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Christopher Columbus Augur :us34stars: Born: July 10, 1821 Birthplace: Kendall, New York Father: Ammon Augur 1789 – 1830 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Kendall, New York) Mother: Annis Wellman 1795 – 1872 (Buried: Marne Cemetery, Marne, Michigan) Wife: Jane Elizabeth Arnold 1827 – 1906 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Jeannie Augur Russell – 1911 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Captain Colon Augur 1847 – 1913 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Colonel Jacob Arnold Augur 1849 – 1909 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Lt. John Preston Johnson Augur 1852 – 1884 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point...
Nathaniel Prentice Banks Jr. :us34stars: Born: January 30, 1816 Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts Father: Nathaniel Prentice Banks Sr. 1783 – 1857 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts) Mother: Rebecca Greenwood 1793 – 1873 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts) Wife: Mary Theodosia Palmer 1819 – 1901 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts) Married: April 11, 1847 in Waltham, Massachusetts Children: Henry Waltham Banks 1848 – 1853 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts) Joseph Fremont Banks 1855 – 1931 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts) Maude Banks 1857 – 1927 (Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts) Occupation before War: Editor of...
Francis Channing Barlow :us34stars: Born: October 19, 1834 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Father: Rev. David Hatch Barlow 1805 – 1864 Mother: Almira Cornelia Penniman 1810 – 1864 (Buried: Walnut Street Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts) 1st Wife: Arabella Wharton Griffith 1824 – 1864 Info: Army nurse who died of Typhoid Fever (Buried: Old Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, New Jersey) Married: April 20, 1861 2nd Wife: Ellen “Nellie” Shaw 1845 – 1936 Info: Sister of Colonel Robert G. Shaw (Buried: Moravian Cemetery, New Drop, New York) Married: 1866 Children: Robert Shaw Barlow 1869 – 1943 (Buried: Moravian Cemetery, New Drop, New York) Charles Lowell Barlow 1871 – 1965 (Buried: Moravian Cemetery, New Drop, New York)...
Hiram Gregory Berry :us34stars: Born: August 27, 1824 Birthplace: Rockland, Maine Father: Jeremiah Berry 1787 – 1857 (Buried: Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine) Mother: Frances A. Gregory 1794 – 1857 (Buried: Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine) Wife: Almira M. Brown 1824 – 1907 (Buried: Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine) Children: Lucy Frances Berry Snow 1846 – 1895 (Buried: Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine) Occupation before War: Carpenter, Contractor and Bank President Maine State Representative Mayor of Rockland, Maine Captain of Rockland Guard in Maine State Militia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 4th Maine Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1862: Brigadier General of...
David Bell Birney Born: May 29, 1825 Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama Father: James Gillespie Birney Jr. 1792 – 1857 (Buried: Williamsburg Cemetery, Groveland, New York) Mother: Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh 1802 – 1869 (Buried: Williamsburg Cemetery, Groveland, New York) Wife: Marie Antoinette Jennison 1831 – 1902 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Agatha McDowell Birney 1848 – 1868 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Belle Birney 1853 – 1874 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Dr. David Bell Birney II 1862 – 1909 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Education: Graduated from Phillips Academy Occupation before War: 1856 – 1861: Attorney...
Francis Preston Blair Jr. :us34stars: Born: February 19, 1821 Birthplace: Lexington, 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: Appoline Alexander 1828 – 1908 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Children: Andrew Alexander Blair 1848 – 1932 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Christine Biddle Blair Graham 1852 – 1915 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) James Lawrence Blair 1854 – 1904 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) Dr. Francis Preston Blair III 1856 – 1914 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St...
James Gilpatrick Blunt :us34stars: Born: July 21, 1826 Birthplace: Trenton, Maine Father: John Blunt Jr. 1795 – 1876 Mother: Sailly Gilpatrick 1791 – 1832 Wife: Nancy Carson Putnam 1832 – 1913 (Buried: Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kansas) Children: Sarah G. “Sadie” Blunt 1851 – 1936 Rufus G. Blunt 1852 – Katherine P. Blunt 1867 – 1953 Education: 1849: Graduated from Starling Medical College Occupation before War: At age 15 he went to sea for five years on a merchant ship 1849 – 1856: Medical Doctor in New Madison, Ohio 1856 – 1861: Medical Doctor in Anderson County, Kansas Allied himself with John Brown in Kansas 1859: Member of Wyandotte Constitutional Convention 1859: Chairman of Militia at the Wyandotte...
