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John Joseph Abercrombie :us34stars: Born: March 4, 1798 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Father: John Joseph Abercrombie 1745 – 1816 Mother: Sarah DeNormandie 1751 – 1816 Wife: Mary Engle Patterson 1818 – 1874 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Sara “Sallie” Iowa Abercrombie Goodman 1842 – 1935 (Buried: Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania) Mary Ernestine Abercrombie Appleton 1844 – 1867 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Lt. John Joseph Abercrombie Jr. 1845 – 1919 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Clara DeNormandie Abercrombie 1852 – 1942 (Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Francis Patterson “Frank”...
Robert Allen :us34stars: Born: March 15, 1811 Birthplace: West Point, Ohio Father: James Allen 1776 – 1848 Mother: Jane Hethwood 1775 – 1845 Education: 1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (33rd in class) Occupation before War: 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1836 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1836: Served on Engineering Duty for United States Army 1838 – 1846: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1838: Helped Transfer Native Americans to the West 1838 – 1840: Served on Recruiting Duty for United States Army 1846 – 1861: Captain and Assistant Quartermaster 1847: Served on Quartermaster Duty under General Twiggs 1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle...
Benjamin Alvord :us34stars: Born: August 18, 1813 Birthplace: Rutland, Vermont Father: William Alvord 1766 – 1853 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont) Mother: Lucy Claghorn 1776 – 1862 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont) Wife: Emily Louise Mussey 1826 – 1885 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont) Children: Anna Claghorn Alvord 1849 – 1860 (Buried: Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery, Vancouver, Washington) Clarence Alvord 1851 – 1856 (Buried: Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery, Vancouver, Washington) Emily Louise Alvord Craig 1858 – Unknown (Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Brig. General Benjamin Alvord Jr. 1860 – 1927 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)...
Adelbert Ames :us34stars: Born: October 31, 1835 Birthplace: Rockland, Maine Father: Captain Jesse Ames 1808 – 1894 (Buried: Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota) Mother: Martha Bradbury Tolman 1813 – 1903 (Buried: Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota) Wife: Blanche Butler 1847 – 1939 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Father–in–law: Major General Benjamin F. Butler 1818 – 1893 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Children: U.S. Congressman Butler Ames 1871 – 1954 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Sarah Hildreth Ames 1874 – 1931 (Buried: Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts) Blanche Ames 1878 – 1969 (Buried: Village Cemetery, Easton...
Jacob Ammen :us34stars: Born: January 7, 1806 Birthplace: Fincastle, Virginia Father: David Ammen 1775 – 1846 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Mother: Sarah Houtz 1782 – 1852 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Wife: Martha Ann Beasley 1817 – 1887 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Wife: Caroline F.______ 1816 – 1889 (Buried: Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont) Children: William P. Ammen 1835 – 1916 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Sarah Metcalf Ammen Sears 1845 – 1891 (Buried: Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont) Henry A. Ammen 1847 – 1917 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Macon, Missouri) Education: 1831: Graduated from West Point Military...
Robert Anderson :us34stars: Born: June 14, 1805 Birthplace: Soldiers Retreat Plantation, Louisville, Kentucky Father: Lt. Colonel Richard Clough Anderson Sr. 1750 – 1826 (Buried: Anderson Family Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Mother: Sarah Marshall 1779 – 1854 (Buried: Anderson Family Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Wife: Eliza Bayard Clinch 1828 – 1905 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Married: 1846 Children: Eba Anderson Lawton Unknown – 1919 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Maria L. Anderson 1849 – 1925 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Sophie Clinch Anderson 1852 – 1934 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West...
Christopher Columbus Andrews :us34stars: Born: October 27, 1829 Birthplace: Hillsborough, New Hampshire Father: Luther Andrews 1791 – 1870 Mother: Nabby Beard 1794 – 1870 Wife: Mary Francis Baxter 1837 – 1893 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota) Children: Alice E. Andrews 1869 – 1961 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota) Education: Attended Francestown Academy in New Hampshire Attended Harvard Law School Occupation before War: Attorney in Newton, Massachusetts Went to Kansas in 1854 Law Clerk in United States Treasury Department 1857: Established Residence in St. Cloud, Minnesota 1859: Minnesota State Senator Newspaper Owner of Minnesota Union Newspaper Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain...
