Born: 1789 Died: July 22, 1869 James Ferguson was in the U. S. Navy all of his professional career which began in the early 1800s and lasted through the 1860s. He served in the War of 1812 and… Read More
Born: 1789 Died: July 22, 1869 James Ferguson was in the U. S. Navy all of his professional career which began in the early 1800s and lasted through the 1860s. He served in the War of 1812 and… Read More
Born: March 3, 1836 Died: August 4, 1863 Plot: Section 8, Lot 13 Evan O. Jackson Jr. was born in Berwick, PA. His father, Evan O. Jackson Sr. (born: 7/1/1801) was an attorney in Berwick, and his mother,… Read More
Plot: Section 101, Lot 87 “Honoring this Memorial Day, 1st Lt. Joseph Henry Ruff (my Great Grandfather). Born December 25, 1838 Philadelphia, PA. Died September 14, 1915 Rio Grande, NJ while on vacation. Married Almira Tomkins Fox December 5,… Read More
Born: October 7, 1819 near Stanton, Delaware Died: October 6, 1892 Philadelphia, PA Plot: Circle of Saint John Joseph Hill Sinex was born in Delaware, the third child of Seneca and Sarah Hill Sinex. After moving to Philadelphia,… Read More
Born: 1836 Died: January 15, 1865 Section: Circle of St. John, Sect. 36, Lot. 68, SW ½ John W. Moore was born in 1836 in Philadelphia. He entered the Civil War in July 1861 when recruiting men for the… Read More
Born: August 16, 1840 Died: December 3, 1922 Plot: Naval Asylum, beneficiary plot, row 9 Adolph Lowe was born to William and Caroline Lowe in August of 1840 in Prussia. In March of 1861, at age 20, Adolph… Read More
Seaman, serving on board the U. S. S. Pensacola; in the attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 24, 1862; was lashed outside of that vessel, on the port-sheet chain, with lead in hand, to lead the… Read More
Corporal Francis A. Wilson, Company B, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry, at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. Entered service at: Philadelphia Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 25 June 1880. Citation: Was among the first to penetrate he enemy’s… Read More
Lieutenant Sylvester H. Martin, Company K, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry, at Weldon Railroad, Va., August 19, 1864. Citation: Gallantly made a most dangerous reconnaissance, discovering the position of the enemy and enabling the division to repulse an attack made… Read More
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Naval 3, Row 7, Grave 1 One of the top Naval Agents sent to England in 1861 by the Confederate Navy, to procure “iron clad” warships from British shipyards for the war effort, was Commander James Heyward North,… Read More