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Elijah Ward :us34stars: Born: September 16, 1816 Birthplace: Sing Sing (Ossining), New York Father: Israel Ward 1763 – 1837 Mother: Sarah Russell 1772 – 1863 Wife: Ellen Eliza Smith 1822 – 1893 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: Unknown Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Attended New York University Law School Occupation before War: 1843 – 1853: Attorney in New York City, New York 1853 – 1855: New York State Judge Advocate General 1855 – 1857: Attorney in New York City, New York 1856: New York Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention 1857 – 1859: United States Congressman from New York 1857 – 1859: Member of House District of Columbia Committee 1858: Unsuccessful Candidate for...
Hamilton Ward Sr. :us34stars: Born: July 3, 1829 Birthplace: Salisbury, New York Father: Peter Ward 1804 – 1880 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo, New York) Mother: Eliza Cleveland 1811 – 1849 (Buried: Powhatan Plantation Manor House, Williamsburg, Virginia) Wife: Mary Adelia Chamberlain 1831 – 1929 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York) Children: Hamilton Ward Jr. 1871 – 1932 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York) Rev John Chamberlain Ward 1873 – 1949 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, New York) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: 1851 – 1856: Attorney in Phillipsville, New York (Present Day Belmont) 1856 – 1859: Allegheny County New York District Attorney 1859 –...
John Henry Hobart Ward Born: June 17, 1823 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: James Ward 1790 – 1846 Wife: Isabella Garido 1830 – 1904 Education: Attended Trinity College Occupation before War: 1842 – 1847: Served in United States Army, rising to Sergeant Major Served in the Siege of Fort Brown, Texas 1846: Wounded during the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico 1847: Served in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico 1851 – 1855: New York State Assistant Commissary General 1855 – 1859: New York State Commissary General Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 38th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Acted as Brigade Commander at Battle of First Bull Run 1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign 1862: Served in the Second...
William Henry Ward :us34stars: SERVICE NOTES Service/Branch: United States Army Entered Service: Adrian, Michigan on June 15, 1861 Unit: Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry Rank: Captain Discharged: August 9, 1864 Service Notes: Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry, was organized at Adrian, Michigan by William H Ward and accepted for service by the Governor of Ohio. MEDAL OF HONOR DETAILS Location of Action: Vicksburg, Mississippi Date of Action: May 3, 1863 Date Award Issued: January 2, 1895 Citation: Voluntarily commanded the expedition which, under cover of darkness, attempted to run the enemy's batteries. Action Details: One of the most desperate feats of the war was the attempt of Captain William H Ward, of Company B, Forty-seventh...
William Thomas Ward :us34stars: Born: August 9, 1808 Birthplace: Amelia County, Virginia Father: William Ward Jr. 1785 – 1827 Mother: Sallie Elmo 1787 – 1827 Wife: Sarah “Sallie” Tobin Creel 1814 – 1895 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Children: John Hardin Ward Sr. 1835 – 1908 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Ossian T. Ward 1837 – 1885 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky) Alice Ward Taft 1839 – 1906 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky) Captain Edward W. Ward 1843 – 1897 (Buried: Old Methodist Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Malvina Elinor “Mallie” Ward Knott 1848 – 1899 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Sylvia Mottley Ward Goddard...
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...
Adoniram Judson Warner :us34stars: Born: January 13, 1834 Birthplace: Erie County, New York Father: Levi Warner 1794 – 1849 Mother: Hepzibah Dickinson 1800 – 1854 Wife: Susan Elizabeth Butts 1833 – 1916 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Children: Elmer Warner 1857 – 1862 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Julia Belle Warner Woodbridge 1858 – 1943 (Buried: Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, Tennessee) Carrie Ellis Warner Okey 1860 – 1949 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Annie Laurie Warner Pomerene 1864 – 1948 (Buried: South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio) Enid Warner Slack 1866 – 1959 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Arthur Judson Warner 1870 – 1953 (Buried: Oak Grove...
James Meech Warner Born: January 29, 1836 Birthplace: Middlebury, Vermont Father: Joseph Warner 1803 – 1865 (Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont) Mother: Jane Anne Meech Unknown – 1842 (Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont) 1st Wife: Susan A. Camp 1843 – 1864 (Buried: Franklin Cemetery, Guliford, Vermont) 2nd Wife: Matilda Elizabeth Allen 1838 – 1905 (Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont) Children: Mary Warner 1864 – 1869 (Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont) James Allen Warner 1867 – 1927 (Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont) Sophia Warner Fletcher 1869 – 1936 (Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont) Education: 1854: Graduated from Kimball Union...