George Leonard Andrews :us34stars: Born: August 31, 1828 Birthplace: Bridgewater, Massachusetts Father: Manassah Andrews 1794 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, Massachusetts) Mother: Harriet Leonard 1808 – 1883 (Buried: Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, Massachusetts) Wife: Sarah Bridge Fiske 1834 – 1915 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Children: Percy Andrews 1857 – 1867 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Education: 1851: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st in class) Occupation before War: 1851 – 1854: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers 1851 – 1854: Assistant Engineer, Construction of Fort Warren 1854 – 1855: 2nd Lt...
Lewis Golding Arnold :us34stars: Born: January 15, 1817 Birthplace: Perth Amboy, New Jersey Father: Lewis Arnold 1761 – 1830 (Buried: Saint Peters Churchyard, Perth Amboy, New Jersey) Mother: Eliza Ford 1772 – 1834 (Buried: Saint Peters Churchyard, Perth Amboy, New Jersey) Wife: Julia Murdock Lowd 1821 – 1907 (Buried: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts) Children: Lt. Lewis A. Arnold 1844 – 1867 (Buried: Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, Louisiana) Caroline A. “Carrie” Arnold 1845 – 1884 (Buried: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts) Julia Arnold 1848 – 1928 (Buried: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts) Anne Elizabeth Arnold 1852 – 1919 (Buried: Saint Mary's...
Richard Arnold :us34stars: Born: April 12, 1828 Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island Father: U.S. Congressman Lemuel Hastings Arnold 1792 – 1852 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Mother: Sarah Lyman 1799 – 1837 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Wife: Abby Parker Coffin 1835 – 1904 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Education: 1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (13th in class) Occupation before War: 1850 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Artillery 1850 – 1851: Garrison Duty at Key West, Florida 1851 – 1854: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1851 – 1853: Garrison Duty in San Francisco, California 1853 – 1854: Served on North...
◀ 20th President (Skipping Cleveland) 23rd President ▶ Chester Alan Arthur 21st President of the United States of America :us34stars: Born: October 5, 1829 Birthplace: Fairfield, Vermont Father: Rev. William Arthur 1796 – 1875 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Mother: Malvina Stone 1802 – 1869 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Wife: Ellen “Nell” Lewis Herndon 1837 – 1880 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Married: October 25, 1859 at Calvary Episcopal Church, New York City Children: William Lewis Herndon Arthur 1860 – 1863 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Chester Alan Arthur Jr. 1864 – 1937 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Ellen “Nell”...
Alexander Sandor Asboth :us34stars: Born: December 18, 1811 Birthplace: Keszthely, Hungary Father: Janos Asboth 1768 – 1823 Mother: Anna Tatrai Horvath 1780 – 1842 Education: Attended Mining Academy of Selmecbanya Attended Institutum Geometricum Pest, Hungary Occupation before War: Civilian Engineer for Construction of Szechenyi Chain Bridge Served with the freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth during revolution Served as the rank of Captain during the Revolution Participated in the Battles of Kapolna and Nagysallo Major and Adjutant to Lajos Kossuth in the revolution Rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel by the end of the revolution Traveled with Lajos Kossuth to the Ottoman Empire & United States Civil War Career: 1861: Chief of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
John Gross Barnard :us34stars: Born: May 19, 1815 Birthplace: Sheffield, Massachusetts Father: Robert Foster Barnard 1784 – 1850 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts) Mother: Augusta Porter 1786 – 1833 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts) 1st Wife: Jane Elizabeth Brand 1822 – 1853 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts) 2nd Wife: Anna Eliza Hall 1828 – 1911 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts) Children: Robert Foster Barnard 1842 – 1844 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts) Augustus Porter Barnard 1847 – 1911 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts) William Frederick Barnard 1848 – 1863 (Buried: Unknown Burial Place) Robert Foster Barnard 1850 –...
James Barnes Born: December 28, 1806 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Benjamin Barnes 1726 – 1803 Mother: Deborah James 1755 – 1833 (Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts) Wife: Charlotte Adams Sanford 1808 – 1875 (Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts) Children: Emilie Julia Barnes Humphreys Unknown – 1890 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Susan Virginia Barnes Baker 1832 – 1915 (Buried: Rahway Cemetery, Rahway, New Jersey) Fleet Captain John Sanford Barnes 1836 – 1911 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Education: 1829: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th in class) Occupation before War: 1829: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th...
