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Dr. Thomas Whitaker Salmond :CSA1stNat: Born: May 31, 1825 Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina Father: Thomas Durham Salmond 1783 – 1854 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Mother: Margaret Irvin 1786 – 1855 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Wife: Isabella Scota Whitaker 1840 – 1922 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Education: 1849: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina Occupation before War: 1849 - 1861: Medical Doctor in Kershaw District, South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Surgeon for 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Surgeon for Kershaw’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia 1864: Suffered from involuntary discharges of Urine 1864: Surgeon...
Edward Salomon :us34stars: Born: August 11, 1828 Birthplace: Strobeck Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia Father: Christoph Salomon 1786 – 1872 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Mother: Dorothea Klussman 1793 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Wife: Elise Nebel 1828 – 1900 (Buried: Alter Judischer Friedhof, Frankfurt, Germany) Brother: Bvt. Brig. General Charles E. Salomon 1824 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Brother: Brig. General Frederich Salomon 1826 – 1897 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party Education: Attended University of Berlin Occupation before War: 1849: Fled Germany as a...
Friederich Frederick C. Salomon Born: April 7, 1826 Birthplace: Stroberck near Halberstadt, Prussia Father: Christoph Salomon 1786 – 1872 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Mother: Dorothea Klussman 1793 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 1st Wife: Mathilde Ebel 1834 – 1867 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Charles, Missouri) 2nd Wife: Henrietta K. L. Ebel 1824 – 1905 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Children: Edward Salomon 1854 – 1858 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Otto Edward Salomon 1855 – 1929 (Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Helene Salomon Ferron 1859 – 1928 (Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California)...
John Benjamin Sanborn Sr.: :us34stars: Born: December 5, 1826 Birthplace: Epsom New Hampshire Father: Deacon Frederick Sanborn 1789 – 1881 (Buried: McClary Cemetery Epsom New Hampshire) Mother: Lucy L. Sargent 1793 – 1863 (Buried: McClary Cemetery Epsom New Hampshire) 1st Wife: Catherine Hall 1828 – 1860 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) 2nd Wife: Anna Elmer Nixon 1832 – 1878 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) 3rd Wife: Rachel Rice 1855 – 1938 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) Children: Harriet French Sanborn 1858 – 1880 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) John F. Sanborn 1860 – 1860 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. 1883 – 1964...
Christopher Columbus Sanders :CSA1stNat: Born: May 8, 1840 Birthplace: Jackson County, Georgia Father: Harris Sanders 1792 – 1866 (Buried: M. Sanders Jr. Cemetery, Banks County, Georgia) Mother: Elizabeth Smith 1799 – 1847 (Buried: M. Sanders Jr. Cemetery, Banks County, Georgia) Wife: Frances A. Scarborough 1853 – 1924 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Children: Helen Marie Armontie Sanders Hinton 1871 – 1930 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Education: 1861: Graduated from Georgia Military Institute Civil War Career: 1861 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 24thGeorgia Infantry Regiment 1864 – 1865: Colonel of 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1864: Wounded during the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia...
John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders Born: April 4, 1840 Birth Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Father: Dr. Charles Peak Sanders 1812 – 1899 (Buried: Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery, Greene Co., Alabama) Mother: Elizabeth Ann Thomson 1817 – 1904 (Buried: Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery, Greene Co., Alabama) Education: 1858 – 1861: Attended the University of Alabama Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment 1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines 1862: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Glendale 1862: Wounded during the Second Battle of Bull Run 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment 1863: Wounded in the Knee during the Battle of Gettysburg 1863: President of the division court...
William Price Sanders :us34stars: Born: August 12, 1833 Birthplace: Frankfort, Kentucky Father: Colonel Lewis H. Sanders Jr. 1796 – 1864 (Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky) Mother: Margaret Hubbell Price 1804 – 1878 (Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky) Cousin: President Jefferson Davis 1808 – 1889 Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (41st in class) Occupation before War: 1856 – 1857: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Dragoons 1856 – 1857: Frontier Duty in San Diego, California 1857 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Dragoons 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1857 – 1861: Served in the Utah Expedition Civil War Career: 1861: 1st Lt. United States...