Don Carlos Buell Born: March 23, 1818 Birthplace: Lowell, Ohio Father: Salmon D. Buell 1794 – 1823 (Buried: Buell Cemetery, Lowell, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth Buell Wife: Margaret Hunter 1821 – 1881 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Married: 1851 Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (32nd in class) Occupation before War: 1841 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1846: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Monterrey Mexico 1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Contreras and Churchbusco 1847 – 1848: Adjutant for United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1848: Brevetted Captain and...
John Buford Jr. :us34stars: Born: March 4, 1826 Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847 (Buried: Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois) Mother: Ann B. Watson Wife: Martha McDowell “Pattie” Duke 1830 – 1903 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Children: James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Education: 1848: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (16th in class) Occupation before War: 1848 – 1849: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons 1848 – 1849: Frontier Duty at Fort Scott, Kansas 1849 – 1851: Served in New...
Ambrose Everett Burnside :us34stars: Born: May 23, 1824 Birthplace: Liberty, Indiana Father: Judge Edghill Burnside 1792 – 1859 (Buried: Drook Cemetery, Liberty, Indiana) Mother: Pemela Brown 1795 – 1841 (Buried: Drook Cemetery, Liberty, Indiana) Wife: Mary Richmond Bishop 1828 – 1876 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Married: April 27, 1852 in Providence, Rhode Island Children: None Signature: Education: 1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (18th in class) Occupation before War: 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1847 – 1851: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1851 – 1853: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1853: Resigned from United States Army on...
Benjamin Franklin Butler :us34stars: Born: November 5, 1818 Birthplace: Deerfield, New Hampshire Father: Captain John Butler 1786 – 1822 Mother: Charlotte Ellison 1792 – 1870 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Wife: Sarah Jones Hildreth 1816 – 1876 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Married: May 16, 1844 at Saint Anne's Episcopal Church, Lowell, Massachusetts Children: Blanche Butler Ames 1847 – 1939 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Paul Butler 1852 – 1918 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Ben – Israel Butler 1855 – 1881 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Signature: Education: 1838: Graduated from...
Daniel Adams Butterfield :us34stars: Born: October 31, 1831 Birthplace: Utica, New York Father: John Butterfield 1801 – 1869 President of Butterfield, Wasson, and Company also President of the Overland Stage Company forerunners of the American Express Company (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) Mother: Malinda Harriet Baker 1799 – 1883 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) 1st Wife: Julia Elizabeth Brown 1837 – 1877 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Married: 1857 2nd Wife: Julia Lorrilard Safford James 1823-1913 Married: September 21, 1886 Education: 1849: Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York at the age of 18 Antebellum History: 1849: Involved with an arson fire in...
George Cadwalader Born: May 16, 1806 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: General Thomas Cadwalader 1779 – 1841 (Buried: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Mary Biddle 1781 – 1850 (Buried: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wife: Frances Butler Mease 1808 – 1880 (Buried: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Frances Cadwalader Occupation before War: Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1824: Formed the Philadelphia Grays State Militia 1824 – 1832: Captain of Philadelphia Grays State Militia Brigadier General of Pennsylvania State Militia 1844: Criticized for his weak role in Philadelphia anti – catholic riots 1844: Refused to...
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby :us34stars: Born: November 9, 1817 Birthplace: Piatt’s Landing, Kentucky Father: Israel T. Canby 1779 – 1846 Mother: Elizabeth Piatt 1784 – 1822 Wife: Louisa Hawkins 1818 – 1889 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Married: August 1, 1839 in Crawfordsville, Indiana Education: 1839: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (30th in class) Occupation before War: 1839 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1845 – 1846: Recruiter for United States Army Infantry 1846 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1847: Adjutant for United States Army 2nd Infantry Regiment 1847 – 1855: Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army...
Silas Casey :us34stars: Born: July 12, 1807 Birthplace: East Greenwich, Rhode Island Father: Wanton Casey 1760 – 1842 (Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island) Mother: Elizabeth Goodale 1773 – 1830 (Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island) 1st Wife: Abby Perry Pearce 1813 – 1862 (Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island) 2nd Wife: Florida White Gordon 1841 – 1898 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: Brig. General Thomas Lincoln Casey 1831 – 1896 (Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery North Kingstown Rhode Island) Frederick Cummings Casey 1833 – 1834 (Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery North Kingstown Rhode Island) Abby Pearce Casey Hunt 1838 – 1886 (Buried: Silas...
