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Abram (Abraham) Sanders Piatt :us34stars: Born: May 2, 1821 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Father: Benjamin McCullough Piatt 1779 – 1863 (Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth Barnett 1780 – 1867 (Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio) 1st Wife: Hannah Ann Piatt 1823 – 1861 (Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery, West Liberty, Ohio) 2nd Wife: Emma Belle Murray 1873 – 1967 (Buried: Indian Soldiers Home Cemetery, Tippecanoe, Indiana) Children: Kentuck Ben Piatt 1841 – 1912 (Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery West Liberty Ohio) William McCoy Piatt 1846 – 1927 (Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery West Liberty Ohio) Mary Arabella Piatt Worthington 1850 – 1936 (Buried: Mac – a – creek Cemetery...
Samuel Bonneau Pickens :CSA1stNat: Born: July 13, 1839 Birthplace: Pendleton District, South Carolina Father: Thomas Jefferson Pickens 1808 – 1894 (Buried: Old Stone Church Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina) Mother: Kezia A. Miles 1810 – 1889 (Buried: Old Stone Church Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina) Wife: Anna P. Ingraham 1846 – 1920 (Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Lila Barksdale Pickens 1871 – 1942 (Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul, Charleston, South Carolina) Floride C. Pickens 1880 – 1952 (Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul, Charleston, South Carolina) Education: Graduated from South Carolina Military Academy Civil War...
William Pickering :us34stars: Born: March 15, 1798 Birthplace: Yorkshire, England Father: Matthew Pickering Mother: Mary Mawson Wife: Martha Flower 1800 – 1838 (Buried: Albion Cemetery, Albion, Illinois) Married: March 9, 1824 in Edwards County, Illinois Children: William Pickering Jr. 1827 – 1883 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington) Richard Pickering 1838 – 1919 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington) Political Party: Republican Party Religion: Episcopal Education: 1820: Graduated from Oxford University Occupation before War: Friend of Future President Abraham Lincoln. Businessman in Albion, Illinois 1842 – 1852: Illinois State Representative 1860: Illinois Delegate to Republican Party...
George Edward Pickett :CSA1stNat: George Pickett began his military career by attending the West Point Military Academy, he graduated last in his class of 59 cadets. He served in the U.S. Army in the Mexican-American War, and participated in the Pig War of 1859. When the Civil War began, he joined the Confederacy, and was promoted to brigadier general by January of 1862. He commanded a brigade that saw heavy action during the Peninsula Campaign. Pickett was promoted to major general later that year. Pickett is most frequently remembered for leading one of the divisions in the final, futile, bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Born: January 16, 1825 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Father...
LaSelle “Sallie” Corbell Pickett From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: May 16, 1843 Birthplace: Chuckatuck, Virginia Father: John David Corbell Sr. 1816 – 1895 (Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Suffolk City, Virginia) Mother: Elizabeth Mary Phillips 1825 – 1909 (Buried: Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Suffolk City, Virginia) Husband: Major General George Edward Pickett 1825 – 1875 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Married: September 15, 1863 at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Petersburg, VA. Children: Major George Edward Pickett Jr. 1864 – 1911 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) David Corbell Pickett 1866 – 1874 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: Attended Lynchburg...
Byron Root Pierce :us34stars: Born: September 20, 1829 Birthplace: East Bloomfield, New York Father: Silas Pierce 1801 – 1880 (Buried: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan) Mother: Mary Root 1801 – 1872 (Buried: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan) Wife: Abbie Evans 1837 – 1917 (Buried: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan) Occupation before War: Wool Businessman in New York 1856 – 1861: Dentist in Grand Rapids, Michigan Civil War Career: 1861: Captain, Company K, 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1861 – 1862: Major of 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Williamsburg...
◀ 13th President 15th President ▶ Franklin Pierce 14th President of United States of America :us34stars: Born: November 23, 1804 Birthplace: Hillsborough, New Hampshire Father: Governor Benjamin Pierce 1757 – 1839 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro, New Hampshire) Mother: Anna Kendrick 1768 – 1838 (Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro, New Hampshire) Wife: Jane Means Appleton 1806 – 1863 (Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire) Married: November 19, 1834 in Amherst, New Hampshire Children: Franklin Pierce Jr. 1836 – 1836 Frank Robert Pierce 1839 – 1843 (Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire) Benjamin “Bennie” Pierce 1841 – 1853 (Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire) Education...
