Bacon, Henry b. March 14, 1846 d. March 25, 1915 US Congressman. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from Union College in 1865, was admitted to the bar the following year and opened a law practice in Goshen, New York. In 1886 he was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress as a Democrat, representing New York's 15th district, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis Beach; he was subsequently reelected to two full terms, serving from 1886 to 1889 and from 1891 to 1893. He was defeated in 1888 and failed to win his party's renomination...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
Burnett, Henry Lawrence b. December 26, 1838 d. January 4, 1916 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was admitted to the bar in 1859 and established a law practice in Warren, Ohio. When the Civil War began, he enlisted and was commissioned a Captain in Company C, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, Union Army. With the 2nd Ohio, he saw actions in Missouri and the campaigns in Southern Kentucky. In 1863, he was assigned as a Major, judge-advocate of the Department of the Ohio and in 1864, he was sent to Indiana as a prosecutor on the military...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Cause of death: Pneumonia Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA Plot: Plot 38
Cummins, Francis Markoe b. June 29, 1822 d. March 26, 1884 Civil War Union Army Officer. A native New Yorker, he was a resident of Muscatine County, Iowa when the Civil War started. A veteran of the Mexican War (having served as a Captain in the 10th United States Infantry), he joined the Union war effort barely a month after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, being commissioned as Captain and commander of Company A, 1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry on May 14, 1861. The unit, a three-month enlistment regiment, served until it's muster out on August 21, 1861...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
Wilkin, Alexander b. December, 1820 d. July 14, 1864 Civil War Union Army Officer. A native New Yorker and from a prominent political family (his father Samuel J. Wilkin, and grandfather James Whitney Wilkin, both served in the United States House of Representatives), he studied law under his father in Goshen, New York before volunteering to serve in 1847 in the Mexican War. Commissioned as a Captain on February 28, 1847, he served in the 10th United States Infantry. During this time he became embroiled in a dispute with Captain Joshua W. Collett...[Read More] (Bio by: LadyGoshen) Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
Wilkin, James Whitney b. 1762 d. February 23, 1845 US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1815 to 1819. Also served as a member of the New York State Senate for the Middle District from 1800 to 1814, and 1810 to 1814. (Bio by: K) Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
Wilkin, Samuel Jones b. December 17, 1793 d. March 11, 1866 US Congressman. The son of New York Congressman James Whitney Wilkin, he was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833. Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
b. December 26, 1838 d. January 4, 1916