In the June 9, 1933 issue of the Catskill Mountain News, there is an article regarding the plans being made for a suitable memorial for Samuel H. Todd. He was the only known soldier of the Revolutionary War to be buried in the Clovesville Cemetery.
In the June 9, 1933 issue of the Catskill Mountain News, there is an article regarding the plans being made for a suitable memorial for Samuel H. Todd. He was the only known soldier of the Revolutionary War to be buried in the Clovesville Cemetery.
Inscription
In memory of
SAMUEL TODD
who died
March 18, 1852,
aged 101 years
& 14 ds.
Soldier of the Revolution under
Gen. Washington's
Command
Gravesite Details
His age was more likely 99. First, he was shown as 97 on the 1850 Census. Second, John Edwards Todd gives his birth as Nov. 19, 1752 in his book "The Todd Family in America or The Descendants of Christopher Todd 1637-1919".
Family Members
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