Francis Harrison Pierpont :us34stars: Born: January 25, 1814 Birthplace: Pierpont Plantation Morgantown, Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Francis Harrison Pierpont Sr. 1784 – 1849 Mother: Catherine Weaver 1792 – 1839 1st Wife: Julia Augusta Robertson 1828 – 1886 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia) 2nd Wife: Mary Nelson Hollifield 1840 – 1896 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Samuel R. Pierpont 1855 – 1920 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia) Anna Pierpont Siviter 1858 – 1932 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia) Francis W. Pierpont 1860 – 1920 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia) Political Party: Republican Party Education...
Albert Pike Born: December 29, 1809 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Benjamin Pike 1780 – 1833 (Buried: Byfield Parish Cemetery, Byfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Sarah Andrews 1786 – Wife: Mary Ann Hamilton 1816 – 1876 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Children: Ben Desha Pike Unknown 1836 – 1836 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Albert Pike 1837 – 1837 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Luther Hamilton Pike 1838 – 1895 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Walter Lacy Pike 1840 – 1863 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Isadore Pike 1841 – 1869 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Lillian Pike Roome 1843 – 1919...
Frederick Augustus Pike: :us34stars: Born: December 9, 1816 Birthplace: Calais Massachusetts (Maine) Father: William Pike 1775 – 1818 (Buried: Calais Cemetery Calais Maine) Mother: Hannah Shepherd 1785 – 1854 (Buried: Calais Cemetery Calais Maine) Wife: Mary Hayden Green 1824 – 1908 (Buried: Calais Cemetery Calais Maine) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1837: Graduated from Bowdoin College Occupation before War: Attorney in Calais Maine 1852 – 1853: Mayor of Calais Maine 1858 – 1860: Maine State Representative 1860: Speaker of Maine State House of Representatives Civil War Career: 1861 – 1869: United States Congressman from Maine 1861 – 1867: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee 1863 – 1867: Chairman House State...
William Anderson Pile Born: February 11, 1829 Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Father: Jacob Pile 1785 – 1864 (Buried: Sargent Cemetery, Clayton, Illinois) Mother: Comfort Evangeline Williams 1788 – 1859 (Buried: Sargent Cemetery, Clayton, Illinois) Wife: Hannah Elizabeth Cain 1833 – 1913 (Buried: Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, California) Children: Louisa P. Pile Little 1852 – 1909 (Buried: Cremated) Albert Hatten Pile 1854 – 1896 (Buried: Cremated remains in possession of Theosophical Society) Alice C. Pile Ludlam 1856 – 1901 (Buried: Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, California) William Emmet Pile 1860 – 1929 (Buried: Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, California) Occupation before War: Methodist Minister in Missouri...
Gideon Johnson Pillow Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: June 8, 1806 Birthplace: Williamson County, Tennessee Father: Gideon Johnson Pillow Sr. 1771 – 1830 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee) Mother: Ann Payne Pillow 1777 – 1864 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee) 1st Wife: Mary Martin Pillow 1812 – 1869 (Buried: Saint John's Church, Ashwood, Tennessee) 2nd Wife: Mary Eliza Dickson Pillow 1846 – 1913 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Amanda Pillow Brown Unknown – 1901 (Buried: Saint John’s Church, Ashwood, Tennessee) William Carole Pillow 1832 – 1832 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee) George M. Pillow 1839 – 1872 (Buried: Saint John's Church, Ashwood...
Lucius Pinckney Pinckard :CSA1stNat: Born: August 4, 1841 Birthplace: Macon County, Alabama Father: William Pinckard 1806 – 1843 (Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama) Mother: Sarah Spratling Calloway 1807 – 1878 (Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama) Wife: Frances Louise Graves 1843 – 1909 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Frances Louise “Fannie” Pinckard Magbee 1865 – 1948 William Graves Pinckard 1868 – 1908 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Lillian Pinckard 1871 – 1938 Katherine Helen “Kate” Pinckard Billingsley 1872 – 1936 Ruth Sarah Pinckard Ewing 1874 – 1938 Thomas Howard Pinckard 1878 – 1895 Lucius Pinckard 1879 – Education: 1861: Student at University of...
