Find A Grave - Oakwood Cemetery

Alden, Alonzo b. July 18, 1834 d. January 16, 1900
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A newly-minted lawyer when the Civil War began, he helped recruit a company that eventually was mustered into Federal service as Company I, 30th New York Volunteer Infantry. Initially enlisted as a Private, he was elected to be the unit's 2nd Lieutenant, and was commissioned at that rank on June 1, 1861. After serving at that duty for a year, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant on May 28, 1862. However, while stationed with the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot: Section I, Lot 107
GPS coordinates: 42.7586899, -73.6702271 (hddd.dddd)
Bull, Rice Cook b. 1842 d. May 19, 1930
Civil War Union Army Soldier, Author. Born to a farming family in Wahington county in upstate New York, he enlisted as a Private in Company D, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He fought and was seriously wounded in his first major battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia oin May 1863. Eventually he recovered, rejoined his unit and went on to be promoted to Sergeant. After the fighting in the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the 123rd New York was transferred from the XII Corps...[Read More] (Bio by: Todd T. Hoffay)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
GPS coordinates: 42.7591019, -73.6695404 (hddd.dddd)
Carr, Joseph Bradford b. August 16, 1828 d. February 24, 1895
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. In May 1861, he was appointed Colonel of the 2nd New York Infantry Regiment and took part in the Battle of Big Bethel. He served under Major General George McClellan in the Peninsula Campaign and for gallantry at the Battle of Malvern Hill, he was promoted to Brigadier General in September 1862. General Carr participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and distinguished himself at the Battle of Gettysburg, when he held his position with...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Cluett, Ernest Harold b. July 13, 1874 d. February 4, 1954
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 29th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1943. Also served was a Candidate for United States Senator from New York in 1934. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Cushman, John Paine b. 1784 d. 1848
US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent New York's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1819. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Dickinson, John Dean b. 1767 d. 1841
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 9th and 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1819-1823 and 1827-1831. Also served as a member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Draper, William Henry b. June 24, 1841 d. December 7, 1921
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 19th and 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives serving from 1901 to 1903. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Freeman, William Henry b. May 10, 1844 d. August 26, 1911
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company B, 169th New York Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on January 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher, North Carolina. His citation reads "Volunteered to carry the brigade flag after the bearer was wounded." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 25
GPS coordinates: 42.7590103, -73.6671219 (hddd.dddd)
Greenman, Edward Whitford b. 1849 d. 1908
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Griswold, John Augustus b. November 11, 1822 d. October 31, 1872
Civil War US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1863 to 1869. He was defeated in 1860. Also served as Mayor of Troy, New York in 1855. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
King, Stephen F. b. 1842 d. July 8, 1895
Major League Baseball Player. Before he became a professional, he was already a top flight baseball player and local star for several years with the Lansingburg, New York Unions, who were also called The Haymakers. The Haymakers, who were organized in 1866, played many famous matches with other nationally known teams like the Mutuals of New York, who they went 6-0 against, the Athletics of Philadelphia, the Nationals of Washington, the Atlantics of Brooklyn, and the Cincinnati Red Stockings...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
McConihe, John b. September 4, 1834 d. June 1, 1864
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. In 1855, he graduated from the University at Albany and opened a law practice in Troy, New York. In 1857, he resettled at Omaha, Nebraska, commenced the practice of the law and in 1858, during the gold rush he formed a freighting business to Denver, which he conducted until he entered the army in 1860. He was appointed adjutant general of Nebraska and at the head of a regiment, he proceeded on an expedition to the frontier against the Pawnee Indians...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
GPS coordinates: 42.7620583, -73.6687622 (hddd.dddd)
McCoy, Judge. Walter Irving b. December 8, 1859 d. July 17, 1933
Walter I. McCoy is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Washington) by appointment of President Wilson. He had previously been a part of the political life of the State and (if his locality. He was a member and Vice President of the Essex County Democratic Committee, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1904j1908, and represented the Eighth New Jersey District in the 62nd Congress of the United States (1911-1913) and the Ninth District in...[Read More] (Bio by: Gary Abrams)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot: B - 85
Pattison, Edward Worthington b. April 29, 1932 d. August 22, 1990
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 29th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1975 to 1979. He was defeated in 1970 and 1978. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Pierson, Job b. September 23, 1791 d. April 9, 1860
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1835. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Sage, Russell b. August 4, 1815 d. July 22, 1906
Financier. Began in grocery business in Troy, New York. He held a large portion of ownership in railroads and Western Union. U.S. Representative from New York, 1853-1857.
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
GPS coordinates: 42.7589417, -73.6691437 (hddd.dddd)
Taylor, Dean Park b. January 1, 1902 d. October 16, 1977
US Congressman. He was elected to represent New York's 29th, 31st and 33rd Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to 1961. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Thomas, George Henry b. July 31, 1816 d. March 28, 1870
Civil War Union Major General. A career Army officer, he graduated from West Point in 1840, was a veteran of the Seminole and Mexican wars and a cavalry instructor at the academy. At the start of the Civil War, he was a Colonel in the 2nd Cavalry in the Department of the Shenandoah. Promoted Brigadier General in August 1861, he commanded the 1st Division, Army of the Ohio and the 14th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, 1862 to 1863. On September 19, 1863, at the Battle of Chickamauga, after most of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
GPS coordinates: 42.7580299, -73.6694412 (hddd.dddd)
Thurman, John Richardson b. 1814 d. 1854
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Tibbits, George b. 1763 d. 1849
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1805. Also served as a member of the New York State Senate's Eastern District from 1814 to 1818. Mayor of Troy, New York, in 1830. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA

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