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain :us34stars: Born: September 8, 1828 Birthplace: Brewer, Maine Father: Joshua Chamberlain 1800 – 1880 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Maine) Mother: Sarah Dupee Brastow 1803 – 1888 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Maine) Wife: Frances Carolina “Fannie” Adams 1825 – 1905 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Married: 1855 Children: Grace Dupee Chamberlain Allen 1856 – 1937 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Harold Wyllys Chamberlain 1858 – 1928 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Emily Chamberlain 1860 – 1860 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Gertrude Loraine Chamberlain 1865 – 1865 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Education...
Cassius Marcellus Clay :us34stars: Born: October 19, 1810 Birthplace: Madison County, Kentucky Father: Green Clay 1757 – 1828 (Buried: Green Clay Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky) Mother: Sally Lewis 1776 – 1867 (Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky) Brother: U.S. Rep. Brutus Junius Clay of KY 1808-1878 (Buried: Auvergne Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky) 1st Wife: Mary Jane Warfield 1815 – 1900 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) 2nd Wife: Dora Richardson 1880 – 1914 (Buried: Midway Cemetery, Midway, Kentucky) Children: Elisha Warfield Clay 1835 – 1851 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Major Green Clay 1837 – 1883 (Buried: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky) Mary Barr Clay 1839 – 1924 (Buried...
Darius Nash Couch :us34stars: Born: July 23, 1822 Birthplace: Putnam County, New York Father: Jonathan Couch 1777 – 1845 Mother: Betsey Hall Penney 1788 – 1861 (Buried: Milltown Cemetery, Brewster, New York) Wife: Mary Caroline Crocker 1826 – 1912 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Massachusetts) Signature: Children: Alice L Couch Randall 1855 – 1884 (Buried: Center Cemetery, New Milford, Connecticut) Education: 1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (13th in class) Occupation before War: 1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 4th Artillery 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army 4th Artillery 1847: Brevetted 1st Lt. for gallantry at Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico 1847 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States...
Jacob Dolson Cox :us34stars: Born: October 27, 1828 Birthplace: Montreal, British Columbia Father: Jacob Dolson Cox 1792 – 1852 Mother: Thedia Redelia Kenyon 1804 – 1876 (Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Wife: Helen Clarissa Finney 1828 – 1911 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Children: Helen Finney Cox Black 1850 – 1936 (Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio) Jacob Dolson Cox Jr. 1852 – 1930 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio) Kenyon Cox 1856 – 1919 (Buried: Cremated ashes Scattered in Cornish, New Hampshire) Charles Norton Cox 1858 – 1907 (Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado) Brewster Cox 1861 – 1861 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Dennison Cox 1867 –...
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden Born: May 15, 1819 Birthplace: Russellville, Kentucky Father: U.S. Senator John Jordan Crittenden Jr. 1787 – 1863 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Mother: Sarah O. Lee 1787 – 1824 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Wife: Catherine Lucy “Kitty” Todd 1822 – 1895 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Brother: CSA Major General George Bibb Crittenden 1812 – 1880 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Children: Annie Crittenden (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Maria Innes Crittenden (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Lt. John Jordan Crittenden III 1854 – 1876 (Buried: Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Montana)...
George Crook :us34stars: Born: September 8, 1828 Birthplace: Taylorsville, Ohio Father: Thomas Crook 1788 – 1875 (Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Phoneton, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth Matthews 1787 – 1844 (Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Phoneton, Ohio) Wife: Mary Tapscott Dailey 1842 – 1895 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1852: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (38th in class) Occupation before War: 1852 – 1853: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment 1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York 1852: Frontier Duty at Benicia California 1853: Frontier Duty at Fort Humboldt, California 1853 – 1856: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment 1853 – 1855: Frontier...
Samuel Ryan Curtis :us34stars: Born: February 3, 1805 Birthplace: Chaplain New York Father: Zarah Curtis 1761 – 1849 (Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio) Mother: Phally Yale 1762 – 1831 (Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio) Wife: Belinda Buckingham 1812 – 1888 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) Children: Amanda S. Curtis 1831 – 1834 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa) Major Henry Zarah Curtis 1836 – 1863 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa) Samuel Stephen Curtis 1838 – 1920 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa) Sarah Belinda Curtis 1842 – 1862 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa) G. Buckingham H. Curtis 1844 – 1851 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa) Yale Curtis 1851 – 1851 (Buried...
George Armstrong Custer Born: December 5, 1839 Birthplace: New Rumley, Ohio Father: Emanuel Henry Custer 1806 – 1892 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan) Mother: Marie Ward 1807 – 1882 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan) Wife: Elizabeth “Libby” Bacon 1842 – 1933 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Marriage: February 9, 1864 in Monroe, Michigan Children: None Signature: Education: June 1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (34th last) Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment 1861: Drilled Volunteers in Washington, D.C. 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1861: Served in the Defenses of Washington...
