Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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John Quincy Marr (1825-1861) —
also known as John Q. Marr —
of Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., May 27,
1825.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Fauquier County, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed by gunshot
in the early Civil War skirmish at Fairfax Court House,
Fairfax County (now Fairfax),
Va., June 1,
1861 (age 36 years, 5
days). He was the first
Confederate officer to be killed in the war.
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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John N. Hughes (1831-1861) —
of Randolph
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in 1831.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Randolph & Tucker counties,
1861.
While serving as a civilian volunteer messenger for Confederate
troops, he was mistakenly shot and
killed during the Battle of Rich Mountain, Randolph
County, Va (now W.Va.), July 11,
1861 (age about 30
years).
Interment at Beverly
Cemetery, Beverly, W.Va.
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Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) —
also known as Francis S. Bartow —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
6, 1816.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed by rifle
shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during the
first battle of Manassas,
Va., July 21,
1861 (age 44 years, 318
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,
April
18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter of John
Macpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of Theodosia
Bartow (who married Aaron
Burr). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd
family of New York; Burr-Alston-Wilson-Ballard
family of Charleston, South Carolina; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut; Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr
family of New York; Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle
family of Pennsylvania; Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Bartow County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Bartow,
Florida, is named for
him. — The town
of Bartow,
Georgia, is named for
him. — The community
of Bartow,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — Bartow Elementary
School (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), in Savannah,
Georgia, was formerly named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's
Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's
Creek Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment
at Springfield
National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate, 1850; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Killed in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's
Creek Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment
at Springfield
National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married, April
27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. |
| | | Baker County,
Ore. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Baker
City, Oregon, is named for
him. — Fort
Baker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed Fort
Baker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate National Recreation
Area), in Marin
County, California, is named for
him. — Baker Street,
in San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Josiah McNair Anderson (1807-1861) —
also known as Josiah M. Anderson —
of Fairview, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born near Pikeville, Bledsoe
County, Tenn., November
29, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-37; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-49; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1843-45, 1847-49; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1849-51.
Slaveowner.
Just after having made a secession speech,
was stabbed
and killed, Looneys Creek, Marion
County, Tenn., November
8, 1861 (age 53 years, 344
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sequatchie County, Tenn.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at
the battle of Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Alfred Robb (d. 1862) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded in the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
and died soon after, in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1862.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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George W. Johnson (1811-1862) —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in 1811.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Confederate Governor of
Kentucky, 1861-62.
Shot
during a Civil War battle, and died soon after, 1862
(age about
51 years).
Interment somewhere
in Georgetown, Ky.
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Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) —
also known as Felix K. Zollicoffer —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Bigbyville, Maury
County, Tenn., May 19,
1812.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1849; fought a pistol duel
with rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Shot
and killed in a Civil War battle near Mill Springs, Wayne
County, Ky., January
19, 1862 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Zollicoffer
Park Cemetery, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky.
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Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) —
also known as Ben McCulloch —
of Texas.
Born November
11, 1811.
Member of Texas
Republic Congress, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Killed in the Civil War at Pea Ridge, Benton
County, Ark., March 7,
1862 (age 50 years, 116
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., February
2, 1803.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in the
Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; wounded in a duel
with Texas Gen. Felix Huston, Februay 7, 1837; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed while leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh,
Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 59 years, 63
days). He was the highest-ranking officer on either side killed
during the war.
Original interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue at South Mall, University of Texas, Austin, Tex.
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Clark L. Owen (1808-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Shelby
County, Ky., 1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Matagorda, Jackson and Victoria,
1841-42; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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W. H. L. Wallace (d. 1862) —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed while leading troops at the Civil War battle of
Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, La Salle County, Ill.
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Barton Samuel Kyle (1825-1862) —
also known as Barton S. Kyle —
of Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Miami
County, Ohio, April 7,
1825.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 36 years, 364
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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Adley Hogan Gladden (1810-1862) —
also known as A. H. Gladden —
of Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in 1810.
Whig. Postmaster at Columbia,
S.C., 1841-45; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and died a few days later, April
12, 1862 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Louis Powell Harvey (1820-1862) —
also known as Louis P. Harvey —
of Shopiere, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 22,
1820.
Republican. Delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1854-58; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1860-62; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1862; died in office 1862.
