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John DeWitt Clinton Atkins :CSA1stNat: Born: June 4, 1825 Birthplace: Manly’s Chapel, Happy County, Tennessee Father: John Atkins 1787 – 1845 (Buried: Jones Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Bacon Porter 1826 – 1887 (Buried: Paris City Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee) 2nd Wife: Floratine Ann “Flora” Beasley 1829 – 1920 (Buried: Paris City Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee) Children: Sarah Louise “Sallie” Atkins Dunlap 1849 – 1926 (Buried: Paris City Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee) Annie Evelyn Atkins 1852 – 1855 (Buried: Paris City Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee) Elizabeth Darling “Bettie” Atkins Hunter 1854 – 1917 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee) John DeWitt Atkins 1857 – 1938 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Paris...
George Andrew Atzerodt Convicted Conspirator of the Lincoln Assassination George Andrew Atzerodt was a convicted conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassinate U.S. Vice President Andrew Johnson by John Wilkes Booth, but he lost his nerve and made no attempt. He was executed along with three co-conspirators by hanging. Born: June 12, 1835 Birthplace: Dorna, Prussian Province, of Saxony (today part of Anrode, Thuringia, Germany) Father: Henry Atzerodt Mother: Victoria Friederike Hahn 1806 – 1886 (Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Occupation: 1843: Immigrated to the United States from Prussia. Was believed to have been able to speak English fluently. Owner of...
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...
James Lockhart Autry Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: January 28, 1830 Birthplace: Jackson, Tennessee Father: Micajah Autry 1793 – 1836 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Mother: Martha Wyche Putney 1796 – 1866 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Wife: Jennie Valiant 1835 - 1912 Children: James Lockhart Autry Jr. 1859 – 1920 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas) Occupation before War: Attorney in Holly Springs, Mississippi 1854 – 1859: Mississippi State Representative 1858 – 1859: Speaker of Mississippi State House of Representatives Civil War Career: 1861: Lt. Company B, 9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861: Lt. Colonel of 9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861: Offered...
William Woods Averell :us34stars: Born: November 5, 1832 Birthplace: Cameron, New York Father: Hiram Averell 1795 – 1887 Mother: Huldah Hemenway 1809 – 1881 Education: 1855: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (26th in class) Occupation before War: 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Riflemen 1855 – 1856: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks in Missouri 1855 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Riflemen 1856 – 1857: Attended Cavalry School of Practice in Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1857: Frontier Duty in Command Escorting General Dept. of New Mexico 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Craig, New Mexico 1857: Engaged against Kiowa Indians in skirmish near Fort Craig 1857 – 1858: Frontier Duty at Fort Craig...
Isaac Erwin Avery :CSA1stNat: Born: December 20, 1828 Birthplace: Amherst, North Carolina Father: Colonel Isaac Thomas Avery 1785 – 1864 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina) Mother: Harriet Eloise Erwin 1795 – 1858 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina) Wife: Martha Susan Taylor 1842 – 1936 (Buried: Mount Hebron Baptist Church, Burke County, North Carolina) Education: Attended University of North Carolina Occupation before War: Plantation Manager of Avery Family Plantations Yancey and Burke Contractor for building of Western North Carolina Railroad Company Part Owner of Western North Carolina Railroad Company Known to have been a large man weighing over 200 lbs. Civil War...
Isaac Wheeler Avery Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 2, 1837 Birthplace: Saint Augustine, Florida Father: Isaac Wheeler Avery Sr. 1806 – 1841 Mother: Mary Moore King 1810 – 1888 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Emma Bivings 1849 – 1914 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Infant Avery 1879 – 1880 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Albert Wheeler Avery 1880 – 1917 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Infant Avery 1882 – 1882 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Education: Attended Oglethorpe University in Savannah, Georgia Occupation before War: Attorney in Georgia Civil War Career: 1861: Private in Oglethorpe Light Infantry 1862: Captain of Company I...
William Bailey Avery :us34stars: Born: September 10, 1840, Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island Father: William David Avery Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" Hoxie Wife: Ann Osborn Children: Eliza Avery William Yale Avery Sibyl Howe Perkins Antebellum Activities: Attended Brown University until war broke out, was among the first to enlist from that college. Civil War Service: 1861: Enlisted in Company A of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry on the 2nd of May at the age of 21 Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run When his 3 months term had expired, he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant with Company B of the 1st New York Marine Artillery 1862: Participated in the Battle of Tranter's Creek, in North Carolina on...