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana Born: April 15, 1822 Birthplace: Eastport, Maine Father: Nathaniel Giddings Dana 1797 – 1833 Mother: Mary Ann Langdon Harris 1801 – 1868 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Wife: Susan Lewis “Sue” Sandford 1822 – 1904 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Children: Mary Langdon Dana Tidball 1846 – 1904 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Charles Peaslee Dana 1849 – 1880 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Dr. Alfred Sandford Dana 1851 – 1901 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Education: 1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (29th in class) Occupation...
Henry Eugene Davies :us34stars: Born: July 2, 1836 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Judge Henry Ebenezer Davies 1805 – 1881 (Buried: Saint Luke’s Church Cemetery, Beacon, New York) Mother: Rebecca Waldo Tappan 1812 – 1884 (Buried: Saint Luke’s Church Cemetery, Beacon, New York) Wife: Julia Rich Married: August 10, 1858 on Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York Children: Henry Eugene Education: Attended Harvard College Attended Williams College Attended Columbia College Occupation before War: Attorney in New York Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in 5th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia 1861 – 1862: Major of 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment 1862: Served in the Virginia...
John Adams Dix :us34stars: Born: July 24, 1798 Birthplace: Boscawen, New Hampshire Father: Lt. Colonel Timothy Dix Jr. 1770 – 1813 (Buried: Military Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, New York) Mother: Abigail Wilkins 1772 – 1808 (Buried: Plains Cemetery, Boscawen, New Hampshire) Wife: Catherine Morgan 1802 – 1884 (Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York) Signature: Children: Morgan Dix 1827 – 1908 (Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York) Baldwin Dix 1829 – 1852 (Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York) Colonel John Wilkins Dix 1832 – 1877 (Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York) Charles Temple Dix 1838 – 1872 (Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum...
Grenville Mellen Dodge: :us34stars: Born: April 12, 1831 Birthplace: Putnamville Massachusetts Father: Sylvanus Dodge 1801 – 1871 (Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs Iowa) Mother: Julia Theresa Phillips 1802 – 1888 (Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs Iowa) Wife: Ruth Ann “Annie” Browne 1833 – 1916 (Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs Iowa) Children: Lettie Dodge Montgomery 1855 – 1935 (Buried: Simsbury Cemetery Simsbury Connecticut) Eleanor Dodge Pusey 1858 – 1931 (Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs Iowa) Anne Dodge 1866 – 1950 (Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs Iowa) Education: 1851: Graduated from Norwich University Occupation before War: Surveyor and Ax Man for Illinois...
Abner Doubleday :us34stars: Born: June 26, 1819 Birthplace: Ballston Spa, 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 H. Hewitt 1823 – 1907 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (24th in class) Occupation before War: 1842 – 1845: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 3rd Artillery 1842 – 1844: Garrison Duty at Fort Johnston North Carolina 1844: Garrison Duty at Fort McHenry, Maryland 1844 – 1845: Garrison Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina 1845: Garrison Duty at...
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...
Francis Fessenden Born: March 18, 1839 Birthplace: Portland, Maine Father: U.S. Senator William P. Fessenden 1806 – 1869 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Mother: Ellen Maria Deering 1809 – 1857 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Wife: Ellen Winslow Fox 1839 – 1886 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Children: Edward Fox Fessenden 1866 – 1887 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Education: 1858: Graduated from Bowdoin College Occupation before War: Attorney with his father’s law practice in Portland, Maine Civil War Career: 1861 – 1866: Captain, United States Army, 19th Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 25th Maine Infantry...
John Gray Foster Born: May 27, 1823 Birthplace: Whitefield, New Hampshire Father: Perley Foster 1792 – 1843 Mother: Mary Molly Gray 1797 – 1st Wife: Mary Susan Moale 1829 – 1871 (Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) 2nd Wife: Anna Johnson Davis 1850 – 1916 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Annie Moale Foster Seton 1852 – 1928 (Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Education: Attended Hancock Academy 1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (4th in class) Occupation before War: 1846 – 1848: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers 1846: Assistant Engineer for Engineer Bureau in Washington, D.C. 1847: Served in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico...
William Buel Franklin Born: February 27, 1823 Birthplace: York, Pennsylvania Father: Walter Simonds Franklin 1799 – 1838 (Buried: Saint James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Mother: Sarah Buel 1798 – 1882 Wife: Anna Louisa “Ann” Clark 1824 – 1900 (Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania) Married: July 7, 1852 in West Point, New York Education: 1843: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st in class) Occupation before War: 1843–1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Topographical Engineers 1843 – 1845: Assistant Engineer for Survey on Northwestern Lakes 1845: Served in General Kearney’s Expedition to the South Pass 1845 – 1846: Assistant in Topographical Bureau in Washington, D.C. 1846...