John Pease Sanderson :CSA1stNat: Born: November 28, 1816 Birthplace: Sunderland, Vermont Father: John Harvey Sanderson 1790 – 1845 Mother: Sarah Laurence 1799 – 1st Wife: Mary Elury Harrison 1825 – 1857 2nd Wife: Marion R. Harrison 1827 – 1905 Children: E. M. Sanderson 1860 – Minnie A. Sanderson 1864 – 1921 Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1839: Graduated from Amherst College Occupation before War: Attorney in Fernandina, Florida Attorney and landowner in Lake City and Jacksonville, Florida 1843: Florida State Representative 1848: Florida State Senator Solicitor for Eastern Circuit of Florida 1852: Democratic Party Presidential Elector Leader in the railroad development of Florida President of...
Aaron Augustus Sargent :us34stars: Born: September 28, 1827 Birthplace: Newburyport, Massachusetts Father: Aaron Peaslee Sargent 1800 – 1863 Mother: Elizabeth Stanwood 1799 – Wife: Ellen Swett Clark 1826 – 1911 Children: Ellen C. Sargent Montgomery 1854 – 1908 Dr. Elizabeth R. Sargent 1857 – 1900 George Clark Sargent 1860 – 1930 Political Party: Republican Party Education: Apprenticed as a Shoemaker Occupation before War: Worked as Printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Secretary to a United States Congressman in Washington, D.C. Staff Member of Nevada Daily Journal Newspaper Owner of Nevada Dailey Journal Newspaper 1854 – 1855: Attorney in Nevada City, California 1855 – 1856: Nevada County, California District...
Governor Dr. Gove Saulsbury Born: May 29, 1815 Birthplace: Kent County, Delaware Father: William Saulsbury 1774 – 1834 (Buried: Saulsbury Family Cemetery, Kent County, Delaware) Mother: Margaret Ann Smith 1779 – 1864 (Buried: Saulsbury Family Cemetery, Kent County, Delaware) Wife: Rosina Jane Smith 1828 – 1875 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Children: Margaret Saulsbury 1849 – 1852 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Olivia Smith Saulsbury 1851 – 1855 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Rosa Saulsbury 1853 – 1876 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Gove Saulsbury Jr. 1857 – 1861 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Education: 1842: Graduated...
Willard Saulsbury Sr. :us34stars: Born: June 2, 1820 Birthplace: Kent County, Delaware Father: William Saulsbury 1774 – 1834 (Buried: Saulsbury Family Cemetery, Kent County, Delaware) Mother: Margaret Smith 1779 – 1864 (Buried: Saulsbury Family Cemetery, Kent County, Delaware) Wife: Annie Ponder 1825 – 1912 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Dover, Delaware) Brother: Governor Gove Saulsbury 1815 – 1881 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church Cemetery, Dover, Delaware) Brother: US Senator Eli Saulsbury 1817 – 1893 (Buried: Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, Delaware) Children: John Ponder Saulsbury 1853 – 1889 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Dover, Delaware) Margaret Saulsbury 1856 – 1875 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church...
Alvin Saunders :us34stars: Born: July 12, 1817 Birthplace: Fleming County, Kentucky Father: Gunnell Saunders Jr. 1783 – 1848 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Mother: Mary Mauzy 1784 – 1851 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Wife: Marthena Barlow 1835 – 1928 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) Children: Charles L. Saunders 1856 – 1927 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) Mary Angeline “May” Saunders Harrison 1861 – 1944 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: 1829: Moved with his father to Illinois from Kentucky 1836: Moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa United States...
William Hubbard Saunders Born: February 28, 1819 Birthplace: Franklin, Tennessee Father: Rev. Turner Hubbard Saunders 1782 – 1853 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) Mother: Frances Ann Dunn 1779 – 1824 (Buried: Saunders Cemetery, Town Creek, Alabama) Wife: Susan Goodwin Occupation before War: Attorney in Monroe County, Mississippi Civil War Career: 1861: 2nd Lt. Company K 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1st Lt. Company K 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Captain Company K 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1864: Colonel & Judge of Military Court for Hood's Army Corps Occupation after War: 1865 – 1895: Farmer in Monroe County, Mississippi Died: May 21, 1895 Place of Death: Muldon, Mississippi...
Philetus Sawyer :us34stars: Born: September 22, 1816 Birthplace: Whiting, Vermont Father: Ephraim P. Sawyer 1780 – 1854 Mother: Mary "Polly" Parks 1789 – 1832 Wife: Melvina M. Hadley 1825 – 1888 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Children: Edgar Philetus Sawyer 1842 – 1927 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Earl T. Sawyer 1845 – 1848 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Ella E. Sawyer 1849 – 1851 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Emma Sawyer White 1856 – 1896 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Ema Sawyer Goodman 1859 – 1943 (Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Lumber Businessman in Fond...
