Joshua Fry (1699-1754) — of Albemarle
County, Va. Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England,
0.
Father of John
Fry and Henry
Fry. Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses. Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson
(Thomas
Jefferson's father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the Most
Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland
with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon his
death, the young George
Washington took command of Virginia's military forces. Died, of
injuries received in a fall from
his horse, near
Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., May 31,
1754. Original interment somewhere
in Allegany County, Md.; reinterment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1705-1793) — also known as
Jacob C. Ten Eyck — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1705.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1748-50. Died in 1793.
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) — also known as
John M. Forbes — of Massachusetts. Born in 1771.
U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1802-11; U.S. Consul General in Stettin, 1816-19; U.S. Agent for Commerce and Seamen (Consul)
in Buenos Aires, 1820-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1825-31, died in office 1831. Died in Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
June
14, 1831. Original interment at Protestant
Cemetery at Socorro Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment
in 1892 at British
Cemetery at Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
John William Smith (1792-1845) — also known as
John W. Smith — of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex. Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845. In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio
Tex., before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there. Died in
Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845. Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
Philemon Thomas (1763-1847) — of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La. Born in Virginia, February
2, 1763. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1796; member
of Louisiana state legislature; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1831-35. Died in
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
18, 1847. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in
1886 at National
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848) — of Ohio. Born in
Connecticut, 1796.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1839-41. Died in 1848.
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) — also known as
"The Hero of Deme" — of Logan
County, Ky. Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
Ancestor of Lew
O'Bannon, Robert
Presley O'Bannon and Frank
Lewis O'Bannon. During the war against the Barbary pirates, as
lieutenant, he led a detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted
mercenaries to Deme, in North Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American
crew held captive by the Pasha of Tripoli; the words "to the shores
of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn commemorate these events; member of
Kentucky state legislature. Two warships were named for
him. Died September
12, 1850. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in
1919 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) — of
Mississippi. Born in Kentucky, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1847-49. Died in 1853.
Original interment at Yerba
Buena Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
subsequent interment at Golden
Gate Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
John Richardson Thurman (1814-1854) — of New York.
Born in New York, 1814.
U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1849-51. Died in 1854.
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
Alexander W. Hope (d. 1856) — of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Member of California
state senate, 1850. Organizer of Los Angeles Rangers, forerunner
of Los Angeles Police Department. Died in 1856.
Original interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) — also known as J.
W. Gray — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1860.
Died May 26,
1862. Original interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
Alexander Sandor Asboth (1811-1868) — also known as
Alexander Asboth — of Missouri. Born in Keszthely, Hungary,
December
18, 1811. Naturalized U.S. citizen; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1866-68, died in office 1868; Uruguay, 1867-68, died in office 1868. Hungarian
ancestry. Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
January
21, 1868. Original interment at Charita
District Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) — of Tennessee. Born
in Tennessee, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875. Died in 1875.
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) — of
Maine. Born in New Hampshire, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1833-39 (2nd District 1833-35, 8th
District 1835-37, 6th District 1837-39). Died in 1876.
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
Robert Augustine Thompson (1805-1876) — of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Father of Thomas
Larkin Thompson. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1847-49. Died in 1876.
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
Ephraim Foster Anderson (1838-1877) — of Maryland.
Born in Bedford
County, Pa., 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1865; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1868.
Crippled
by wounds received during the Civil War. Died April 5,
1877. Original interment at Presbyterian
Church (which no longer exists), Anderson, Md.; reinterment to
unknown location.
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (1822-1882) — also known
as Jonathan T. Updegraff — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1822.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
senate 22nd District, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-82 (18th District 1879-81, 16th
District 1881-82); died in office 1882. Died November
30, 1882. Original interment at Updegraff
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; reinterment in 1926 at Short
Creek Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
Alfred J. Ellis (d. 1883) — of California. Member of
California
state assembly 6th District, 1852-53. Died in 1883.
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.