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• Clark, John Wesley   b. October 25, 1830  d. August 4, 1893
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster of the 6th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Warrenton, Virginia on July 28, 1863. His citation reads "Defended the division train against a vastly superior force of the enemy; he was severely wounded, but remained in the saddle for 20 hours afterward until he had brought his train through in safety". His Medal was issued on August...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Clarke, Dayton P.    b. December 15, 1840  d. November 10, 1915
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company F, 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia on May 12, 1864. His citation reads simply "Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand fight while commanding the regiment". His Medal was issued on June 30, 1892. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Coffey, Robert    b. December 15, 1842  d. July 9, 1901
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Sergeant in Company K, 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Banks Ford, Virginia on May 4, 1863. His citation reads "Single-handedly captured 2 officers and 5 privates of the 8th Louisiana Regiment (C.S.A.)". His Medal was issued on May 13, 1892. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Peck, Lucius Benedict    b. November 17, 1802  d. December 28, 1866
  US Congressman. Son of John Peck, Washington County's first Sheriff and Brigadier General of militia. Moved to Barre with family. Completed classical studies. Attended United States Military Academy, 1823-24. Resigned due to ill health. Studied law in Montpelier with Vermont Supreme Court Justice Samuel Prentiss, admitted to bar, 1825. Practiced in Barre. Vermont House, 1831. Married Martha Day of Barre, May 22, 1832. Moved to Montpelier, 1832. One daughter, Mary, born 1835. Reviser...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Prentiss, Samuel    b. March 31, 1782  d. January 15, 1857
  US Senator. US District Court Judge. Brother of New York Congressman John Holmes Prentiss. Moved to Worcester and later Northfield, Massachusetts. Completed schooling, instructed in classics by private tutor. Studied law in Northfield and in Brattleboro, Vermont. Admitted to bar, moved to Montpelier, began practice, 1802. Married Lucretia Houghton (March 6, 1786 - June 15, 1855) of Northfield, October 3, 1804. Twelve children, of whom two died in infancy. Ten sons reached adulthood –...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Thomas, Stephen    b. December 6, 1809  d. December 18, 1903
  Civil War Union Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Became a successful manufacturer and State legislator before the Civil War. In February 1862 he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. His unit was assigned to General Benjamin Butler's forces in Louisiana, where he took part in operations around the Opelousas railroad. Advanced to brigade command, he led a brigade in the assault and capture on Port Hudson, Mississippi in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Thompson, Daniel Pierce    b. October 1, 1795  d. June 6, 1868
  Author. He grew up in Berlin, Vermont, graduated from Middlebury College in 1820, and became a Montpelier attorney. Thompson was Washington County Register of Probate from 1825 to 1830, and Engrossing Clerk of the state House of Representatives (1830-1833, 1834-1836). He was Probate Judge from 1837 to 1842, and compiled 1835's "Laws of Vermont." In 1838 he was a founder of the Vermont Historical Society. He served as county court Clerk from 1844 to 1846, and from 1849 to 1856 edited the anti-...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Walton, Eliakim    b. February 17, 1812  d. December 19, 1890
  Vermont Congressman. President, Vermont Historical Society. Son of Ezekiel P. Walton, prominent political activist, printer and militia General. Also known as E.P. Walton, as was his father, and as E.P. Walton, Jr. Twice compiled data that was used to prevent Vermont from losing US House seats during reapportionment. Attended local schools and Washington County Grammar School. Apprenticed as printer and newspaper publisher in Vermont and Essex County, New York. Studied law with US...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Willard, Charles Wesley    b. June 18, 1827  d. June 8, 1880
  US Representative from Vermont. Attended Caledonia County Grammar School. Graduate, Dartmouth College, 1851. Studied law, admitted to bar, commenced practice in Montpelier, 1853. Elected Vermont Secretary of State, 1855-57. Declined reelection to third term. Vermont Senate 1860-61. Editor and publisher, Daily Green Mountain Freeman, 1861-73. Elected to US House as a Republican, 1868, serving March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875. Chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Unsuccessful...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   
• Wood, Thomas Waterman    b. November 12, 1823  d. April 14, 1903
  Artist. He studied in Boston and Europe, afterwards working in Montreal, Quebec City, Baltimore, Washington, Louisville and Nashville before settling in New York City, where he established a successful studio. Highly regarded as both a portraitist and a depicter of everyday American life, he created etchings and painted in both oils and watercolors. Wood was also among the first artists to explore the lives of African-Americans, especially those who were not enslaved. Affiliated with the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
   

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