Rufus Saxton :us34stars: Born: October 19, 1824 Birthplace: Greenfield, Massachusetts Father: Jonathan Asley Saxton 1795 – 1871 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deerfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Miranda Wright 1799 – 1844 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deerfield, Massachusetts) Wife: Matilda Gordon Thompson 1840 – 1915 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1849: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (18th in class) Occupation Before War: 1849 – 1850: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1849 – 1850: Served in the Seminole War in Florida 1850 – 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1850 – 1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Brown, Texas 1853 – 1854: Served on Northern...
Alfred Moore Scales :CSA1stNat: Born: November 26, 1827 Birth Place: Reidsville, North Carolina Father: Dr. Robert Henry Scales 1805 – 1882 (Buried: Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, North Carolina) Mother: Jane Watt Bethell 1809 – 1878 (Buried: Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, North Carolina) Wife: Kate B. Henderson 1846 – 1930 (Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina) Education: Graduated from University of North Carolina Occupation before War: Teacher in Rockingham County, North Carolina Attorney in Madison, North Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in 13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862: Participated in the Battle of...
Eliakim Parker Scammon Born: December 27, 1816 Birthplace: Whtefield, Maine Father: Eliakim Scammon 1785 – 1870 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Pittston, Maine) Mother: Joanna Young 1791 – 1860 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Pittston, Maine) Wife: Margaret Stebbins 1815 – 1896 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey) Children: Winifred Young Scammon Blanchet 1854 – 1934 (Buried: Saint Vincent Cemetery, Madison, New Jersey) Education: 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (9th in class) Occupation before War: 1837 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1837 – 1838: Assistant Math Professor, West Point Military Academy 1838 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Topographical Engineers 1841...
George Parker Scarburgh: :CSA1stNat: Born: February 11, 1807 Birthplace: Accomack County Virginia Father: George Scarburgh 1766 – 1831 Mother: Ann West 1788 – 1818 Wife: Mary Stockley Joynes 1815 – 1885 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Norfolk Virginia) Children: Southy Satchell Scarbrough 1841 – 1841 (Buried: Bowmans Folly Cemetery Accomac Virginia) Occupation before War: 1828 – 1844: Attorney in Accomack County Virginia 1844 – 1852: Judge Virginia Circuit Superior Court Third Judicial Circuit 1852 – 1855: Law Professor at College of William and Mary 1856 – 1861: Judge United States Court of Claims Civil War Career: 1856 – 1861: Judge United States Court of Claims 1861: Resigned from federal service on April 20th 1861 – 1862...
Robert Cumming Schenck :us34stars: Born: October 4, 1809 Birthplace: Franklin, Ohio Father: General William Cortenus Schenck 1773 – 1821 (Buried: Woodhill Cemetery, Franklin, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth Rogers 1776 – 1853 Wife: Renelche Smith 1811 – 1849 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Children: Julia Crane Schenck 1839 – 1905 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Mary S. Schenck 1841 – 1848 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Sallie L. Schenck 1842 – 1931 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Education: 1827: Graduated from Miami University – Ohio Occupation before War: 1827 – 1829: Professor at Miami University – Ohio Attorney in Dayton Ohio...
Alexander Schimmelfennig :us34stars: Born: July 20, 1824 Birthplace: Bromberg, Prussia Father: Johann Heinrick Samel Schimmelfennig Mother: Helene Rosalie Von Knocke Wife: Sophie Schimmelfennig 1826 – 1890 (Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania) Children: Bertha M. Schimmelfennig 1850 – 1925 (Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania) Agnes S. Schimmelfennig 1854 – 1855 (Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania) Hermann A. Schimmelfennig 1860 – 1887 (Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania) Occupation before War: Served in the Prussian Army Member of Palatine Military Commission 1849: Wounded twice at Battle of Rinnthal Lived in Exile in Switzerland Sentenced to...
Albin Francisco Schoepf Albin Schoepf was a European-born military officer who became a Union brigadier general, and was best known as the commanding officer of Fort Delaware, a wartime camp for Confederate prisoners of war. Born: March 1, 1822 Birthplace: Podgorze, Poland Wife: Julia Bates Kelsey 1837 – 1914 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Julie Magdalene Schoepf 1856 – 1859 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Lydia Kelsey “Lillie” Schoepf McElhinney 1858 – 1935 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Albin Francisco “Frank” Schoepf Jr. 1860 – 1929 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Joseph Holt Schoepf 1861 – 1927 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North...
