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About Bvt. Lt. Col. Joseph Rodman Dekay, USA
- Joseph's birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78672440/joseph-rodman_drake-dekay and at https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-fc81dab2668746d0ccb422599...
- From Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. II. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887: "Served with credit during the civil war on the staffs of Gens. Mansfield, Pope, and Hooker, and won the brevet of lieutenant colonel for gallantry in several battles."
- Per his passport application (dated 3 July 1860), Joseph provided the following information (see https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNT-JPDY ["United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNT-JPDY : 16 March 2018), J Drake Dekay, 03 Jan 1860; citing Passport Application, , source certificate #, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., 84, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]:
- He was 23 years old; was 5-feet, 10 1/2-inches tall; had a high forehead, blue eyes, a small nose, a small mouth, a round chin, brown hair, a light complexion, and a round face.
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Bvt. Lt. Col. Joseph Rodman Dekay, USA's Timeline
| 1836 |
August 14, 1836
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Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1886 |
June 9, 1886
Age 49
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Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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Saint George's Church Cemetery, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States
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