Roger Pinckney Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 26, 1841 Birthplace: Cordesville, South Carolina Father: Dr. Hopson Pinckney Sr. 1813 – 1891 (Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul, Charleston, South Carolina) Mother: Louisa Maria Gaillard 1814 – 1854 (Buried: Saint Peters Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina) 1st Wife: Adele L'Artigue 1856 – 1899 (Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina) 2nd Wife: Lenora Caroline "Nora" Guerard 1856 – 1925 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Elizabeth Pinckney Pettyjohn 1874 – 1900 (Buried: Stoney Creek Cemetery, Sheldon, South Carolina) Adele Cornelia Pinckney Leak 1875 – 1927 (Buried: Eastside Cemetery, Rockingham, North...
Richard Alexander Pinson :CSA1stNat: Born: April 26, 1829 Birthplace: Lincoln County, Tennessee Father: Joel Pinson 1786 – 1852 (Buried: Pontotoc City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Mississippi) Mother: Elizabeth Dobbins 1794 – 1841 (Buried: Pontotoc City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Mississippi) Wife: Sina Duke 1837 – 1936 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Occupation before War: Merchant in Pontotoc County, Mississippi 1858 – 1860: Mississippi State Representative Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain Company K, 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment Wounded twice during the war and recommended for General 1865: Captured during the Battle of Selma, Alabama 1865: Paroled by the...
Thomas Gamble Pitcher :us34stars: Born: October 23, 1824 Birthplace: Rockport, Illinois Father: Judge John Pitcher 1794 – 1892 (Buried: North Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana) Mother: Elizabeth Gamble 1795 – 1829 (Buried: North Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana) Wife: Mary J. Bradley 1832 – 1894 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Colonel William Lewis Pitcher 1852 – 1930 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Lt. Colonel John Pitcher 1854 – 1926 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (40th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment...
Tobias Avery Plants :us34stars: Born: March 17, 1811 Birthplace: Sewickley, Pennsylvania Wife: Sarah A. Parker 1823 – 1852 (Buried: Miles Cemetery, Rutland, Ohio) Married: December 23, 1842 in Ohio Children: Mary Catherine Plants 1847 – 1851 (Buried: Miles Cemetery, Rutland, Ohio) Political Party: Republican Party Education: Attended Beaver College Studied law with Edwin M. Stanton in office of Judge David Powell. Occupation before War: School Teacher in Steubenville, Ohio 1846 – 1865: Attorney in Pomeroy, Ohio 1858 – 1861: Ohio State Representative Owner and Publisher of Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph Newspaper Civil War Career: 1865 – 1869: United States Congressman from Ohio 1865 – 1869: Member of House Mileage Committee...
Samuel Thomas Player :CSA1stNat: Born: 1817 Birthplace: Georgia Father: Thomas Fleetwood 1770 – Mother: Nancy Ann Fleetwood 1775 – Wife: Nancy Ann Freeman 1826 – 1895 (Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia) Children: Leroy Harris Player 1845 – 1889 (Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia) Laura C. Player Walker 1850 – 1936 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia) Nancy Ann Player Bloodworth 1851 – 1917 (Buried: Fredonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia) William James Player 1853 – 1912 (Buried: Irwinton Masonic Cemetery, Wilkinson County, Georgia) Minnie Lee Player Bennett 1862 – 1931 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Occupation before War: Born Samuel Thomas...
Alfred Pleasonton :us34stars: Born: July 7, 1824 Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Father: U.S. Government Auditor Stephen Pleasonton 1776 – 1855 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Mary Hopkins 1783 – 1851 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: 1844: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (7th in class) Occupation before War: 1844 – 1845: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons 1844 – 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Atkinson, Iowa 1845 – 1849: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Dragoons 1846: Served in the Battle of Palo Alto, Mexico 1846: Served in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, Mexico 1846: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry in two battles mentioned above 1848 – 1849...
