Index to Locations
Buenos Aires Unknown location
Buenos Aires British Cemetery at
Chacarita
Buenos Aires Charita District
Cemetery
Buenos Aires English Churchyard
Buenos Aires Protestant Cemetery at
Socorro Church
Cordoba Cementerio del Salvador
Unknown
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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John Winchester Dana (1808-1867) —
also known as John W. Dana —
of Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, June 21,
1808.
Democrat. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1841-42; member of Maine
state senate, 1843; Governor of
Maine, 1844, 1847-50; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1854; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1854-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1864.
Died, from cholera,
in Argentina,
December
22, 1867 (age 59 years, 184
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Fryeburg
Village Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine.
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British Cemetery
at Chacarita
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) —
also known as John M. Forbes —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1771.
U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1802-11; Copenhagen, 1816-19; Schwerin, 1816-19; 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 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Protestant Cemetery at
Socorro Church; reinterment in 1892 at British Cemetery at
Chacarita.
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Charita District
Cemetery
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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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 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Original interment at Charita District Cemetery; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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English
Churchyard
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772-1824) —
also known as Caesar A. Rodney —
of Delaware.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., January
4, 1772.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1803-05, 1821-22; U.S.
Attorney General, 1807-11; served in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; member of Delaware
state senate, 1815; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1822-23; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1823-24, died in office 1824.
Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
June
10, 1824 (age 52 years, 158
days).
Interment at English Churchyard.
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Protestant
Cemetery at Socorro Church
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) —
also known as John M. Forbes —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1771.
U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1802-11; Copenhagen, 1816-19; Schwerin, 1816-19; 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 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Protestant Cemetery at Socorro Church;
reinterment in 1892 at British Cemetery at
Chacarita.
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Cementerio del
Salvador
Cordoba, Argentina
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John Macon Thome (1843-1908) —
also known as John M. Thome; Juan Thome —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Palmyra, Lebanon
County, Pa., August
22, 1843.
Astronomer;
director, National Argentine Observatory, 1885-1908; U.S. Vice Consul
in Cordoba, 1877-1903; U.S. Consular Agent in Cordoba, as of 1905.
Died in Cordoba, Argentina,
September
27, 1908 (age 65 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cementerio del Salvador.
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