Samuel Larkin Warner :us34stars: Born: June 14, 1828 Birthplace: Wethersfield, Connecticut Father: Levi Warner II 1800 – 1872 (Buried: Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut) Mother: Sarah “Sally” Larkin 1803 – 1887 (Buried: Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut) Wife: Mary Esther Harris 1828 – 1913 (Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut) Brother: Democratic U.S. Congressman Levi Warner 1831 – 1911 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut) Children: Samuel Harris Warner 1858 – 1930 (Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut) Charles Winthrop Warner 1863 – 1940 (Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut) Political Party: Republican Party...
Edward Tiffin Harrison Warren :CSA1stNat: Born: June 19, 1829 Birthplace: Rockingham County, Virginia Father: Jehu Warren 1801 – 1851 (Buried: Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church, Rockingham Co., Virginia) Mother: Harriet Rice 1807 – 1880 (Buried: Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church, Rockingham Co., Virginia) Wife: Virginia Watson Magruder Warren 1837 – 1891 (Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia) Children: Dr. James Magruder Warren 1856 – 1896 (Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia) Elizabeth G. “Lizzie” Warren Switzer 1857 – 1901 (Buried: Woodsbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia) Virginia Watson Lipscomb 1862 – 1942 (Buried: Woodsbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia) Education: Attended University of...
Gouverneur Kemble Warren Born: January 8, 1830 Birthplace: Cold Spring, New York Father: Sylvanus Warren 1799 – 1859 (Buried: Mountain Avenue Cemetery, Cold Spring, New York) Mother: Phebe Lickley 1804 – 1870 (Buried: Mountain Avenue Cemetery, Cold Spring, New York) Wife: Emily Forbes Chase 1840 – 1928 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Children: Algernon Sydney Warren 1866 – 1907 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Emily Braem Warren 1875 – 1965 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Education: 1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (2nd in class) Occupation before War: 1850 – 1854: Brevet 2nd Lt, U. S. Army Topographical Engineers 1850 – 1852: Assistant Topographical...
Fitz - Henry Warren Born: January 11, 1816 Birthplace: Brimfield, Massachusetts Father: Philemon Warren 1761 – 1847 (Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Hannah Johnson 1769 – 1850 (Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts) Wife: Sophia Hannah Bartlett 1815 – 1877 (Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts) Children: William Augustus “Willie” Warren 1844 – 1856 (Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts) Edward Bartlett “Eddie” Warren 1847 – 1862 (Buried: Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Massachusetts) Frank Johnson “Frank J.” Warren 1854 – 1919 (Buried: Cremated Ashes, Whereabouts Unknown) Occupation before War: Journalist and Editorial Contributor for Burlington...
Joseph Alexander Wasden: :CSA1stNat: Born: September 21, 1829 Birthplace: Gibson County Georgia Father: Bryant Joseph Wasden 1809 – 1889 Mother: Politha Thompson 1811 – 1900 Wife: Mary Ann Wilson 1827 – 1908 Children: Mary V. Wasden 1856 – Occupation before War: Attorney in Warrenton Georgia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Major of 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded at the second battle of Manassas Virginia 1862: Applied for a judgeship of a military court claiming exhaustion 1863: Colonel of 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment 1863: Killed on the 2nd day of Gettysburg by canister on Emmitsburg turnpike Died: July 2, 1863 Place of Death: Gettysburg Pennsylvania...
Cadwallader Colden Washburn :us34stars: Born: April 22, 1818 Birthplace: Livermore, Massachusetts (Maine) Father: Israel Washburn 1784 – 1876 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Mother: Martha “Patty” Benjamin 1792 – 1861 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Wife: Jeanette Garr 1819 – 1909 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wisconsin) Children: Jeanette Garr Washburn Kelsey 1850 – 1931 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Shirley, Massachusetts) Frances “Fanny” Washburn 1852 – Occupation before War: 1838 – 1839: School Teacher in Wiscasset, Maine School Teacher and Store Clerk in Davenport, Iowa Territory Attorney in Mineral Point, Wisconsin Territory Half Owner of Wisconsin Mining Company Helped...