While on a trip to inspect Wisconsin troops after the battle of
Shiloh, during the Civil War, fell off a
boat and drowned
in the Tennessee River, near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April
19, 1862 (age 41 years, 271
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Robert Eden Scott (1808-1862) —
also known as Robert E. Scott —
of Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., April
23, 1808.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1835-42, 1845-52; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Fauquier County, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Shot
and killed, in a Civil War skirmish with a band of Union
deserters, in Fauquier
County, Va., May 3,
1862 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.
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George Taliaferro Ward (c.1810-1862) —
also known as George T. Ward —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., about 1810.
Whig. Member
Florida territorial council, 1833-34; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1852; delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
candidate for Senator
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Shot
and killed while leading his regiment in the Civil War battle
at Williamsburg,
Va., May 5,
1862 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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William High Keim (1813-1862) —
also known as William H. Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born near Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 13,
1813.
Mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1848-49; defeated (Whig), 1847; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1858-59; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in the military service at Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 18,
1862 (age 48 years, 339
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Robert Hopkins Hatton (1826-1862) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, November
2, 1826.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1859-61; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in the Battle of Seven Pines, near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., May 31,
1862 (age 35 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn.
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Sydenham Moore (1817-1862) —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 25,
1817.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1855; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines,
Virginia, May 31,
1862 (age 45 years, 6
days).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Georgia; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil War battle at Garnett's Farm,
Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Samuel Watson Black (1816-1862) —
also known as Samuel W. Black —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
3, 1816.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1852; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-59; Governor
of Nebraska Territory, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed in battle at Gaines Mill (now part of Mechanicsville),
Hanover
County, Va., June 27,
1862 (age 45 years, 297
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Stephen Fowler Hale (1816-1862) —
of Alabama.
Born in Crittenden
County, Ark., January
31, 1816.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1843, 1857-61; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1853; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded during the battle of Seven Pines, and died at
Richmond,
Va., July 18,
1862 (age 46 years, 168
days).
Interment at Mesopotamia
Cemetery, Eutaw, Ala.
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John Taylor Hughes (1817-1862) —
of Missouri.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., July 25,
1817.
Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1854; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
While leading his troops, was killed in battle at
Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., August
11, 1862 (age 45 years, 17
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) —
also known as Isaac I. Stevens —
of Washington.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March
25, 1818.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1853-57; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed at the Civil War battle of Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 44 years, 160
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument at Ox Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.
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Relatives:
Cousin *** of Charles
Abbot Stevens and Moses
Tyler Stevens. |
| | | Political family: Stevens-Woodhull
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Stevens counties in Minn. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Stevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now a state
park) in Warrenton,
Oregon, was named for
him. — Fort
Stevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now a park)
in Washington,
D.C., was named for
him. — The city
(and lake)
of Lake
Stevens, Washington, is named for
him. — The town
of Stevensville,
Montana, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(6,838 feet), in Shoshone
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Stevens Peak
(5,372 feet), in Bingham
County, Idaho, is named for
him. — Upper Stevens Lake,
and Lower Stevens Lake,
in Shoshone
County, Idaho, are named for
him. — The Stevens Hall dormitory,
at Washington State University,
Pullman,
Washington, is named for
him. — Isaac I. Stevens Elementary
School (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Middle
School, in Port
Angeles, Washington, is named for
him. — Stevens Junior
High School (now Middle School), in Pasco,
Washington, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of
his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous
heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his
command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the
battle of Chantilly, Va." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:
Joseph Taylor Hazard, Companion
of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of
Washington |
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John Hugh Means (1812-1862) —
of Buckhead, Fairfield District (now Old Buckhead, Fairfield
County), S.C.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., August
18, 1812.
Planter;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1850-52; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Fairfield, 1860-62;
died in office 1862; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Mortally wounded in the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second
Manassas), and died a few days later, in Prince
William County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 50 years, 14
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Fairfield County, S.C.; cenotaph
at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead (1822-1862) —
also known as Thornton F. Brodhead —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in South Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
22, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Michigan
state senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1852;
postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1853-57; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Gravely injured in the Second Battle of Bull Run, and died
soon after in Alexandria,
Va., September
2, 1862 (age 39 years, 345
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George Watson Pratt (1830-1862) —
also known as George W. Pratt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Prattsville, Greene
County, N.Y., April
18, 1830.