William Henry French Born: January 13, 1815 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Father: William French 1786 – 1844 (Buried: Unknown Burial Spot probably buried in District of Columbia) Mother: Anna Rosetta Halverson 1792 – 1828 (Buried: Unknown Burial Spot probably buried in District of Columbia) Wife: Caroline Read 1820 – 1884 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Lt. Frank Sands French 1842 – 1865 (Buried: Old Swedes Churchyard, Wilmington, Delaware) Anna R. French Clem 1852 – 1899 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Frederick Halverson French 1855 – 1906 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) U.S. Navy Ensign George Ross French 1857 – 1895 (Buried: Boerne Cemetery, Boerne, Texas)...
◀ 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 –...
John Gibbon :us34stars: Born: April 20, 1827 Birthplace: Holmesburg, Pennsylvania Father: Dr. John Heysham Gibbon 1795 – 1868 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Mother: Catherine Lardner 1799 – 1874 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Wife: Frances Morale 1830 – 1919 (Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Katherine Lardner “Katy” Gibbon McCoy 1858 – 1888 (Buried: Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery, Vancouver, Washington) Education: 1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (20th in class) Occupation before War: 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1847 – 1850: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican...
Alvan Cullem Gillem :us34stars: Born: July 29, 1830 Birthplace: Gainesboro, Tennessee Father: Samuel J. Gillem 1800 – 1875 (Buried: John F. Gillem Cemetery, Bloomington, Tennessee) Mother: Rutha “Ruthy” Crook Wife: Margaret A. Jones 1839 – 1878 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Jennie Jarvis Gillem Donnell 1859 – 1884 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Carrie Sinclair Gillem McMillan 1863 – 1944 (Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee) Colonel Alvan Cullem Gillem Jr. 1865 – 1935 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1851: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (11th in class) Occupation before War: 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United...
Quincy Adams Gillmore :us34stars: Born: February 28, 1825 Birthplace: Lorian County, Ohio Father: Quartus Gillmore 1790 – 1869 (Buried: Cleveland Street Cemetery, Amherst, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth “Betsy” Reid 1797 – 1876 (Buried: Cleveland Street Cemetery, Amherst, Ohio) Wife: Mary Isabella O’Maher 1821 – 1861 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: Major Quincy O’Maher Gillmore 1850 – 1923 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Louisa Elizabeth Gillmore 1853 – 1854 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) William Budd Gillmore 1854 – 1916 (Buried: Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, New Jersey) Education: 1849: Graduated from West...
Gordon Granger Born: November 6, 1821 Birthplace: Joy Wayne County, New York Father: Gaius Granger 1797 – 1863 (Buried: Cambria Cemetery No. 1, Cambria, Michigan) Mother: Catherine Taylor 1800 – 1825 (Buried: Johnson Burial Ground, Wayne County, New York) Wife: Maria H. Letcher 1842 – 1887 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Children: Gordon Ellen Granger (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (35th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regt. 1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles Regt. 1847 – 1852: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles Regiment...
Charles Griffin :us34stars: Born: December 18, 1825 Birthplace: Granville, Ohio Father: Apollos Griffin 1787 – 1859 (Buried: Old Colony Burying Ground, Granville, Ohio) Mother: Permelia Gillett 1795 – 1857 (Buried: Manatee Burying Ground, Manatee, Florida) Wife: Sarah V. “Sallie” Carroll 1837 – 1917 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Charles Carroll Griffin 1862 – 1867 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) William Thomas Griffin 1864 – 1864 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: 1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (23rd in class) Occupation before War: 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1847 – 1849: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery...
Henry Wager “Old Brains” Halleck Born: January 16, 1815 Birthplace: Westernville, Oneida County, New York Father: Joseph Halleck 1784 – 1857 (Buried: Westernville Cemetery, Westernville, New York) Mother: Catherine Wager 1795 – 1868 (Buried: Westernville Cemetery, Westernville, New York) Wife: Elizabeth Hamilton 1831 – 1884 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Henry Wager “Harry” Halleck 1856 – 1882 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Education: 1839: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (3rd in class) Occupation before War: 1839 – 1845: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1839 – 1840: Assistant Engineering Professor at West Point 1840 – 1841: Assistant to the Board of...

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