Joseph K. Barnes :us34stars: Born: July 21, 1817 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Judge Joseph Barnes 1779 – 1839 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Annie Dean 1785 – 1850 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wife: Mary Thurston Fauntleroy 1824 – 1912 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Dr. Joseph Dean Barnes 1841 – 1882 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Anna Fauntleroy Barnes Heath 1854 – 1899 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: Studied medicine at Harvard University Briefly 1838: Graduated University of Pennsylvania Medical School Occupation before War: Resident Physician at Blockley Hospital Visiting...
Henry Alanson Barnum :us34stars: Born: September 24, 1833 Birthplace: Jamesville, New York Father: Alanson Levi Barnum 1804 – 1849 Mother: Bethesba Pixley 1806 – 1848 1st Wife: Lievina King 1840 – 1863 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) 2nd Wife: Josephine Reynolds 1848 – 1876 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Children: Morgan King Barnum 1861 – 1919 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery New Albany Indiana) Major General Malvern Hill “Mal” Barnum 1863 – 1942 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point New York) Education: Attended Syracuse Institute Occupation before War: Teacher and Law Student Member of the New York State Bar Served in New York State Militia Civil War Career: 1861: Captain...
William Farquhar Barry :us34stars: Born: August 18, 1818 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: John M. Barry 1787 – 1833 Mother: Carolina Matilda Farquhar 1791 – 1870 Wife: Katherine W. McKnight 1823 – 1879 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Children: Elizabeth F. Barry 1841 – 1925 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Sarah McKnight “Sallie” Barry Howe 1842 – 1912 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Katherine Barry MacNutt 1850 – 1915 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Education: 1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (17th in class) Occupation before War: 1838: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th...
Joseph Jackson Bartlett :us34stars: Born: November 1, 1834 Birthplace: Binghamton, New York Father: Gunmaker Joseph Bartlett 1804 – 1889 (Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York) Mother: Deborah Cafferty 1812 – 1870 (Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York) Children: Bertha Bartlett Sherman 1875 – 1955 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Occupation before War: 1858 – 1861: Attorney in Binghamton, and Elmira, New York Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in 27th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Major of 27th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 27th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Led his men in the Virginia...
William Francis Bartlett :us34stars: Born: June 6, 1840 Birthplace: Haverhill, Massachusetts Father: Charles Leonard Bartlett 1802 – 1883 Mother: Harriet Dorothy Plummer 1805 – Wife: Mary Agnes Pomeroy 1841 – 1909 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Children: Agnes Bartlett Francis 1866 – 1938 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Carolyn F. Bartlett Kidd 1869 – 1944 (Buried: Old Red Church Cemetery, Tivoli, New York) Edwin Bartlett 1871 – 1918 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Robert Pomeroy Bartlett 1874 – 1903 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York) Edith Bartlett 1876 – 1959 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Education: 1858...
Henry Baxter :us34stars: Born: September 8, 1821 Birthplace: Sidney Plains, New York Father: Levi Benjamin Baxter 1788 – 1862 Mother: Lois Johnston 1792 – 1834 Wife: Elvira Ellen George 1830 – 1915 (Buried: Sunset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Michigan) Children: Jennie Baxter Inglis 1855 – 1939 (Buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) Carrie S. Baxter 1858 – 1894 (Buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) Lois Baxter Henderson 1866 – 1949 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Michigan) Edwin M. Baxter 1867 – 1868 (Buried: Sunset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Michigan) Occupation before War: 1849 – 1852: Participated in the California Gold Rush 1852 – 1861: Miller in Jonesville, Michigan Commander of Jonesville Light...
George Daishell Bayard Born: December 18, 1835 Birthplace: Seneca Falls, New York Father: Judge Samuel John Bayard 1801 – 1878 (Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey) Mother: Jane Ann Daishell 1810 – 1898 (Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (11th in class) Occupation before War: 1856 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment 1858: Served in the Utah Expedition 1860: Served in Kiowa and Comanche Expedition 1860: Wounded in face at Skirmish near Bent’s Ford 1861: Assistant Cavalry Instructor at West Point Military Academy Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain United States Army, 4th Cavalry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Colonel of...
