Cemetery, Ridgeville, Ohio) Mother: Sophia Blackford 1755 – 1839 (Buried: Old School Baptist Church Cemetery, Ridgeville, Ohio) 1st Wife: Rebecca Edwards 1786 – 1841 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Married: March 29, 1807 in Lebanon, Ohio 2nd Wife: Sarah Bella Ludlow Garrard 1802 – 1882 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Married: March 2, 1843 in Cincinnati, Ohio Children: Arabella E. McLean Weed 1808 – 1833 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Eveline Aurilla McLean Taylor 1809 – 1887 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington...
Samuel Freeman Miller :us34stars: Born: April 5, 1816 Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky Father: Frederick Mueler Miller 1780 – 1848 Mother: Martha “Patsy” Freeman 1790 – 1873 1st Wife: Lucy Love Ballinger 1827 – 1851 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) Married: November 8, 1842 in Kentucky 2nd Wife: Eliza Winter 1827 – 1900 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) Married: February 12, 1857 in Lee County, Iowa Children: Olivia Ballinger Miller Corkhill 1844 – 1873 (Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Lida Miller Touzalin 1858 – 1942 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Southern Pines, North Carolina) Political Party: Before – 1854: Member of Whig Political Party 1854 – 1890: Member of Republican Political...
Samuel Nelson Born: November 10, 1792 Birthplace: Hebron, New York Father: Major John Rodgers Nelson 1762 – 1820 Mother: Jean McArthur 1758 – 1831 Wife: Pamela Woods – 1825 Wife: Catherine Ann Russell 1805 – 1875 (Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York) Children: Judge Rensselaer Russell Nelson 1826 – 1904 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota) Jane Elizabeth Nelson White 1829 – 1862 (Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1813: Graduated from Middlebury College Occupation before War: 1817 – 1820: Attorney in Cortland, New York 1820 – 1823: United States Postmaster in Cortland, New York 1823 – 1831: Judge of New York State Circuit Court 1831 –...
Ebenezer Peck: :us34stars: Born: May 22, 1805 Birthplace: Portland Maine Father: Thomas Peck Sr. 1774 – 1823 (Buried: St. Andrews Protestant Cemetery Quebec Canada) Mother: Sarah Pierce 1773 – 1864 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery Chicago Illinois) Wife: Caroline Louise Walker 1806 – 1877 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery Chicago Illinois) Children: Charles Fletcher Peck 1834 – 1890 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D.C.) Mary Caroline Peck 1849 – 1895 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery Chicago Illinois) Occupation before War: 1827 – 1833: Attorney in Stanstead and Sherbrooke Canada 1833: King's Counsel for Lower Canada 1829 – 1835: Member of legislative Assembly Lower Canada 1837: Internal Improvement Commissioner in Chicago Illinois 1838 – 1839...
Peleg Sprague: :us34stars: Born: April 27, 1793 Birthplace: Duxbury Massachusetts Father: Seth Sprague 1760 – 1847 (Buried: Mayflower Cemetery Duxbury Massachusetts) Mother: Deborah Sampson 1761 – 1844 (Buried: Mayflower Cemetery Duxbury Massachusetts) Wife: Sarah Deming 1794 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Children: Charles Franklin Sprague 1819 – 1840 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Seth Edward Sprague 1821 – 1869 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Sarah Sprague Upham 1828 – 1900 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Dr. Francis P. Sprague 1834 – 1921 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts) Education: 1812: Graduated from...
Noah Haynes Swayne Sr. :us34stars: Born: December 7, 1804 Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia Father: Joshua Swayne 1755 – 1808 Mother: Rebecca Smith 1765 – 1835 Wife: Sarah Ann Wager 1810 – 1881 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Catherine Swayne (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Major General Wager Swayne 1834 – 1902 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Rebecca Swayne 1835 – 1840 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Virginia Swayne 1841 – Unknown (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Sarah Ann Swayne 1843 – Unknown (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Henry Stuart Swayne 1845 – 1893 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington...
Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney Born: March 17, 1777 Birthplace: Calvert County, Maryland Father: Michael Taney IV 1748 – 1820 Mother: Monica Brooke 1752 – 1814 (Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland) Wife: Anne Phoebe Charlton Key 1783 – 1855 (Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland) Children: Ann Arnold Key Taney Campbell 1808 – 1871 (Buried: Asbury Chapel Cemetery, Muskingum County, Ohio) Elizabeth Manynadier Taney Stephenson 1810 – 1873 Ellen Mary Taney 1813 – Augustus Brooke Taney 1815 – 1818 Sophia Brooke Taney 1817 – Maria Key Taney Allison 1819 – 1887 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland) Alice Carroll Taney 1827 – 1855 Political Party: Democratic Party Signature...
Samuel Treat: :us34stars: Born: December 17, 1815 Birthplace: Portsmouth New Hampshire Father: Samuel L. Treat 1788 – 1862 Mother: Lydia Shelton 1793 – 1821 Wife: Carolyn Bryan 1823 – 1921 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery St. Louis Missouri) Children: Mary Bryan Treat Jennings 1842 – 1925 Education: 1837: Graduated from Harvard University B.A. Degree 1840: Received master's degree from Harvard University Occupation before War: 1841 – 1849: Attorney in St. Louis Missouri 1841 – 1849: Editor of St. Louis Union Newspaper 1849 – 1857: Judge of St. Louis Court of Common Pleas 1857 – 1887: Judge of United States District Court of Missouri Civil War Career: 1857 – 1887: Judge of United States District Court of Missouri Occupation after...
Ashur Ware: :us34stars: Born: February 10, 1782 Birthplace: Sherborn Massachusetts Father: Captain Joseph Ware 1751 – 1833 (Buried: South Sherborn Cemetery Sherborn Massachusetts) Mother: Grace Coolidge 1755 – 1832 (Buried: South Sherborn Cemetery Sherborn Massachusetts) Wife: Sarah Morgidge 1800 – 1870 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) Children: Emma Grace Ware 1833 – 1892 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) Charles Morgidge Ware 1835 – 1835 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) Joseph Ashur Ware 1835 – 1874 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) Sarah Elizabeth Ware MacKay 1838 – 1904 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) Education: 1804: Graduated from Harvard College Occupation before War: 1816...
James Moore Wayne :us34stars: Born: 1790 Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia Father: Richard Wayne 1740 – 1796 Mother: Elizabeth Clifford 1749 – 1801 Wife: Mary Johnson Campbell 1794 – 1889 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: CSA Brig. General Henry Constantine Wayne 1815 – 1883 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mary Campbell Wayne Cuyler 1818 – 1885 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1808: Graduated from College of New Jersey Occupation before War: 1810 – 1812: Attorney in Savannah Georgia 1812 – 1815: Served in the War of 1812 rising to Captain 1815 – 1816: Georgia State Representative 1816 – 1819: Mayor...
Hiram V. Willson: :us34stars: Born: April 1808 Birthplace: Madison County New York Father: Lewis Wilson Unknown – 1859 (Buried: Somerset Cemetery Somerset New York) Mother: Dorcas Gillett Unknown – 1862 (Buried: Somerset Cemetery Somerset New York) Wife: Martha Ten Eyck Unknown – 1844 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery Cleveland Ohio) Children: Martha Willson 1841 – 1841 (Buried: Erie Street Cemetery Cleveland Ohio) Education: 1832: Graduated from Hamilton College Occupation before War: 1834 – 1855: Attorney in Cleveland Ohio 1852: Unsuccessful candidate for United States Congress 1854: sent to lobby U.S. Congress to divide the state into two districts of the Federal Judicial system. 1855 – 1866: Judge of U.S. District Court for Northern...

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