Lewis Malone Ayer Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 12, 1821 Birthplace: Patmos Plantation, near Barnwell, South Carolina Father: Lewis Malone Ayer Sr. 1769 – 1863 Mother: Rebecca Daniel Erwin 1786 – 1864 1st Wife: Anna Elizabeth Patterson 1825 – 1862 (Buried: Barnwell Baptist Church, Barnwell, South Carolina) 2nd Wife: Lillie Moore 1846 – 1919 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Thomas Raysor Ayer 1850 – 1919 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Lewis Malone Ayer III 1862 – 1926 (Buried: Three Mile Christian Church, Bamberg County, South Carolina) Marie Louise Ayer Vandiver 1865 – 1938 (Buried: Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, South Carolina) Hartwell Moore Ayer 1867 – 1917 (Buried: Mount...
William Roane Aylett :CSA1stNat: Born: May 14, 1835 Birthplace: King William County, Virginia Father: General Philip Aylett 1787 – 1848 (Buried: Aylett Graves at Fairfield Plantation, Aylett, Virginia) Mother: Judith Page Waller 1794 – 1850 (Buried: Aylett Graves at Fairfield Plantation, Aylett, Virginia) Great Grandfather: Patrick Henry 1736 – 1799 Wife: Alice Roane Brockenbrough 1838 – 1895 (Buried: Saint David’s Episcopal Church, Aylett, Virginia) Children: Sarah B. “Sallie” Aylett Goodwyn 1861 – 1942 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Martha Waller “Pattie” Aylett Callaway 1863 – 1899 Twin Two Aylett 1866 – 1869 (Buried: Aylett Graves at Fairfield Plantation, Aylett, Virginia) Twin One Aylett 1866 – 1869...
Romeyn Beck Ayres :us34stars: Born: December 20, 1825 Birthplace: East Creek, New York Father: Daniel Ayres 1787 – 1853 Mother: Electra Lamb 1797 – 1842 1st Wife: Emily Louise Gerry Dearborn 1829 – 1878 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) 2nd Wife: Juliet Opie Hopkins 1860 – 1925 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Helen R. Ayres Unknown – 1887 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Edith Ayers Unknown – 1889 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Romeyn D. Ayres 1851 – 1854 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine) Colonel Charles Greenlief Ayres 1854 – 1909 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Mary Bartlett...
Elijah Babbitt Jr. :us34stars: Born: July 29, 1795 Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island Father: Elijah Babbitt Sr. Mother: Amey Tefft Wife: Caroline Elizabeth Kelso 1805 – 1884 (Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania) Children: Emma A. Babbitt Payne Unknown – 1907 (Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania) Ella Sarah Babbitt 1829 – 1912 (Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania) Bertha Babbitt 1836 – 1908 (Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania) Caroline E. Babbitt Spooner 1839 – 1922 (Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania) William Kelso Babbitt 1846 – 1887 (Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania) Mary Willis Babbitt Martin 1850 – 1896 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Political...
Edwin Henry Bacon Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: August 28, 1839 Birthplace: Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia Father: Edwin Henry Bacon Sr. 1811 – 1877 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Louisa Eunice Stevens 1810 – 1886 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Sarah Jane “Sallie” Willingham 1849 – 1917 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Eastman, Georgia) Children: Tillou Bacon Murrow 1871 – 1920 (Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton, Georgia) Sarah “Sallie” Bacon Colcord 1872 – 1938 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Bessie Tift Bacon 1883 – 1885 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Eastman, Georgia) Civil War Service: 1862 – 1863: Major of 32nd Georgia Infantry Regiment 1863 – 1865: Lt...
Thomas Glascock Bacon :CSA1stNat: Born: June 24, 1812 Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina Father: Edmund Bacon 1776 – 1826 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Mother: Eliza Fox 1780 – 1871 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Wife: Angeline M. J. Gallman 1821 – 1913 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Children: William Washington Bacon 1839 – 1849 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Education: Attended Pendleton Classical Institute Occupation before War: Served in the Seminole and Mexican – American Wars Clerk in Edgefield South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 7th South Carolina Infantry...
Goldsmith Fox Bailey :us34stars: Born: July 17, 1823 Birthplace: East Westmoreland, New Hampshire Father: Ebenezer Bailey 1781 – 1825 Mother: Lucy Goldsmith 1786 – 1866 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Fitchburg Massachusetts) Wife: Sophia F. Billings 1826 – 1895 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts) Children: Edward Goldsmith Bailey 1855 – 1940 Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Editor and Publisher of Bellows Falls Gazette Newspaper 1848 – 1861: Attorney in Fitchburg, Massachusetts 1849 – 1854: Member of Fitchburg, Massachusetts School Committee 1851 – 1853: United States Postmaster for Fitchburg, Massachusetts 1857: Massachusetts State Representative Civil War Career: 1861 –...