Israel Washburn, Vth "Little Known Giant of the Civil War" :us34stars: Born: June 6, 1813 Birthplace: Livermore, Massachusetts (Maine) Grandfather: Captain Israel Washburn, III 1754 – 1840 (Buried: Pleasant Street Cemetery, Raynham, Massachusetts) Father: Israel Washburn, IV 1784 – 1876 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Mother: Martha “Patsy” Benjamin 1792 – 1861 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Brother: U.S. Secretary of State Elihu B. Washburne 1816 – 1887 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois) Brother: Major General Cadwallader C. Washburn 1818 – 1882 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wisconsin) Brother: U.S. Senator William Drew Washburn 1831 – 1912 (Buried: Lakewood Cemetery...
William Barrett Washburn :us34stars: Born: January 31, 1820 Birthplace: Winchendon, Massachusetts Father: Asa Washburn 1790 – 1824 Mother: Phebe Whitney 1797 – 1876 Wife: Hannah A. Sweetser 1824 – 1906 (Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts) Children: Maria Augusta Washburn 1849 – 1851 (Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts) William Nelson Washburn 1851 – 1917 (Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts) George Sweetser Washburn 1854 – 1870 (Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts) Anna R. Washburn Whitcomb 1856 – 1945 (Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts) Clara Spencer Washburn Deane 1860 – 1944 (Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield...
Elihu Benjamin Washburne Sr. :us34stars: Born: September 23, 1816 Birthplace: Livermore, Massachusetts (Maine) Father: Israel Washburn 1784 – 1876 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Mother: Martha "Patty" Benjamin 1792 – 1861 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Brother: Governor Israel Washburn V 1813 – 1883 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine) Brother: Major General Cadwallader C. Washburn 1818 – 1882 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wisconsin) Brother: U.S. Senator William Drew Washburn 1831 – 1912 (Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota) Wife: Adele Marie Antionette Gratiot 1826 – 1887 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois) Children: Gratiot Washburne 1849 – 1886...
John Augustine Washington :CSA1stNat: Born: May 3, 1821 Birthplace: Jefferson County, Virginia Father: John Augustine Washington 1789 – 1832 (Buried: Mount Vernon Plantation, Mount Vernon, Virginia) Mother: Jane Charlotte Blackburn 1786 – 1855 (Buried: Mount Vernon Plantation, Mount Vernon, Virginia) Wife: Eleanor Love Selden 1824 – 1860 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) Married: February 16, 1843 in Loudoun County, Virginia Children: Louisa Fontaine Washington Chew 1844 – 1927 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) Jane Charlotte Washington Willis 1846 – 1924 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) Eliza Selden Washington Hunter 1848 –...
Thornton Augustine Washington :CSA1stNat: Born: January 22, 1826 Birthplace: Jefferson County, Virginia Father: John Thornton Augustine Washington 1783 – 1841 (Buried: Washington Burial Ground, Harewood, West Virginia) Mother: Elizabeth Conrad Bedinger 1793 – 1837 (Buried: Washington Burial Ground, Harewood, West Virginia) Wife: Olive Ann “Olivian” Jones 1839 – 1922 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington D.C.) Married: March 8, 1860 in San Antonio, Texas Children: Flora May Washington 1861 – 1927 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Lee Howard Washington 1865 – 1930 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Sarah Washington 1867 – 1909 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Lawrence Berry...
Richard Waterhouse Born: January 12, 1832 Birthplace: Rhea County, Tennessee Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Occupation before War: Ran away from home as a teenager to serve in the Mexican War Served in Mexican War at the age of 19 years old Rejoined his family and lived in San Augustine, Texas 1849 – 1861: Mercantile Businessman in San Augustine, Texas Civil War Career: 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 19th Texas Infantry Regiment 1862: Led a Charge against Federals at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana 1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign 1864: Served in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana 1864: Served in the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 1864: Appointed Brigadier General by General Edmund Kirby Smith 1865: Brigadier...