John McAllister Schofield :us34stars: Born: September 29, 1831 Birthplace: Gerry, New York Father: Rev. James Schofield 1801 – 1888 (Buried: Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois) Mother: Caroline McAllister 1810 – 1857 (Buried: Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois) 1st Wife: Harriet Whitehorn Bartlett 1833 – 1888 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) 2nd Wife: Georgia Wells Kilbourne 1864 - 1927 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: John Rathbone Schofield 1858 – 1868 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Major William Bartlett Schofield 1860 – 1906 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Henry Halleck...
Carl Schurz Born: March 2, 1829 Birthplace: Liblar, Rhein – Erft – Kreis, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany Father: Christian Schurz 1796 – 1876 (Buried: Saint Paul Evangelical Reformed Church, Monee, Illinois) Mother: Marianne Jussen 1798 – 1877 (Buried: Saint Paulus Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) 1st Wife: Margarethe Meyer 1833 – 1876 (Buried: Ohlsdorfer, Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Germany) 2nd Wife: Frances Chapman 1846 – 1924 (Buried: Doylestown Presbyterian Church, Doylestown, Pennsylvania) Children: Agathe Schurz 1852 – 1915 (Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York) Marianne Schurz 1857 – 1929 (Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York) Emmy Savannah Schurz 1864 – 1867 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit...
Glenni William Scofield :us34stars: Born: March 11, 1817 Birthplace: Dewittville, New York Father: Darius Scofield 1788 – 1862 (Buried: DeWittville Cemetery, Chautauqua, New York) Mother: Sarah Glenni 1790 – 1860 Wife: Laura Margaretta Tanner 1823 – 1909 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania) Married: November 20, 1845 in Chautauqua, New York Children: Ellie Gamble Scofield 1850 – 1920 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania) Archibald Tanner Scofield 1854 – 1935 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania) Political Party: Until – 1856: Member of Democratic Political Party 1856 – 1891: Member of Republican Political Party Education: 1840: Graduated from Hamilton College Occupation before War...
John Scott :CSA1stNat: Born: April 23, 1820 Birthplace: Fauquier County, Virginia Father: Judge John Scott 1781 – 1850 Mother: Elizabeth Blackwell Pickett 1788 – 1862 Wife: Harriet Augusta Caskie 1833 – 1892 (Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: James C. Scott 1856 – John G. Scott 1860 – Mary Ellen Scott 1869 – 1938 Education: Graduated from University of Virginia Occupation before War: Newspaper Editor of Richmond Whig Newspaper Attorney, Author and Farmer in Richmond, Virginia Organizer of Black Horse Cavalry in Fauquier, County Virginia Civil War Career: 1861: Temporary Captain Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1861: Captain of Cavalry for Provisional Army of Confederate States 1862 –...
John Guier Scott Sr.: :us34stars: Born: December 26, 1819 Birthplace: Philadelphia Pennsylvania Father: Thomas Scott 1779 – 1831 Mother: Maria Cooper Guier 1789 – 1846 Wife: Eliza Jane Shallcross 1826 – 1866 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) Children: Mary Ellen Scott Goodman 1845 – 1885 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) Thomas James Scott 1850 – 1922 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) John Guier Scott Jr. 1856 – 1882 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Civil Engineer in Pennsylvania General Manager of Iron Mountain Company Established Irondale Iron Company Owner of Irondale Iron Company Civil...
Robert Eden Scott :CSA1stNat: Born: April 23, 1808 Birthplace: Warrenton, Virginia Father: Judge John Scott 1781 – 1850 Mother: Elizabeth Blackwell “Betsy” Pickett 1788 – 1862 1st Wife: Elizabeth Taylor 1815 – 1834 2nd Wife: Anne Casson Morson 1813 – 1846 3rd Wife: Henningham Watkins Lyons 1827 – 1886 Children: Robert Taylor Scott 1834 – 1897 Elizabeth “Eliza” Gordon Scott 1839 – 1924 John Scott 1846 – 1882 Susan Morson Scott Herbert 1846 – 1928 Henningham Lyons Scott Spilman 1851 – 1936 Camilla Scott Pinckney 1854 – 1928 Lucy Lyons Scott 1857 – 1861 Robert Eden Scott Jr. 1858 – 1954 Josephine Lyons Scott Ellett 1861 – 1892 Imogen Lyons Scott Wellford 1862 – 1956 Political Party: Whig Party Education: Graduated...