Joseph Bailey Born: May 6, 1825 Birthplace: Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio Father: James Bailey 1794 – 1876 Mother: Elizabeth Mann 1800 – Wife: Mary Spaulding 1825 – 1891 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas) Children: Hattie Bailey Goss 1848 – 1906 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas) Edward A. Bailey 1850 – 1915 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Fort Scott Kansas) Ellen “Ella” Bailey 1853 – 1923 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas) Jabez W. “Jabe” Bailey 1857 – 1914 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas) Porter Bailey 1867 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas) Education: Graduated from University of Illinois with a Civil Engineering Degree Occupation before War...
Joseph Bailey :us34stars: Born: March 18, 1810 Birthplace: Parkersville, Pennsylvania Father: Jacob Baily 1775 – 1854 (Buried: Parkersville Friends Meeting Cemetery, Parkersville, Pennsylvania) Mother: Elizabeth Parker 1778 – 1851 (Buried: Parkersville Friends Meeting Cemetery, Parkersville, Pennsylvania) Wife: Rebecca Watson 1812 – 1900 (Buried: Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania) Children: Jessie Bailey 1842 – 1862 (Buried: Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania) Laura W. Bailey Barclay 1844 – 1889 (Buried: Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania) Augustus W. Bailey 1849 – 1884 (Buried: Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania) Elizabeth Bailey 1853 – 1937 (Buried: Bloomfield...
Absalom Baird :us34stars: Born: August 20, 1824 Birthplace: Washington, Pennsylvania Father: William Baird Unknown – 1834 (Buried: Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania) Mother: Nancy Mitchell 1802 – 1881 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland) Wife: Cornelia Wyntje Smith 1828 – 1883 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Lt. Colonel William Baird 1851 – 1930 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1841: Graduated from Washington College law school in Pennsylvania 1849: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (9th in class) Occupation before War: 1849 – 1850: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1849 – 1850: Garrison Duty at...
Alpheus Baker Born: May 28, 1828 Birthplace: Abbeville District, South Carolina Father: Alpheus Baker Sr. 1780 – 1857 Mother: Eliza H. Courtney 1800 - Wife: Lydia Louisa Garvin 1834 – 1866 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama) Wife: Pheribee May Ricks 1847 – 1934 Occupation before War: School teacher and Attorney in South Carolina Attorney in Lumpkin County, Georgia Attorney in Barbour County, Alabama Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment 1862: Captured during the Battle of New Madrid 1862: Held as Prisoner of War for Several Months 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 54th Alabama Infantry Regiment 1863: Participated in the Battle of...
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...
James McNair Baker :CSA1stNat: Born: July 20, 1821 Birthplace: Robeson County, North Carolina Father: Archibald S. Baker 1769 – 1842 (Buried: Lebanon Cemetery, Robeson County, North Carolina) Mother: Catherine McCallum 1777 – 1859 (Buried: Lebanon Cemetery, Robeson County, North Carolina) Wife: Fannie Perry Gilchrist 1838 – 1901 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida) Children: Fannie James Baker Stockton 1862 – 1950 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida) William Hoge Baker 1868 – 1932 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida) James Duncan Baker 1870 – 1943 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida) Political Party: Whig Party, Know Nothing Party, Constitutional Union Party...
Jehu Baker: :us34stars: Born: November 4, 1822 Birthplace: Lexington Kentucky Father: William Baker Mother: Margaret Caldwell Wife: Mary Priscilla West 1843 – 1904 (Buried: Green Mount Protestant Church Belleville Illinois) Children: Mary Jane Baker 1878 – 1879 (Buried: Green Mount Protestant Church Belleville Illinois) Political Party: Republican Party and Democratic Party Education: Attended McKendree College Occupation before War: 1846 – 1861: Attorney in Belleville Illinois Civil War Career: 1861 – 1865: St. Clair County Illinois Master in Chancery 1865 – 1869: United States Congressman from Illinois 1865 – 1867: Chairman House Post Office Department Expenditures Committee 1865 – 1867: Member of House Civil Service...
