| Birth: | Sep. 26, 1816
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
West Virginia, USA | | Death: | Mar. 8, 1888
Charles Town
Jefferson County
West Virginia, USA | 
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Artist, Author. Born Martinsburg, Virginia. (now West Virginia), he was a nationally known artist and author before the Civil War, working under the nom de plume "Porte Crayon". He began his Civil War service as an Assistant Adjutant General on the Staff of Maj. General Nathaniel Banks. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he then served as a Topographical Engineer (where his skills as an artist were utilized) on the staff of Maj. General John Pope. When General Pope was reassigned to the West following the disaster at Second Bull Run, David Strother became an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Army of the Potomac commander Maj. General George B. McClellan before receiving a commission as Colonel and commander of the 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. His subsequent career as a staff officer, serving as an Assistant Inspector General to Brig. General Benjamin F. Kelley, as an Acting Aide-de-Camp to Maj. General Franz Sigel, and finally as the Chief of Staff of Maj. General David Hunter, who was his cousin. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on August 23, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". From 1879 to 1885 he held the post of United States Consul General in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the subject of the 1960 biography by Cecil Eby, Jr., titled "Porte Crayon, The Life of David Hunter Strother". (bio by: Steve Dunn)
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Spouses:
Anne Doyne Wolff Strother (1830 - 1859)*
Mary J. Elliott Strother (1837 - 1915)*
Children:
John Strother (1868 - 1923)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for David Strother | | | Burial:
Green Hill Cemetery
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
West Virginia, USA
Plot: Lot 136 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Steve Dunn
Record added: May 04, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7412147 |
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Art Wells
Added: May. 21, 2013 |
Peace.
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J. Bruce Fox
Added: Sep. 28, 2012 |
just wanted to say hello and to say that I have a copy of your civil war diary and a biography on you and love reading them.I have some photos of you & your family hanging on my walls, although you're no relation to me in any way,I made you a part of my f...(Read more)
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william stine,jr.
Added: Jun. 28, 2012 |
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