Leather
manufacturer; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,
and died as a result, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
11, 1862 (age 32 years, 146
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Basil Lamar (1812-1862) —
also known as John B. Lamar —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
5, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally wounded in the battle at Cramptons Gap, Frederick
County (part now in Washington
County), Md., and died the following day, September
15, 1862 (age 49 years, 314
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862) —
also known as Lawrence O'B. Branch —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., November
28, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1855-61; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in the battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Washington
County, Md., September
17, 1862 (age 41 years, 293
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Allison Nelson (1822-1862) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born in Fulton
County, Ga., March
11, 1822.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1849-53; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1855; resigned 1855; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1860; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died, a war casualty, near Austin, Lonoke
County, Ark., October
7, 1862 (age 40 years, 210
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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James Streshly Jackson (1823-1862) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., September
27, 1823.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed by rifle
shot in the Battle of Perryville, Boyle
County, Ky., October
8, 1862 (age 39 years, 11
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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William Sydney Wilson (1816-1862) —
of Port Gibson, Claiborne
County, Miss.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., November
7, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1858-59, 1860-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1860;
Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg on September 17,
1862, and died November
3, 1862 (age 45 years, 361
days).
Interment at Makemie
Memorial Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) —
also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb —
of Georgia.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., April
10, 1823.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford
County, Va., December
13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862) —
of Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., August
1, 1814.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, he was shot in
the spine, mortally wounded, and died two days later, in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
15, 1862 (age 48 years, 136
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 9,
1809.
Democrat. Banker; cotton
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil
War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in
Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., December
23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer;
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad
promoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas B. Monroe Jr. (died c.1863) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1859-61; major in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed in the Confederate service during the Civil War, about
1863.
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah Gale (1828-1863) —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in 1828.
Democrat. Postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1858-61.
Died in the military service, 1863
(age about
35 years).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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John M. Wimer (1810-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., May 8,
1810.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1843-44, 1857-58; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1845-49; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Killed in action at Hartville, Wright
County, Mo., January
11, 1863 (age 52 years, 248
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in St. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near
Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
14, 1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Robert Lafayette Crawford (1825-1863) —
of Lancaster, Lancaster District (now Lancaster
County), S.C.
Born in Lancaster
County, S.C., 1825.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Lancaster, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed at Suffolk,
Va., April
20, 1863 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Old
First Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Lancaster, S.C.
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H. G. Berry (1824-1863) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born August
27, 1824.
Democrat. Mayor
of Rockland, Maine, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Killed in battle at Chancellorville, Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 3,
1863 (age 38 years, 249
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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Randal William McGavock (1826-1863) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
10, 1826.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed in battle near Raymond, Hinds
County, Miss., May 12,
1863 (age 36 years, 275
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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William Barksdale (1821-1863) —
of Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., August
21, 1821.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1853-61 (at-large 1853-55, 3rd
District 1855-61); general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in battle at Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., July 2,
1863 (age 41 years, 315
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) —
of Shandaken, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
16, 1813.
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1847-49; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1854-55; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded by gunshot
in battle, and died the next day, at Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., July 4,
1863 (age 50 years, 138
days).
Interment at Washington
Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Langdon Cheves Jr. (1814-1863) —
Born in Pennsylvania, 1814.
Engineer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Peter's, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Hit by a shell,
and killed, while defending the Confederate-held battery on
Morris Island, Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 10,
1863 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) —
also known as J. Johnston Pettigrew —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tyrrell
County, N.C., July 4,
1828.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, and died soon
after at Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., July 17,
1863 (age 35 years, 13
days).
Original interment somewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 at Pettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C.
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Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (1822-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., February
8, 1822.
Member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died, apparently of malaria
contracted while while defending Vicksburg, in Bladon Springs,
Choctaw
County, Ala., September
3, 1863 (age 41 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Lierbyen, Norway,
December
21, 1829.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsin
state prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Suffered wounds in battle, and died the next day, at
Chickamauga, Walker
County, Ga., September
20, 1863 (age 33 years, 273
days).
Interment at Norway
Lutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Madison, Wis.
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Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863) —
also known as Ben Hardin Helm —
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., June 2,
1831.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-56; declined appointment as
paymaster of the Union Army; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Shot
during the Battle of Chickamauga, and died soon after,
Chickamauga, Walker
County, Ga., September
21, 1863 (age 32 years, 111
days).