Lafayette Curry Baker :us34stars: Lafayette Curry Baker was a Union Army investigator and spy during the American Civil War who served under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and played roles in Lincoln's Assassination Investigation, and Johnson's Impeachment. After the war he wrote a book that details the history of the Early Secret Service, but much of his writing is considered to be fabrications. The profile below provides as many correct facts as we can find, but we cannot verify all of them because of the number of false facts, outright lies, the rumors, and the exaggerations that have been published about this individual over 150+ years. Born: October 13, 1826 Birthplace: Stafford, New York Father: Remember...
Lafayette Curry Baker :us34stars: Born: October 13, 1826 Birthplace: Stafford, New York Father: Remember Baker 1786 – 1847 (Buried: Portland Cemetery, Portland, Michigan) Mother: Cyntha Stannard 1787 – 1840 (Buried: Portland Cemetery, Portland, Michigan) Occupation before War: 1839 – 1848: Mechanic in Michigan 1848 – 1853: Lived in New York 1853: Moved to California 1856: Vigilante in San Francisco, California 1861: Moved to District of Columbia Civil War Career: 1861: Spy for Major General Winfield Scott in Virginia 1861 – 1862: Captain and Provost Marshal in Washington, D.C. 1862 – 1863: In Charge of National Detective Bureau 1863: Diagnosed with having cerebral congestion 1863 – 1865: Colonel of 1st D.C. Cavalry...
Laurence Simmons Baker Sr. Born: May 15, 1830 Birth Place: Cole's Hill Plantation, Gates County, North Carolina Father: Dr. John Burgess “Jake” Baker 1785 – 1838 (Buried: Cole’s Hill Plantation, Baker Family Cemetery, Gatesville, North Carolina) Mother: Mary Wynns Gregory 1787 – 1855 (Buried: Cole’s Hill Plantation, Baker Family Cemetery, Gatesville, North Carolina) Wife: Elizabeth Earl Henderson 1836 – 1919 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia) Children: William Tilford Baker 1856 – 1889 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia) Alexander H. Baker 1857 – 1928 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia) Laurence Simmons Baker Jr. 1859 – 1861 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia) Elizabeth Earl...
Stephen Baker Jr. :us34stars: Born: August 12, 1819 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Stephen Baker Sr. 1772 – 1833 Mother: Jane Van Winkle 1787 – 1871 Wife: Anna Mary Greene 1827 – 1903 (Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York) Children: Stephen Baker III 1859 – 1946 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Jobber in Woolen Goods in New York City, New York 1850 – 1861: Jobber in Woolen Goods in Poughkeepsie, New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York 1861 – 1863: Member of House Patents Committee 1861 – 1863: Member of House Roads and Canals Committee 1863 – 1875: Retired living in...
Augustus Carpenter Baldwin: :us34stars: Born: December 24, 1817 Birthplace: Salina New York Father: Jonathan Baldwin 1786 – 1822 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Pontiac Michigan) Mother: Mary Carpenter 1798 – 1869 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Pontiac Michigan) 1st Wife: Isabella Churchill 1823 – 1894 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Pontiac Michigan) 2nd Wife: Flora E. Bedding 1847 – 1906 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Pontiac Michigan) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: School Teacher in Oakland County Michigan 1842 – 1849: Attorney in Milford Michigan 1844 – 1846: Michigan State Representative 1849 – 1863: Attorney in Pontiac Michigan 1853 – 1854: Oakland County Michigan Prosecuting Attorney 1860: Michigan Delegate to...
Briscoe Gerard Baldwin Jr.: Born: August 12, 1828 Birthplace: Staunton Virginia Father: Judge Briscoe Gerard Baldwin Sr. 1789 – 1852 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Virginia) Mother: Martha Steele Brown 1791 – 1870 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Virginia) Wife: Never Married Education: 1848: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (22nd in class) Occupation before War: 1851 – 1861: Captain & Ordnance Officer in United States Army Civil War Career: Distant relative of JEB Stuarts who called him Buck and wrote “Baldwin ought to be a General” 1861: Lt. and Ordnance Officer at Ordnance Bureau in Richmond 1861: Commander of Richmond Virginia Arsenal 1862: Captain and Ordnance Officer in Confederate Army...
John Brown Baldwin :CSA1stNat: Born: January 11, 1820 Birthplace: Spring Farm Staunton Virginia Father: Judge Briscoe Gerard Baldwin Sr. 1789 – 1852 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Mother: Martha Steele Brown 1791 – 1870 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Wife: Susan Madison Peyton 1822 – 1899 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Education: 1838: Graduated from University of Virginia Occupation before War: Attorney in Staunton, Virginia 1848 – 1861: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates 1856 – 1864: Member University of Virginia Board of Visitors Colonel in Virginia State Militia 1860: Supporter of John Bell for President Campaign 1860 – 1861: Worked entirely to try to...