Robert Kinston Scott :us34stars: Born: July 8, 1826 Birthplace: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Father: John Scott 1785 – 1837 Mother: Jane Hamilton 1796 – 1853 Wife: Rebecca J. Lowery 1831 – 1907 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Napoleon, Ohio) Children: Robert Kingston Scott Jr. 1865 – 1906 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Napoleon Ohio) Education: Studied Medicine in Ohio Occupation before War: Miner in the California Gold Rush Traveler in Mexico and South America Medical Doctor in Henry County, Ohio Investor in Real Estate in Henry County, Ohio Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment Commanded...
Winfield Scott :us34stars: Born: June 13, 1786 Birthplace: Laurel Hill Plantation, Petersburg, Virginia Father: Captain William Scott 1747 – 1791 Mother: Ann Mason 1747 – 1802 Wife: Maria DeHart Mayo 1789 – 1862 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: Maria Mayo Scott 1818 – 1833 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) John Mayo Scott 1819 – 1820 (Buried: Montpelier Estate National Historic Site, Montpelier, Virginia) Virginia “Sister May Emmanuel” Scott 1821 – 1845 (Buried: Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, D.C.) Edward Winfield Scott 1823 – 1827 (Buried: Montpelier Estate National Historic Site, Montpelier, Virginia) Cornelia Winfield Scott 1824 –...
George Whitfield Scranton :us34stars: Born: May 11, 1811 Birthplace: Madison, Connecticut Father: Theophilus Scranton 1786 – 1859 (Buried: West Cemetery, Madison, Connecticut) Mother: Elizabeth Warner 1788 – 1845 (Buried: West Cemetery, Madison, Connecticut) Wife: Jane Hiles 1811 – 1878 (Buried: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, Pennsylvania) Children: Elizabeth Warner Scranton Fuller 1838 – 1894 (Buried: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, Pennsylvania) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Teamster in Belvidere, New Jersey 1835 – 1839: Mercantile Businessman in New Jersey Manufacturer of Iron and smelting in Slocum, Pennsylvania Founder and Owner of Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company Founder of the City of Scranton...
Daniel Edward Scruggs :CSA1stNat: Born: 1833 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Wife: Virginia Pierpont 1834 – 1928 Children: Edward Scruggs 1854 – William P. Scruggs 1858 – Daniel Scruggs 1860 – 1933 Lucy L. Scruggs 1863 – Elizabeth Phillips Scruggs 1864 – 1950 Fanny A. Scruggs 1871 – 1948 Occupation before War: Bookkeeper in De Soto County, Mississippi Bookkeeper in Texas Bookkeeper in New Orleans, Louisiana Civil War Career: 1862: Enlisted in New Orleans Louisiana in Crescent Regiment 1862: Served in 5th Company of Washington Artillery from Louisiana Detailed as Clerk to Brig. General Samuel Jones Employee of Confederate Army Quartermaster Department, Richmond 1863 – 1864: Captain Company A, 2nd Virginia Light Duty...
William Read Scurry Born: February 10, 1821 Birthplace: Gallatin, Tennessee Father: Thomas J. Scurry Mother: Catherine Bledsoe Scurry Wife: Janette B. Sutton Scurry 1829 – 1886 (Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Children (7): Clara Scurry Rector 1852 – 1907 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Occupation before War: District Attorney for San Augustine Texas 1842: Aide – de – camp to Thomas Jefferson Rusk 1844 – 1845: Representative for the Republic of Texas Served in the Mexican War rising to the rank of Major Attorney in Clinton, Texas Owner and Editor of Austin State Gazette Newspaper Civil War Career: 1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention Participated in the Confederate Invasion of New...
Anderson Searcy Jr. Born: July 26, 1834 Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Father: Anderson Searcy Sr. 1811 – 1847 Mother: Elizabeth White 1814 - 1891 1st Wife: Amanda Evalina Batey 1843 – 1881 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) 2nd Wife: Nannie K. Speer Wade 1829 – 1910 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Children: Elizabeth L. Searcy Matthews 1856 – 1916 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Ben Batey Searcy 1861 – 1930 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) John H. Searcy 1866 – 1961 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) James B. Searcy 1867 – 1934 (Buried: Yocum Cemetery, Yocum, Arkansas) Sarah Searcy Tompkins 1870 – 1953 (Buried...