Interment at Helm Cemetery, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky.
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Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863) —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., September
9, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1853-61; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally wounded in a cavalry fight before the Battle of
Bristoe Station, and died while a
prisoner of war, at Alexandria,
Va., October
13, 1863 (age 43 years, 34
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Franklin County, N.C.
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Francis M. Rotch (c.1822-1863) —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born about 1822.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Contracted an unspecified
disease while with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil
War, and died from it about a year later, in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Hillington
Cemetery, Morris, N.Y.
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Henry Marchmore Shaw (1819-1864) —
also known as Henry M. Shaw —
of Indiantown (now Shawboro), Currituck
County, N.C.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
20, 1819.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1853-55,
1857-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
While assembling with other Confederate troops for an expedition, he
was shot and
killed, near New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
1, 1864 (age 44 years, 73
days).
Interment at Shawboro
Cemetery, Shawboro, N.C.
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Franklin Gaillard (1829-1864) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pineville, Berkeley
County, S.C., April
26, 1829.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in the Battle of the Wilderness, in Orange
County, Va., May 6,
1864 (age 35 years, 10
days).
Interment at Confederate
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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James Samuel Wadsworth (1807-1864) —
also known as James S. Wadsworth —
of New York.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., October
30, 1807.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
New York, 1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died of wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness, in Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 8,
1864 (age 56 years, 191
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wadsworth and Naomi (Wolcott) Wadsworth; married, May 11,
1834, to Mary Craig Wharton; father of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth and James
Wolcott Wadsworth; grandfather of James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; great-grandson of Erastus
Wolcott; great-grandfather of James
Jermiah Wadsworth; great-grandnephew of Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); second great-grandfather of James
Wadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed of Edward
Oliver Wolcott; first cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of John
William Allen, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Eli
Coe Birdsey (1799-1843), George
Harrison Hall and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Daniel
Pitkin, Eli
Coe Birdsey (1843-1929), Lawson
Wooding Hall and Selden
Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; fourth cousin of Morris
Woodruff, Elisha
Hunt Allen and George
Washington Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Theodore
Dwight, Timothy
Pitkin, Charles
Robert Sherman, Edmund
Holcomb, George
Catlin Woodruff, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, William
Chapman Williston, William
Fessenden Allen, Alfred
Clark Chapin, Franklin
Darius Hale, Adrian
Rowe Wadsworth, Sr., Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Clarence
Seymour Wadsworth. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Pinckney Brown (1823-1864) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, May, 1823.
School
teacher; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. James, Goose
Creek, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in battle at Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield
County, Va., May 14,
1864 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
10, 1830.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1857-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally wounded in the Battle of Cloyds Mountain, and died
near Dublin, Pulaski
County, Va., May 21,
1864 (age 33 years, 193
days).
Original interment at New
Dublin Presbyterian Cemetery, Dublin, Va.; reinterment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Henry Clark Gilbert (1818-1864) —
also known as Henry C. Gilbert —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Salina (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 14,
1818.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1849; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1852;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, and died
nine days later at the Military Hospital,
Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 24,
1864 (age 45 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) —
also known as Peter A. Porter —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo), Erie
County, N.Y., July 17,
1827.
Member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Killed by enemy gunshot
while leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor, Hanover
County, Va., June 3,
1864 (age 36 years, 322
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter
Buell Porter and Letitia Preston (Breckinridge) Porter; married,
March
30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter of John
Breckinridge); married, November
9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., John
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Frederick
Dent Grant, Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr. and Earle
Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin of John
William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop and Abel
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Scudder, Asa H.
Otis and Alvred
Bayard Nettleton; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Frederick Webster, Lovel
Davis Parmelee and Theron
Ephron Catlin; fourth cousin of Ebenezer
Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Lancelot
Phelps, Theodore
Davenport, Abijah
Blodget and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
H. Huntington, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Abiel
Case, Samuel
George Andrews, Harrison
Blodget, John
Hall Brockway, Jairus
Case, Lorenzo
Burrows, Norman
A. Phelps, Anson
Levi Holcomb, George
Smith Catlin, Waitman
Thomas Willey, Lyman
Trumbull, William
Dean Kellogg, John
Smith Phelps, William
Gleason Jr., Almon
Case, James
Phelps, Robert
Coit Jr., Samuel
Lathrop Bronson, Abial
Lathrop, Roger
Wolcott and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) —
also known as L. M. Keitt —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C.