George Lafayette Beal Born: May 21, 1825 Birthplace: Norway, Maine Father: Ezra Fluent Beal 1797 – 1871 (Buried: Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine) Mother: Mary Ann Bennett 1796 – 1874 (Buried: Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine) Wife: Belinda Deane Thompson 1827 – 1898 (Buried: Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine) Children: Elizabeth Bennett Beal 1852 – 1927 (Buried: Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine) Agnes Jeanette Beal 1858 – 1940 (Buried: Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine) Education: Attended Westbrook Seminary Occupation before War: Agent for Canadian Express Company Captain of Norway Light Infantry in Maine State Militia Civil War Career: 1861: Captain Company G, 1st Maine Infantry...
John W. Beatty Born: December 16, 1828 Birthplace: Sandusky, Ohio Father: James Beatty 1803 – 1852 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth Williams 1810 – 1841 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) Wife: Lucy Maria Tupper 1835 – 1918 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) Children: Ellen Beatty Henderson 1856 – 1929 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Caroline Denman Beatty Kling 1858 – 1925 (Buried: Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio) John Beatty 1862 – 1898 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) William Gurley Beatty 1865 – 1933 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) Hobart Beatty 1874 – 1894 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio) Lucy Tupper Beatty Joyce 1877 – 1955 (Buried...
Samuel Beatty Born: December 16, 1820 Birthplace: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Father: John Beatty 1783 – 1878 (Buried: Mudbrook Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) Mother: Christina Powell 1796 – 1892 (Buried: Mudbrook Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) Wife: Susan Val Lier Graham 1837 – 1881 (Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) Children: Mary Frances Beatty Cleveland 1865 – 1946 (Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) George Hamilton Beatty 1866 – 1867 (Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) Caroline Beatty 1869 – 1870 (Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) Occupation before War: 1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican – American War rising to Lt. Sheriff of Stark County, Ohio Civil War Career...
William Worth Belknap :us34stars: Born: September 22, 1829 Birthplace: Newburgh, New York Father: William Goldsmith Belknap 1794 – 1851 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) Mother: Anne Clark 1801 – 1858 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) 1st Wife: Cora Leroy 1837 – 1862 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) 2nd Wife: Caroline S. “Carita” Tomlinson 1836 – 1870 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) 3rd Wife: Amanda Tomlinson 1840 – 1916 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: William Goldsmith Belknap 1855 – 1874 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa) U.S. Congressman Hugh Reid Parker 1860 – 1901 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Alice Belknap Henry...
Henry Washington Benham :us34stars: Born: April 17, 1813 Birthplace: Meridan, Connecticut Father: Jared Benham Jr. 1780 – 1817 (Buried: Broad Street Cemetery, Meridan, Massachusetts) Mother: Rebecca Hill 1783 – 1857 (Buried: Broad Street Cemetery, Meridan, Massachusetts) Wife: Elizabeth Ann McNeil 1822 – 1915 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Henry McNeil Benham 1849 – 1851 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Major Henry Hill Benham 1856 – 1911 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st in class) Occupation before War: 1837 – 1838: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers 1838 – 1848: 1st Lt...
John Forbes Benjamin :us34stars: Born: January 23, 1817 Birthplace: Cicero, New York Father: Elijah C. Benjamin 1784 – 1863 Mother: Sally Forbes 1784 – 1841 Wife: Diana Hasbrouck 1814 – 1877 (Buried: Shelby Memorial Cemetery Shelbyville Missouri) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: 1848 – 1863: Attorney in Shelbyville, Missouri 1850 – 1852: Missouri State Representative 1856: Democratic Party Presidential Elector Civil War Career: Lt. Colonel of 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment 1863 – 1864: Brigadier General in Union Army Volunteers 1863 – 1864: Provost Marshal of Missouri Eighth District 1864: Missouri Delegate to Republican Party National Convention 1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from...