Claudius Wistar Sears Born: November 8, 1817 Birthplace: Peru, Massachusetts Father: Dr. Thomas Sears 1791 – 1839 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Michigan) Mother: Sophia James 1791 – 1879 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Michigan) Wife: Susan Alice Gray 1835 – 1893 (Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi) Married: August 6, 1853 in New Orleans, Louisiana Children: Claude Gray Sears 1855 – 1861 Alice Gray Sears 1857 – 1945 Kate Sampson Sears 1858 – 1861 Franklin Sears 1859 – 1861 William Gray Sears 1861 – 1910 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas) George Fairfax Sears 1863 – 1886 (Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi) Rev. Peter Gray Sears 1866 – 1942 (Buried: Glenwood...
William King Sebastian :us34stars: Born: June 12, 1812 Birthplace: Centerville, Tennessee Father: Samuel Sebastian 1777 – 1870 Mother: Elizabeth King Wife: Amelia Dunn 1821 – 1864 Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1834: Graduated from Columbia College Occupation before War: Attorney and Cotton Planter in Helena, Arkansas 1835 – 1837: Helena, Arkansas Prosecuting Attorney 1840 – 1843: Helena, Arkansas Circuit Court Judge 1843 – 1845: Associate Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court 1846 – 1847: President of Arkansas State Senate 1846: Democratic Party Presidential Elector 1848 – 1861: United States Senator from Arkansas 1849 – 1853: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee 1853 – 1861: Chairman of Senate...
James Alexander Seddon Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: July 13, 1815 Birthplace: Falmouth, Virginia Father: Thomas Seddon 1779 – 1831 (Buried: Seddon Family Cemetery, Stafford County, Virginia) Mother: Susan Pearson Alexander 1788 – 1845 (Buried: Seddon Family Cemetery, Stafford County, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Bruce 1821 – 1882 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Elvira Bruce “Ella” Seddon 1846 – 1882 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Thomas O. Seddon 1847 – 1896 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) James Alexander Seddon 1850 – 1938 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) William Cabell Seddon Sr. 1851 – 1923 (Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland) Anna Park...
Sarah “Sally” Bruce Seddon :CSA1stNat: Born: March 25, 1821 Birthplace: Goochland County, Virginia Father: James Banks Bruce 1763 – 1837 (Buried: Berry Hill Family Graveyard, South Boston, Virginia) Mother: Elvira Ann Cabell 1783 – 1858 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Husband: Secretary of War James Alexander Seddon 1815 – 1880 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Married: December 23, 1845 in Richmond, Virginia Children: Elvira Bruce “Ella” Seddon 1846 – 1882 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) Thomas O. Seddon 1847 – 1896 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) James Alexander Seddon 1850 – 1938 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) William Cabell Seddon Sr...
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick :us34stars: Born: March 15, 1815 Birthplace: Pompey, New York Father: Stephen Sedgwick 1783 – 1830 Mother: Anna Baldwin 1786 – 1872 (Buried: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, New York) 1st Wife: Ellen Chase Smith 1812 – 1846 Married: October 17, 1837 in Boylston, Massachusetts 2nd Wife: Deborah White Gannett 1825 – 1901 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Married: April 28, 1847 in Natick, Massachusetts Children: Charles Ethan Sedgwick 1838 – 1839 (Buried: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, New York) Charles Henry Sedgwick 1840 – 1840 (Buried: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, New York) Ellen Amelia Sedgwick Tracy 1841 – 1924 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Catherine Maria Sedgwick...
John “Uncle John” Sedgwick Born: September 13, 1813 Birthplace: Cornwall Connecticut Father: Benjamin Sedgwick 1781 – 1857 (Buried: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery Cornwall Hollow Connecticut) Mother: Olive Collins 1783 – 1859 (Buried: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery Cornwall Hollow Connecticut) Signature: Education: 1830 – 1831: Attended Cheshire Academy 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (24th in class) Occupation before War: 1837 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1839 – 1849: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Churubusco Mexico 1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec Mexico 1849 – 1855: Captain, United States Army...
Joseph Eggleston Segar :us34stars: Born: June 1, 1804 Birthplace: King William County, Virginia Wife: Mary E. Simpkins 1808 – 1886 (Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia) Children: Mary Simpkins Segar Whiting 1835 – 1881 John F. Segar 1836 – Virginia Segar 1846 – Political Party: Unionist and Republican Party Occupation before War: Attorney in Hampton Roads Area of Virginia 1836 – 1838: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates 1848 – 1852: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates 1855 – 1861: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates Civil War Career: 1861: Presented credentials to serve in U.S. Congress from Virginia 1862: The U.S. House decided he was not entitled to serve in Congress...

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