Joseph Bennett Plummer :us34stars: Born: November 15, 1816 Birthplace: Barre, Massachusetts Father: Alpheus Plummer 1774 – 1844 (Buried: Lincoln Cemetery, Barre, Massachusetts) Mother: Lydia Lee 1777 – 1849 (Buried: Lincoln Cemetery, Barre, Massachusetts) Wife: Frances Hagner Clark 1824 – 1900 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Captain Satterlee Clark Plummer 1844 – 1881 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (22nd in class) Occupation before War: 1841 – 1848: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment 1841 – 1843: Garrison Duty at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin 1843 – 1844: Garrison Duty at Fort Crawford...
Thomas Poage :CSA1stNat: Born: January 1, 1825 Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia Father: William Poage 1781 – 1855 (Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia) Mother: Margaret Allen 1794 – 1864 (Buried: Newbern Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia) Wife: Mary A. Vermillion 1833 – 1908 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Children: Thomas Boyd Poage 1854 – 1874 (Buried: Newbern Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia) Ella Poage Brown 1857 – 1922 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Waller Staples Poage 1859 – 1928 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Robert Lee Poage 1860 – 1920 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Occupation before War: Attorney in Pulaski County, Virginia...
Eleanor Carroll Brent Poe :us34stars: Born: August 26, 1843 Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Father: Thomas Lee Brent 1813 – 1858 (Buried: Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) Mother: Jane Duncan Wilkins 1824 – 1908 Husband: Brig. General Orlando Metcalfe Poe 1832 – 1895 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Married: June 17, 1861 in Detroit, Michigan Children: Charles Carroll Poe 1863 – 1895 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Winifred Lee Poe Fitzhugh 1866 – 1891 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Orlando Warner Poe 1876 – 1889 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Died: February 16, 1922 Place of Death...
Orlando Metcalfe Poe :us34stars: Born: March 7, 1832 Birthplace: Navarre, Ohio Father: Charles Poe 1807 – 1852 Mother: Susannah Warner 1818 – 1881 (Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio) Wife: Eleanor Carroll Brent 1843 – 1922 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Charles Carroll Poe 1863 – 1895 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Winifred Lee Poe Fitzhugh 1866 – 1891 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Orlando Warner Poe 1876 – 1889 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (6th in class) Occupation before War: 1856: Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Topographical...
Frances Ann Devereux Polk :CSA1stNat: Born: 1810 Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina Father: John Devereux 1761 – 1844 (Buried: City Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Mother: Frances Pollock 1771 – 1849 (Buried: City Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Husband: Bishop Lt. General Leonidas Polk 1806 – 1864 (Buried: Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana) Married: May 6, 1830 in Raleigh, North Carolina Children: Alexander Hamilton Polk 1831 – 1872 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Frances Devereux Polk Skipwith 1835 – 1884 (Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi) Katherine Polk Gale 1838 – 1916 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Sarah Hawkins Polk Blake 1840 – 1926...
Leonidas Polk :CSA1stNat: Born: April 10, 1806 Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina Father: Colonel William Polk 1758 – 1834 (Buried: City Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Mother: Sarah Hawkins 1784 – 1843 (Buried: City Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Wife: Frances Ann Deveraux 1810 – 1875 (Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Married: May 4, 1830 in Raleigh, North Carolina Children: Alexander Hamilton Polk 1831 – 1872 (Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut) Frances Deveraux Polk Skipwith 1835 – 1884 (Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi) Katherine Polk Gale 1838 – 1916 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Sarah Hawkins Polk Blake 1840 – 1926...
Leonidas Lafayette Polk: :CSA1stNat: Born: April 24, 1837 Birthplace: Anson County North Carolina Father: Andrew Polk 1792 – 1850 (Buried: Caraway Cemetery Wadesboro North Carolina) Mother: Serena Autry 1811 – 1853 (Buried: Caraway Cemetery Wadesboro North Carolina) Wife: Sarah Pamela "Sallie" Gaddy 1840 – 1901 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina) Children: Lula Polk Harris 1858 – 1882 (Buried: Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Concord North Carolina) Juanita Polk Denmark 1861 – 1929 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina) Mary Catherine Polk Browder 1865 – 1887 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina) Ina Estelle Polk 1868 – 1888 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina) Carrie Polk Browder 1870...
Lucius Eugene Polk :CSA1stNat: Born: July 10, 1833 Birth Place: Salisbury, North Carolina Father: William Julius Polk 1793 – 1860 (Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee) Mother: Mary Rebecca Long 1797 – 1885 (Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee) Wife: Sally Moore 1844 – 1925 (Married: 1863) (Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee) Children: Rufus King Polk 1866 – 1902 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Pennsylvania) Captain Lucius Eugene Polk Jr. 1870 – 1904 (Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee) William J. Polk 1875 – 1956 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee) Charles M. Polk 1878 – 1959 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis...
