Thornton Chase (February 22, 1847 – September 30, 1912) was a distinguished officer of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, and the first western convert to the Baháʼí Fai...
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Thornton Chase (February 22, 1847 – September 30, 1912) was a distinguished officer of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, and the first western convert to the Baháʼí Fai...
2/24/2023
MG James Sanks Brisbin Civil War Union Brevetted Major General. When the Civil War broke out, he was a lawyer in practice when commissioned a Captain in the First Dragoons, Union Army in 1861. Known in...
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MG James Sanks Brisbin Civil War Union Brevetted Major General. When the Civil War broke out, he was a lawyer in practice when commissioned a Captain in the First Dragoons, Union Army in 1861. Known in...
2/14/2020
Fought for the Union in the Civil War in Company C, 17th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. He enrolled and mustered in on August 29, 1864 at Barnesville, Ohio with the rank of private. He serve...
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Fought for the Union in the Civil War in Company C, 17th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. He enrolled and mustered in on August 29, 1864 at Barnesville, Ohio with the rank of private. He serve...
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Fought for the Union in the Civil War in Company D, 17th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. He enrolled on August 30, 1864 in Barnesville, Ohio and was mustered in on September 9, 1864 at Uhrich...
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Fought for the Union in the Civil War in Company D, 17th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. He enrolled on August 30, 1864 in Barnesville, Ohio and was mustered in on September 9, 1864 at Uhrich...
6/1/2019
Horace Bumstead
Bumstead in 1907-see image in profile media
Born September 29, 1841 Boston, Massachusetts
Died October 14, 1919 (aged 78) Intervale, New Hampshire
Alma mater Yale University, New ...
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Horace Bumstead
Bumstead in 1907-see image in profile media
Born September 29, 1841 Boston, Massachusetts
Died October 14, 1919 (aged 78) Intervale, New Hampshire
Alma mater Yale University, New ...
9/4/2018
Brev. Brig. General James Chaplin Beecher, (USA)
Beecher was an American Congregationalist minister and Colonel for the Union Army during the American Civil War. He came from the Beecher fami...
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Brev. Brig. General James Chaplin Beecher, (USA)
Beecher was an American Congregationalist minister and Colonel for the Union Army during the American Civil War. He came from the Beecher fami...
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MVR Birth: Dudley Farley, s. Dudley, clergyman, and Lucretia G., Aug. 8, 1845.Adjutant 20th US Colored Infantry 1864-65Member Military Order Loyal Legion* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy :...
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MVR Birth: Dudley Farley, s. Dudley, clergyman, and Lucretia G., Aug. 8, 1845.Adjutant 20th US Colored Infantry 1864-65Member Military Order Loyal Legion* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy :...
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DeGrasse was the younger son of George and Maria DeGrasse. Theodocia Degrasse was his sister and Peter Vogelsang his brother-in-law. After receiving his medical degree from Bowdoin College, John moved ...
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DeGrasse was the younger son of George and Maria DeGrasse. Theodocia Degrasse was his sister and Peter Vogelsang his brother-in-law. After receiving his medical degree from Bowdoin College, John moved ...
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Meyer Zulick (June 3, 1839 – March 1, 1926) was an American jurist and Democratic party activist who became the seventh Governor of Arizona Territory. During his term the Indian Wars ended and the terr...
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Meyer Zulick (June 3, 1839 – March 1, 1926) was an American jurist and Democratic party activist who became the seventh Governor of Arizona Territory. During his term the Indian Wars ended and the terr...
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Charles Albert Woodruff , (1845–1920) Brigadier General in the United States Army, served in the American Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.==Early life==Woodruff was born in Burke, Vermont on Ap...
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Charles Albert Woodruff , (1845–1920) Brigadier General in the United States Army, served in the American Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.==Early life==Woodruff was born in Burke, Vermont on Ap...
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Andrew Watson fought in the United States Civil War for the Union Side. He served in Company A, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Infantry (African Descent) with the rank of Private. He enlisted on March 19, 18...
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Andrew Watson fought in the United States Civil War for the Union Side. He served in Company A, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Infantry (African Descent) with the rank of Private. He enlisted on March 19, 18...
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T. Minor, (February 20, 1844 – December 2, 1889) was a physician, businessman, civic and political leader who founded the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway and served as mayor of Seattle and Port...
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T. Minor, (February 20, 1844 – December 2, 1889) was a physician, businessman, civic and political leader who founded the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway and served as mayor of Seattle and Port...
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Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 185...
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Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 185...
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Montgomery (December 22, 1814 – December 6, 1871) was a Jayhawker during the Bleeding Kansas Affair and a controversial Union colonel during the American Civil War. Montgomery was a staunch abolitionis...
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Montgomery (December 22, 1814 – December 6, 1871) was a Jayhawker during the Bleeding Kansas Affair and a controversial Union colonel during the American Civil War. Montgomery was a staunch abolitionis...
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Civil War Veteran Affiliation: UnionRank: Sergt. & 2nd Lieut.Co. ERegt.: 3rd Vermont InfantryRank: Captain Co.: H & KRegt.: 1 U.S. Colored InfantryService: enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CORP, Co. E, 3rd VT ...
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Civil War Veteran Affiliation: UnionRank: Sergt. & 2nd Lieut.Co. ERegt.: 3rd Vermont InfantryRank: Captain Co.: H & KRegt.: 1 U.S. Colored InfantryService: enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CORP, Co. E, 3rd VT ...
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Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898), an African American carpenter and furniture maker, built this red brick, hipped roof, home in 1854-56, shortly after he and his brother Henry arrived from North Carolina...
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Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898), an African American carpenter and furniture maker, built this red brick, hipped roof, home in 1854-56, shortly after he and his brother Henry arrived from North Carolina...
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Civil War VeteranInscription* Co. K* 124 U.S.C.I* (United States Colored Infantry)Name: Private W S Overstreet* Age: 16* Birth Year: abt 1849* Birth Place: Jessamine, Kentucky* Enlistment Date: 12 Apr ...
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Civil War VeteranInscription* Co. K* 124 U.S.C.I* (United States Colored Infantry)Name: Private W S Overstreet* Age: 16* Birth Year: abt 1849* Birth Place: Jessamine, Kentucky* Enlistment Date: 12 Apr ...
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Enlisted in the U.S. Army, 1865* Residence: (1850 — Age: 5) District 68, Wythe, Virginia* Marriage to Martha Francis Jackson: (1877 — Age: 32)* Residence: (1880 — Age: 35) Newtown, King and Queen, Virg...
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Enlisted in the U.S. Army, 1865* Residence: (1850 — Age: 5) District 68, Wythe, Virginia* Marriage to Martha Francis Jackson: (1877 — Age: 32)* Residence: (1880 — Age: 35) Newtown, King and Queen, Virg...
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Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827[note 1] – January 16, 1901) was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), and a politician. He was the first person of color to serve in the United S...
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Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827[note 1] – January 16, 1901) was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), and a politician. He was the first person of color to serve in the United S...
4/21/2015
from : 1836–1922Family: Colbert (Hemings)Occupation: Soldier; Foundry workerBorn in slavery in Lexington, Virginia, George Edmondson claimed his freedom in June 1864, when Union forces occupied the tow...
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from : 1836–1922Family: Colbert (Hemings)Occupation: Soldier; Foundry workerBorn in slavery in Lexington, Virginia, George Edmondson claimed his freedom in June 1864, when Union forces occupied the tow...
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