Stand Watie :CSA1stNat: Born: December 12, 1806 Birthplace: Oothcaloga Cherokee Nation (Calhoun, Georgia) Father: David Uwatie 1773 – 1842 (Buried: Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma) Mother: Susanna Reese 1782 – 1832 (Buried: Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Fields 1808 – 1828 2nd Wife: Isabel Hicks 1813 – 1858 3rd Wife: Eleanor Looney 1816 – 4th Wife: Sarah Caroline Bell 1820 – 1882 (Buried: Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma) Children: Susannah Watie 1840 – 1861 Saladin Ridge Watie 1845 – 1868 Elias Boudinot Watie 1847 – 1847 Solon Watica Watie 1849 – 1869 Eugene Cuminskey “Miska” Watie 1851 – 1863 Ninnie “Minnehabha” Josephine Watie 1853 – 1875 (Buried: Polson...
Elisha Pinson Watkins :CSA1stNat: Born: 1826 Birthplace: Coweta County, Georgia Father: James Ransom Watkins 1787 – 1880 (Buried: Watkins Burying Ground, Newnan, Georgia) Mother: Emelia “Millie” Pinson 1794 – 1882 (Buried: Watkins Burying Ground, Newnan, Georgia) Wife: Martha E. Watts 1835 – Married: November 12, 1846 in Coweta County, Georgia Children: Mahondro Leander Watkins 1852 - 1903 (Buried: Yantis Cemetery, Yantis, Wood County, Texas) Occupation before War: Attorney in Coweta County, Georgia 1853 – 1861: Georgia State Secretary of State Civil War Career: 1861: Quartermaster for 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Georgia State Troops 1862: Colonel of 3rd Georgia State Troops 1862 –...
Joel Brown Watkins :CSA1stNat: Born: August 4, 1824 Birthplace: Powhatan County, Virginia Father: Rev. Henry Walthall Watkins 1801 – 1872 Mother: Judith Farrar Hundley 1805 – 1879 Wife: Elizabeth Sydnor Blair 1826 – 1905 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Bettie Blair Watkins 1849 – 1856 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Virginia Walthall Watkins 1852 – 1853 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Mary Courtenay Watkins Taliaferro 1854 – 1889 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Frances "Fannie" Watkins 1857 – 1862 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Minnie Stuart Watkins 1860 – 1862 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Occupation before...
Louis Douglass Watkins :us34stars: Born: November 29, 1833 Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida Father: Claiborne Anderson Watkins 1802 – 1850 Mother: Martha Ann Gibson 1811 – 1861 Wife: Mary E. “Mollie” Rousseau 1844 – 1869 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Corporal Lovell Rousseau Watkins 1865 – 1891 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Eva Walton Watkins 1866 – 1875 Louis Douglass Watkins Jr. 1868 – 1869 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Occupation before War: Member of National Rifles Militia in Washington, D.C. Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment 1862: Wounded in the Battle of Gaines Mill...
William Wirt Watkins Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: April 1, 1826 Birthplace: Jefferson County, Tennessee Father: Isaac Jones Watkins 1788 – 1840 (Buried: Branner Cemetery, Jefferson City, Tennessee) Mother: Margaret Jane “Peggy” Chamberlain 1799 – 1878 (Buried: Private Land, Karnes County, Texas) 1st Wife: Mary W. Crump 1828 – 1866 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Arkansas) Married: Around 1850 in Georgia 2nd Wife: Elmyra “Myra” Wilson 1849 – 1931 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Arkansas) Married: 1866 Children: Isaac Jones “Ikey” Watkins Jr. 1853 – 1858 (Buried: Carrollton Cemetery, Carrollton, Arkansas) Lou L. “Lura” Watkins 1861 – 1928 (Buried: Gaither Cemetery, Gaither, Arkansas) William Wirt Watkins Jr. 1865 –...
Ellen Maria Anderson Watson :CSA1stNat: Born: December 3, 1842 Birthplace: near Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas Father: W. T. Anderson Mother: Maria Anderson 1st Husband: B. F. Perkins (died circa 1861-2) Married: 1861 2nd Husband: Rev. Samuel Watson, D.D. Married: 1867 Children: 2 Daughters, 3 Sons (all from 2nd Marriage) Religion: Methodist Antebellum Events: Became a Sunday School Teacher at 15 years of Age By the Age of 16, she was making a comfortable income from teaching classes in vocal and instrumental music Civil War Events: Married B. F. Perkens, and then watched him leave to join the Confederate Army Was widowed and penniless after the death of her first husband Sold Clothes in Arkansas to Union...