Sarah Childress Polk First Lady of the United States From A to Z - Women Born: September 4, 1803 Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Father: Joel Childress 1777 – 1819 (Buried: Cannonsburgh Village Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Mother: Elizabeth Whitsett 1780 – 1863 (Buried: Cannonsburgh Village Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Husband: President James K. Polk 1795 – 1849 (Buried: Tennessee State Capitol and Buildings, Nashville, Tennessee) Married: January 1, 1824 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Adopted Children: Sarah “Sallie” Polk Jetton Fall 1847 – 1924 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Education: Attended Moravian Female Academy in Salem, North Carolina Life before War: 1824 – 1849: Wife of...
Trusten Polk :CSA1stNat: Born: May 29, 1811 Birthplace: Bridgeville, Delaware Father: William Nutter Polk 1786 – 1835 (Buried: Bridgeville Cemetery, Bridgeville, Delaware) Mother: Levina Causey 1791 – 1825 (Buried: Bridgeville Cemetery, Bridgeville, Delaware) Wife: Elizabeth Newberry Skinner 1819 – 1896 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Children: Anna Polk Causey 1839 – 1911 (Buried: Milford Community Cemetery, Old Milford, Delaware) Mary Polk Draper 1842 – 1932 (Buried: Old Swedes Churchyard, Wilmington, Delaware) Cornelia Bredell Polk Drake 1844 – 1895 (Buried: Yalaha Cemetery, Yalaha, Florida) Elizabeth Polk McPheeters 1852 – 1934 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Political...
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy :us34stars: Born: January 3, 1816 Birthplace: Southampton, Massachusetts Father: Samuel Pomeroy 1773 – 1854 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Southampton, Massachusetts) Mother: Dorcas Burt 1773 – 1855 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Southampton, Massachusetts) Wife: Lucy Ann Gaylord 1818 – 1863 (Buried: West Cemetery, Otisco, New York) Wife: Stanwood Mann Whiting Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1836 – 1838: Attended Amherst College Occupation before War: 1838 – 1842: School Teacher in New York 1852 – 1853: Massachusetts State Representative Organizer and Financial Agent for New England Emigrant Aid, Co. Owner of Freedom’s Champion Newspaper 1858 – 1859: Mayor of Atchison, Kansas 1859: Member of...
Theodore Medad Pomeroy Sr.: :us34stars: Born: December 31, 1824 Birthplace: Cayuga New York Father: Rev. Medad Pomeroy 1792 – 1867 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn New York) Mother: Lilly Maxwell 1794 – 1857 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn New York) Wife: Elizabeth Leitch Watson 1834 – 1892 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn New York) Children: Janet Watson Pomeroy 1858 – 1882 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn New York) Lillias Pomeroy Avery 1860 – 1933 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn New York) Josephine Pomeroy Herrick 1864 – 1938 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery Cleveland Ohio) Robert Watson Pomeroy 1868 – 1935 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn New York) Theodore Medad Pomeroy Jr. 1875 – 1940 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn...
Curran Pope Born: July 30, 1813 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Father: Worden Pope 1776 – 1838 (Buried: Western Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Mother: Elizabeth Taylor Thruston 1786 – 1838 (Buried: Western Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Wife: Matilda Prather Jacob 1815 – 1880 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Children: John Jacob Pope 1840 – 1858 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Patrick H. Pope 1842 – 1863 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Mary Tyler Pope 1848 – 1906 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Education: 1834: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (11th in class) Occupation before War: 1834: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd...
John Pope Born: March 16, 1822 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Father: Judge Nathaniel Pope 1784 – 1850 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Mother: Lucretia Backus 1787 – 1867 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Wife: Clara Pomeroy Horton 1834 – 1888 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Married: September 15, 1859 in Meigs, Ohio Children: Horton Pope 1864 – 1953 (Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado) Brig. General Francis Horton Pope 1876 – 1971 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (17th in class) Occupation before War: 1842 – 1846: Brevet, 2nd Lt. United States Army...