John Denison Baldwin :us34stars: Born: September 28, 1809 Birthplace: North Stonington, Connecticut Father: Daniel Baldwin 1783 – 1855 (Buried: Rixtown Cemetery, Griswold, Connecticut) Mother: Hannah Stanton 1786 – 1877 (Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts) Wife: Lemira H. Hathaway 1813 – 1904 (Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts) Children: Ellen Frances Baldwin 1833 – 1854 Captain John Stanton Baldwin 1834 – 1909 (Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts) Charles Clinton Baldwin 1835 – 1927 (Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts) Mary Jane Baldwin 1836 – 1850 Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1834: Graduated from Yale...
William Edwin Baldwin :CSA1stNat: Born: July 28, 1827 Birthplace: Statesburg, South Carolina Father: Daniel Baldwin 1787 – 1865 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Mother: Emmaline Unknown – 1875 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Occupation before War: Bookstore Owner in Columbus, Mississippi Served in the Columbus, Mississippi Militia Civil War Career: Colonel of 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1862: Captured during the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee 1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry Commander in West Tennessee of Brigade of Mississippi & Tennessee Soldiers 1862: Brigade Commander in the Battle of Coffeeville, Mississippi 1863: Brigade Commander in...
Mottrom Dulany Ball :CSA1stNat: Born: June 23, 1835 Birthplace: Oak Mount Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia Father: Spencer Mottrom Ball 1801 – 1859 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Mother: Mary Dulany 1813 – 1856 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Lewis Wright 1838 – 1923 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Children: Sarah Lewis Ball 1866 – 1944 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Mottrom Corbin Ball 1868 – 1904 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Caroline Ball Mackall 1869 – 1949 (Buried: Lewinsville Presbyterian Cemetery...
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...
John Goff Ballentine Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 20, 1825 Birthplace: Pulaski, Tennessee Father: Andrew Mitchell Ballentine 1791 – 1863 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Mother: Mary Tuttle Goff 1805 – 1890 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Laird 1832 – 1917 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Children: Sallie Leverette Ballentine 1856 – 1944 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) John Goff Ballentine Jr. 1863 – 1919 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Adelaide Ballentine 1868 – 1950 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Margaret Palmer Ballentine 1870 – 1871 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Andrew Mitchell...
John Pierson Bane :CSA1stNat: Born: October 1835 Birthplace: Bane Giles County, Virginia Father: Jesse Bane 1791 – 1875 (Buried: First Bane Cemetery, Giles County, Virginia) Mother: Jane Anne Carr 1796 – 1868 (Buried: First Bane Cemetery, Giles County, Virginia) Wife: Julianna Grayson Occupation before War: Farmer in Giles County, Virginia Farmer and Rancher in Seguin, Texas Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in Company D, 4th Texas Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded in the arm during Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia 1862 – 1863: Major of 4th Texas Infantry Regiment 1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 4th Texas Infantry Regiment 1863: Wounded during Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia 1864 – 1865: Colonel of 4th Texas Infantry...
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...
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...
Abraham Andrews Barker :us34stars: Born: March 30, 1816 Birthplace: Lovell, Massachusetts (now Maine) Father: Captain Stephen Barker 1773 – 1852 (Buried: Center Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine) Mother: Betsey Andrews 1777 – 1844 (Buried: Center Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine) Wife: Orsina P. Little 1821 – 1888 (Buried: Lloyd Cemetery, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania) Married: 1842 Children: Valentine Stephen Barker 1843 – 1906 (Buried: Lloyd Cemetery, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania) Augustine Vinton Barker 1849 – 1928 (Buried: Lloyd Cemetery, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania) Political Party: 1860 – 1876: Member of Republican Political Party 1876 – 1898: Member of Prohibition Political Party Occupation before War: Agriculturist and...
Ethelbert Barksdale :CSA1stNat: Born: January 4, 1824 Birthplace: Smyrna, Tennessee Father: William Barksdale 1787 – 1835 (Buried: Barksdale Cemetery, Smyrna, Mississippi) Mother: Nancy Hervey Lester 1789 – 1825 (Buried: Barksdale Cemetery, Smyrna, Mississippi) Wife: Alice Jane Harris 1826 – 1906 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi) Children: Harris Barksdale 1844 – 1881 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi) Edwin Barksdale 1851 – 1919 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi) Ethel Barksdale Harrington 1857 – 1913 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Journalist in Jackson, Mississippi 1854 – 1861: Editor of the...

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