John William Clark Watson :CSA1stNat: Born: February 27, 1808 Birthplace: Albemarle County, Virginia Father: John Watson 1751 – 1841 Mother: Jane Howard Price 1776 – 1859 Wife: Catherine 1809 – Children: Richard L. Watson 1826 – 1878 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) James Watson Anderson 1835 – 1855 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Captain William Taylor Watson 1839 – 1863 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Sgt. John Staige Davis Watson 1845 – 1864 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) James Henry Watson 1850 – 1925 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Midtown Memphis, Tennessee) Edward Minor Watson Sr. 1851 – 1887 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery...
John Serbie Watts :us34stars: Born: January 19, 1816 Birthplace: Boone County, Kentucky Father: John Watts 1767 – 1834 (Buried: Watts Cemetery, Downey Corner, Indiana) Mother: Frances “Fannie” Sebree 1772 – 1854 (Buried: Watts Cemetery, Downey Corner, Indiana) Wife: Elizabeth A. Howe 1817 – 1893 (Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California) Children: Joshua Howe Watts 1838 – 1921 (Buried: Wilmington Cemetery, Wilmington, California) John Watts 1840 – 1925 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, Kansas) Fannie Watts Bancroft 1842 – 1922 (Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California) Political Party: Republican Party Education: Graduated from Indiana University Occupation before War: Attorney in Bloomington...
Thomas Hill Watts :CSA1stNat: Born: January 3, 1819 Birthplace: Pine Flat, Alabama Father: John Hughes Watts 1781 – 1841 (Buried: Watts Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama) Mother: Catherine Prudence Hill 1797 – 1866 (Buried: Watts Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama) 1st Wife: Eliza Brown Allen 1825 – 1873 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) 2nd Wife: Eleanor “Ellen” Noyes 1825 – 1904 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Children: Margaret Anne Watts (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Florence L. Watts Troy 1842 – 1922 (Buried: Saint Margaret’s Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Kate Watts Collins 1844 – 1913 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) John Wade Watts 1846 – 1913 (Buried...
William Watts: :CSA1stNat: Born: December 20, 1817 Birthplace: Campbell County Virginia Father: General Edward Watts 1779 – 1859 (Buried: Fair View Cemetery Roanoke Virginia) Mother: Elizabeth Breckinridge 1794 – 1862 (Buried: Fair View Cemetery Roanoke Virginia) Wife: Mary Jane Allen 1825 – 1855 (Buried: Fair View Cemetery Roanoke Virginia) Children: Edward Watts 1853 – 1854 (Buried: Fair View Cemetery Roanoke Virginia) John Allen Watts 1855 – 1904 (Buried: Fair View Cemetery Roanoke Virginia) Education: 1840: Graduated from University of Virginia Occupation before War: 1842 – 1850: Attorney in Roanoke County Virginia 1850 – 1861: President of Branch Bank of Virginia Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 19th Virginia Infantry...
Thomas Neville Waul Born: January 5, 1813 Birthplace: Sumter District, South Carolina Father: Thomas Waul Mother: Annie Waul Wife: Mary A. Simmons Waul 1820 – 1904 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas) Education: Attended South Carolina College Occupation before War: School Teacher in Florence, Alabama Lawyer and Judge in Vicksburg, Mississippi Planter in Gonzales County, Texas 1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention 1861 – 1862: Texas Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress 1862 – 1863: Colonel of Waul's Legion 1863: Captured during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1863: Held as a Prisoner of War until October...
Charlton Hines Way :CSA1stNat: Born: October 5, 1834 Birthplace: Fairborn, Liberty County, Georgia Father: William James Way 1803 – 1888 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetry, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Mary Elizabeth Hanford 1st Wife: Laura Seton 2nd Wife: Francis M. Williams 1835 – 1879 Education: Attended George Military Institute Occupation before War: Commission Merchant in Savannah, Georgia Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in Forest City Rangers 1861 – 1862: Georgia State Assistant Adjutant for State troops 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 54th Georgia Infantry Regiment Occupation after War: Cotton Broker and Real Estate Developer in Savannah, Georgia United States Counsel in Petersburg, Russia Died: July 1, 1901 Place of...
Henry Constantine Wayne :CSA1stNat: Born: September 8, 1815 Birth Place: Savannah, Georgia Father: U.S. Associate Justice James Moore Wayne 1790 – 1867 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Mary Johnson Campbell 1794 – 1889 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Mary Louisa 1821 – 1873 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Education: 1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (14th in class) Occupation before War: 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1838 – 1842: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1842 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery 1846 – 1860: Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, United States Army 1860...