Albert Gallatin Porter :us34stars: Born: April 20, 1824 Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana Father: Captain Thomas Porter 1789 – 1854 Mother: Miranda “Mira” Tousey 1803 – 1840 1st Wife: Minerva Virginia Brown 1824 – 1875 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Married: November 20, 1846 2nd Wife: Cornelia Stone 1834 – 1885 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Married: January 5, 1881 Children: Albert B. Porter 1864 – 1909 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Political Party: Until – 1856: Member of Democratic Party 1856 – 1897: Member of Republican Party Education: Attended Preparatory Department of Hanover College in Indiana. 1843: Graduated from Indiana Asbury University...
Andrew Porter :us34stars: Born: July 10, 1820 Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Father: Governor George Bryan Porter 1791 – 1834 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) Mother: Sarah Humes 1796 – 1870 Wife: Margaretta Falconer Biddle 1825 – 1913 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) Children: Major John Biddle Porter 1858 – 1915 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) Education: 1836 – 1837: Attended West Point Military Academy Occupation before War: 1846 – 1847: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Mounted Rifles 1847 – 1861: Captain United States Army 1st Mounted Rifles Brevetted to the Rank of Major and Lt. Colonel in United States Army Fought a duel against future CSA Brig. General James J. Archer...
Fitz John Porter :us34stars: Born: August 31, 1822 Birthplace: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Father: Captain John Porter 1793 – 1831 Mother: Eliza Chauncy Clark Wife: Harriet Pierson Cook 1835 – 1924 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Holbrook Fitz John Porter Unknown – 1939 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Evelina Porter Doggett 1865 – 1952 (Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut) Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1845 – 1846: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia 1846 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1847: Served in the...
John Porterfield :CSA1stNat: Born: August 21, 1819 Birthplace: Fayetteville, Tennessee Father: Francis Porterfield - 1785 - 1833 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Mother: Malinda Morgan - 1795 - 1867 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Wife: Mary Eliza Shapard - 1826- 1898 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Marjorie Porterfield Taylor 1847 - 1927 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Kentucky) Susie Porterfield Spurr 1849 - 1932 (Buried: Mount Oliver Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Jonnie Porterfield 1858 - 1940 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) William S. Porterfield 1861 - 1929 (Buried: Graham Cemetery, Orange, Virginia) Ellen...
Carnot Posey :CSA1stNat: Born: August 5, 1818 Birthplace: Wilkinson County, Mississippi Father: John Brooks Posey 1784 – 1838 Mother: Elizabeth Screven 1788 – 1848 Wife: Jane White 1827 – 1892 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Mississippi) Children: Stanhope Posey 1841 – 1893 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Mississippi) John T. Posey 1852 – 1883 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Mississippi) Mason E. Sanders Posey 1854 – 1900 (Buried: A. R. Dyche Memorial Park, London, Kentucky) Ellen A. Posey 1855 – 1913 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Mississippi) Elizabeth Posey 1858 – 1914 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Mississippi) Carnot Posey Jr. 1859 – 1883 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City...
Charles Debrille Poston :us34stars: Born: April 20, 1825 Birthplace: Elizabethtown, Kentucky Father: Temple Poston 1788 – 1864 (Buried: Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky) Mother: Judith Dibrille 1792 – 1837 (Buried: Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky) Wife: Margaret J. Haycraft 1828 – 1884 (Buried: Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky) Married: September 1848 Wife: Martha “Mattie” Tucker Married: July 27, 1885 – Shortly Separated Children: Sarah Lee Poston Pope 1849 – 1902 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Clerk in Hardin County, Kentucky County Clerk’s Office. Clerk for the...
Edward Elmer Potter :us34stars: Born: June 21, 1823 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Ellis Potter 1779 – 1828 Mother: Elizabeth Elmer 1785 – 1860 Education: 1842: Graduated from Columbia College Occupation before War: Participated in the California Gold Rush Farmer in New York Civil War Career: 1862: Captain in Union Army Commissary Department 1862: Served under Burnside in North Carolina Expedition 1862: Lt. Colonel of 1st North Carolina Union Infantry Regiment 1862: Colonel of 1st North Carolina Union Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers Served with the Union Army Department of Ohio Served on Inspection Duty with the Union Army of the Ohio Served with General Foster...

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