William Plummer Benton :us34stars: Born: December 25, 1828 Birthplace: New Market, Maryland Father: His father died when he was four months old 1st Wife: Sarah A. Wiggins – 1861 – (Died of Tuberculosis) 2nd Wife: Emma Adolphin Lenhart Children: Walter Benton Jessie Benton Mary Benton Occupation before War: Apprenticed to be a Cabinet maker in Cincinnati, Ohio 1846 – 1848: Served in Mexican – American War Attorney in Indiana 1852 – 1854: Wayne County Indiana District Attorney 1854 – 1856: Attorney in Wayne County, Indiana 1856 – 1858: Judge of the Common Pleas Court in Indiana Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in 8th Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 8th Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment...
Daniel Davidson Bidwell :us34stars: Born: August 12, 1819 Birthplace: Buffalo, New York Father: Benjamin Bidwell 1790 – 1862 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Mother: Jane Harvey 1791 – 1875 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Wife: Susan Crawford 1825 – 1851 Children: Frances Eliza Bidwell 1844 – 1892 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York) Occupation before War: Police Justice for the City of Buffalo, New York Leader of Company D, Buffalo City Guard, Independent Militia Civil War Career: 1861: Private in 65th New York State Militia 1861: Captain in 65th New York State Militia 1861 – 1864: Colonel of 49th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign...
Henry Warner Birge :us34stars: Born: August 25, 1825 Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut Father: Backus Warner Birge 1795 – 1832 Mother: Lucy Coit Ripley 1803 – 1867 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Wife: Eliza Meech 1827 – 1886 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minnesota) Children: William Bond Birge 1856 – 1933 (Buried: Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut) Alice Eliza Birge Souther 1866 – 1958 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) Edward Watson Birge 1867 – 1958 (Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York) Occupation before War: Merchant in Norwich, Connecticut Member of Governor of Connecticut’s Staff Civil War Career: 1861: Organizer of 4th Connecticut...
William Birney Born: May 28, 1819 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: Catherine “Kate” Hoffman 1825 – 1891 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Ulrich Hoffman Birney 1850 – 1880 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Arthur Alexis Birney 1852 – 1916 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Kathrine Birney Seip 1856 – 1936 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) William Verplanck Birney 1858 – 1909 (Cremated) Theodore Weld Birney 1864 – 1897 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)...
Ludwig “Louis” Blenker Born: May 12, 1812 Birthplace: Worms, Germany Father: Dieterich Blenker Wife: Elise Blenker 1824 – 1908 (Buried: Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, New York) Children: Bianca Blenker 1852 – 1919 (Buried: Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, New York) Education: Attended Polytechnical School in Munich, Bavaria Studied Medicine in Munich, Bavaria Occupation before War: 1832 – 1837: Served in Uhlan Regiment Owner of Wine Trading Business in Worms, Germany Colonel of Worms, Germany Militia Leader of Insurgent Corps in German Revolutionary Served in the fighting at Baden, Germany Immigrated to the United States from Germany Farmer and Businessman in Sparkill, New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 8th...
Henry Bohlen :us34stars: Born: October 22, 1810 Birthplace: Schiffdorf, Germany Father: Bohl Bohlen Luehrs 1754 – Mother: Johanna Magdalene Oswald Hahn 1770 - Wife: Sophie Eliza Borie 1813 – 1882 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Henry Bohl Bohlen 1834 – 1849 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Education: Attended one of the first military Colleges in Germany Occupation before War: Importer of foreign Wines and liquor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1846 – 1848: Volunteer Aide – de – camp during Mexican War After the Mexican War returning to be a Dealer in Philadelphia Traveled to Europe due to bad health of his son 1853 – 1856: Served as French Staff Officer...
James Bowen Born: February 25, 1808 Birthplace: New York City, New York 1st Wife: Eliza Livingston 1816 – 1872 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Dobbs Ferry, New York) 2nd Wife: Maria Josephine Oothout Unknown – 1877 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Dobbs Ferry, New York) 3rd Wife: Athenia Livingston 1825 – 1887 (Buried: Saint James Episcopal, Hyde Park, New York) Occupation before War: 1839 – 1840: Director of New York and Erie Railroad Company 1840 – 1841: Vice President & Treasurer New York & Erie Railroad Co. 1841: President Pro Tem of New York and Erie Railroad Company President of New York and Erie Railroad Company One of the First Police Commissioners in New York City, New York 1841 - 1862: President of the Police...

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