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...
Alexander Stewart Webb :us34stars: Born: February 15, 1835 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: James Watson Webb 1802 – 1884 (Buried: Claverack Dutch Reform Churchyard, Claverack, New York) Mother: Helen Lispenard Stewart 1805 – 1848 (Buried: New York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York) Brother: Lt. Colonel Robert Stewart Webb 1824 – 1899 (Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York) Brother: Captain Watson Webb 1833 – 1876 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Wife: Anna Elizabeth Remsen 1837 – 1912 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: Elizabeth Remsen Webb Parsons 1864 – 1926 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Anne Remsen Webb 1868 – 1943...
William Augustin Webb :CSA1stNat: Born: July 24, 1824 Birthplace: Virginia Father: USN Captain Thomas Tarleton Webb 1790 – 1853 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia) Mother: Harriet Davis 1795 – 1875 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia) Wife: Elizabeth Ann Fleming 1828 – 1893 (Buried: Fleming Family Cemetery, Goochland County, Virginia) Children: Harriet Coles Webb 1866 – 1946 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Occupation before War: 1838 – 1845: Midshipman in the United States Navy 1845 – 1853: Passed Midshipman in the United States Navy Served in the Mexican – American War on U.S.S. Southampton 1847 – 1854: Traveled the Pacific Ocean by way of Cape Horn 1853 – 1854: Master in the...
Maximilian Emil “Max” Weber :us34stars: Born: August 27, 1824 Birthplace: Achern, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Father: Ludwig Balthaser Weber 1790 – Mother: Katharina Edelmann 1795 – Wife: Sophia Hensler 1832 – 1893 Signature: Education: 1843: Graduated from Military School at Karlsruhe Occupation before War: Lt. of Infantry in Grand Duke’s Army 1849: Served with Revolutionaries in German Revolutionary War Proprietor of Konstanz Hotel in New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 20th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the Capture of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina 1861 – 1862: Union Army Commander of Camp Hamilton 1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers 1862: At Newport News, Virginia...
Daniel Webster :us34stars: Born: January 18, 1782 Birthplace: Salisbury, New Hampshire Father: Ebenezer Webster 1739 – 1806 (Buried: Webster Place Cemetery, Webster Place, New Hampshire) Mother: Abigail Eastman 1739 – 1816 (Buried: Webster Place Cemetery, Webster Place, New Hampshire) 1st Wife: Grace Fletcher 1781 – 1828 (Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts) 2nd Wife: Caroline La Roy 1797 – 1882 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: Grace Fletcher Webster 1810 – 1817 (Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts) Colonel Fletcher Webster 1813 – 1862 (Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts) Julia Webster Appleton 1818 – 1848 (Buried: Old...
Edwin Hanson Webster :us34stars: Born: March 31, 1829 Birthplace: Churchville, Maryland Father: Henry Webster 1793 – 1872 (Buried: Cavalry United Methodist Church, Churchville, Maryland) Mother: Martha Hanson 1796 – 1850 (Buried: Cavalry United Methodist Church, Churchville, Maryland) Wife: Caroline Henderson 1822 – 1907 (Buried: Cavalry United Methodist Church, Churchville, Maryland) Married: June 6, 1855 in Bel Air, Maryland Children: Ida Martha Webster 1856 – 1932 James Edwin Webster 1857 – 1928 Elizabeth “Bessie” Webster 1859 – 1927 Caroline Henderson Webster 1860 – 1933 Political Party: Know – Nothing Party and Unionist Party Education: 1847: Graduated from Dickinson College Occupation before War: 1847 – 1851...
Joseph Dana Webster :us34stars: Born: August 25, 1811 Birthplace: Hampton, New Hampshire Father: Josiah Webster 1772 – 1837 Mother: Elizabeth Knight 1771 – 1849 Wife: Ann Elizabeth Wright 1824 – 1894 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Children: Frances “Fanny” Webster Wickes 1845 – 1909 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Education: 1832: Graduated from Dartmouth College Occupation before War: 1832 – 1838: Civil Engineer in New Hampshire 1838 – 1854: Served in United States Army, rising to Captain 1854 – 1861: Civil Engineer Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Major in United States Army, Paymasters 1861 – 1862: Served as Chief of Staff to Ulysses S. Grant 1861: Served in the Battle of Belmont...

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