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• Barber, James    b. July 11, 1841  d. June 26, 1925
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company G, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. His citation reads “Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party, and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault”. His Medal was issued on June 20, 1866. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
  Plot: Section 21, Lot 385
   
• Dixon III., Nathan Fellows   b. August 28, 1847  d. November 8, 1897
  US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1885. Also served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1889 to 1895. (Bio by: K)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
   
• Dixon II., Nathan Fellows    b. May 1, 1812  d. April 11, 1881
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851, and 1863 to 1871. Also served as a Member of the Rhode Island State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
   
• Dixon, Nathan Fellows    b. December 13, 1774  d. January 29, 1842
  US Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, he graduated from what is now Brown University in 1799, was admitted to the bar two years later and began practice in New London County. In 1802 he settled in Westerly, Rhode Island, where he pursued both law and banking, and in 1829 was named President of Westerly's Washington Bank. He was a longtime member of the State House of Representatives (1813 to 1830), and a Colonel in the State Militia. A Whig, Dixon was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
   
• Dunn, Herbert Omar   b. May 27, 1857  d. March 6, 1939
  US Navy Admiral, Inventor. He began his career as a cadet on the sloop of war ship USS Constellation in 1877 and was commissioned a US Navy Ensign in 1881. Rising through the ranks, he was promoted Rear Admiral in 1915. During World War I, he was appointed the first commander of U.S. naval forces stationed at the U.S. Naval Base at Ponta Delgada, Azores. There he distinguished himself by sinking a German U-boat and providing help to the civil population when the great flu pandemic of 1918...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
   
• Frink, Henry Alexander    b. November 23, 1829  d. May 12, 1892
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as Lieutenant Colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 186th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on October 4, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
  Plot: Section 23, Lot 594
   
• Naylor, David    b. November 4, 1843  d. February 7, 1926
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Civil War as a Landsman in the Union Navy on board the "USS Oneida". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the engagement at Mobile Bay, Alabama on August 5, 1864. His citation reads “Acting as powder boy at the 30-pounder Parrott rifle, Naylor had his passing box shot from his hands and knocked overboard where it fell in one of the Calena's boats which was under the bow. Jumping overboard, Naylor recovered his box...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
  Plot: Section 8, Lot 1938
   
• Pendleton, James Monroe    b. 1822  d. 1889
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1871 to 1875. Also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Rhode Island in 1868, and Member of the Rhode Island State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
   
• Utter, George Herbert    b. July 24, 1854  d. November 3, 1912
  US Congressman, Rhode Island Governor. Elected to represent Rhode Island's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1911 until his death in 1912. Also served as the Goernor of Rhode Island from 1905 to 1907. (Bio by: K)
  River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
   

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