Born in Orangeburg District (part now in Calhoun
County), S.C., October
4, 1824.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55,
1855-56, 1856-60; censured
by the House in 1856 for aiding Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in his caning
attack on Sen. Charles
Sumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; in 1858,
he attacked and attempted
to choke Rep. Galusha
Grow during an argument on the House floor, starting a brawl; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Orange, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the
next day, near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., June 4,
1864 (age 39 years, 244
days).
Interment at West End Cemetery, St. Matthews, S.C.
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William Waigstill Avery (1816-1864) —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., May 25,
1816.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1842; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Mortally wounded while fighting Union guerillas in Tennessee,
and died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., July 3,
1864 (age 48 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Burke County, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Thomas Avery and Harriet (Erwin) Avery; married, May 27,
1846, to Corrina Mary Morehead (daughter of John
Motley Morehead); grandson of Waightstill
Avery; second cousin of Lorenzo
Burrows; third cousin once removed of Noyes
Barber; third cousin twice removed of Horace
Billings Packer; fourth cousin of Daniel
Packer, Asa
Packer, Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, Edwin
Denison Morgan and Alfred
Avery Burnham; fourth cousin once removed of Judson
B. Phelps, Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley, William
Henry Bulkeley, Robert
Asa Packer and William
Frederick Morgan Rowland. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Samuel Allen Rice (1828-1864) —
also known as Samuel A. Rice —
of Mahaska
County, Iowa.
Born in Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
27, 1828.
Lawyer;
Iowa
state attorney general, 1856-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, and
died at Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, July 6,
1864 (age 36 years, 161
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial location unknown.
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William Allison Owens (1833-1864) —
also known as William A. Owens —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born September
19, 1833.
Mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Shot and
wounded at the Civil War battle of Snicker's Gap, and died
the next day, July 19,
1864 (age 30 years, 304
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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William Jones (1803-1864) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., 1803.
Whig. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-41; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Died in battle at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 22,
1864 (age about 61
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) —
also known as Philemon T. Herbert —
of Mariposa, Mariposa
County, Calif.; El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Pine Apple, Wilcox
County, Ala., November
1, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District
1854-55); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856, drunk
at breakfast, he shot
and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel in
Washington; charged
with murder,
twice tried,
and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and died in
Kingston, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 23,
1864 (age 38 years, 265
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Kingston, La.
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John Gregg (1828-1864) —
of Texas.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ala., September
28, 1828.
State court judge in Texas, 1856; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in action on the Charles City Road near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., October
7, 1864 (age 36 years, 9
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Miss.
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Michael Cook (1828-1864) —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., March
17, 1828.
Carpenter;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1857-62 (5th District 1857-60, 8th District
1861-62); major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Wounded in the Civil War battle of Nashville, and died eleven
days later in the Cumberland field
hospital, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
27, 1864 (age 36 years, 285
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Henry G. Bailly (1828-1865) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born October
29, 1828.
Democrat. Postmaster at Hastings,
Minn., 1854-55; member
Minnesota territorial council 6th District, 1856-57; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 6th District, 1857;
member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1857-58; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
French
and American
Indian ancestry.
Died, from his war wounds, in Minnesota, January
7, 1865 (age 36 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellwood Cemetery, Near Hastings, Dakota County, Minn.
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Silas Allen Yerkes (1834-1865) —
also known as Silas Yerkes —
of Vergennes, Kent
County, Mich.
Born near Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
14, 1834.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861; resigned 1861; major in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
Badly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, and
apparently died as a result, in Vergennes, Kent
County, Mich., October
26, 1865 (age 31 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Yerkes and Esther (Allen) Yerkes. |
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Cassius Fairchild (1829-1868) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1829.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died, from war wounds, 1868
(age about
39 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Jacob Carl Maria DeGress (1842-1894) —
also known as Jacob Carl DeGress —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Cologne (Köln), Germany,
April
23, 1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1871-74; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1877-80; postmaster at Austin,
Tex., 1881-85, 1889-93.
Catholic.
Died, of complications of his Civil War wounds, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., March
21, 1894 (age 51 years, 332
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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