Parrott, Robert Parker b. October 5, 1804 d. December 24, 1877 Inventor and businessman. The son of US Senator John Fabyan Parrott, Robert Parrott graduated third in his class at West Point in 1824 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He served in the Creek Indian War and later in Ordnance Bureau and at West Point, attaining the rank of Captain before resigning in 1836. Building on his father's work as an inventor of naval guns, he began work as superintendent of a foundry in Cold Spring. In partnership with his brother Peter, Parrott soon...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring (Putnam County), Putnam County, New York, USA
Roebling, Emily b. September 23, 1843 d. February 28, 1903 Key Figure in the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Emily Warren was born the second youngest of twelve children of Sylvanus and Phebe Lickley Warren, and sister to Gouverneur Kemble (G.K.) Warren, 13 years her senior. After their father's death in 1859, G.K., an army officer and West Point graduate, took an interest in helping to raise and educate Emily. While on a visit with G.K., Emily attended a military ball where she met Washington A. Roebling, an engineering officer who served with her...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Morris) Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring (Putnam County), Putnam County, New York, USA
Roebling, Col. Washington Augustus b. May 26, 1837 d. July 21, 1926 Key Figure in the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. The son of John A. and Johanna Herting Roebling, Washington took his engineering degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and worked with his father in bridge construction prior to Union Army Civil War service, during which time he distinguished himself at Gettysburg and was credited with the construction of bridges across the Rappahannock and Shenandoah rivers. In 1865 he married Emily Warren, sister of G.K. Warren, the army General with...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Morris) Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring (Putnam County), Putnam County, New York, USA
b. January 25, 1786 d. September 16, 1875