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Denson, John b. 1903 d. November 5, 1982
Journalist. He is best remembered as the editor-in-chief of Newsweek Magazine during the 1950s and the New York Herald in the 1960s. At the age of 16 he began working in the newspaper business as a journalist for the Washington Herald. During the Korean War he was a correspondent for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and prior to that he worked other newspaper jobs for the New York World-Telegram, the Chicago Times, the Chicago Herald American, and the New York Journal-American. In 1952 he joined...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Amphitheater, Lot 144 East (Unmarked)
Dunn, William McK. b. 1814 d. 1887
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, practiced law and was a member of the Indiana State House of representatives in 1848. In 1859, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1863. During the Civil War while still in office, he volunteered for duty in the Union Army as aide-de-camp to General McClellan and participated in the Virginia Campaign in 1861. In 1863, he was promoted Major judge...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Duvall, Bettie b. 1845 d. July 3, 1891
Civil War Confederate Spy. Also known as Bettie Duval. Spied for the Confederacy at 16 years of age and reported to be one of the most beautiful spies known to General P.G.T. Beauregard. Delivered the first message of the Civil War to the Confederate Generals to Fairfax County Courthouse at the beginning of the First Battle of Bull Run. (Bio by: Darlene Freeman)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Lot 326 East half
Eaton, John Henry b. June 18, 1790 d. November 17, 1856
US Senator.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Eaton, Margaret 'Peggy' b. December 3, 1799 d. November 8, 1879
Washington Socialite. The daughter of a Washington tavern keeper, she married Tennessee Senator John H. Eaton, friend and political ally of Andrew Jackson, in 1829. Eaton became Secretary of War in Jackson's cabinet later that year. Peggy was snubbed by Floride Calhoun, wife of Vice President John C. Calhoun, which led to a rift between Jackson and Calhoun. Peggy and Eaton spent two years in Madrid, where he served as Minister to Spain, before retiring to Washington in 1840.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Eustis Jr., George b. September 28, 1828 d. March 15, 1872
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1855 to 1859. During the Civil War he was a Confederate Military Aide to John Slidell and was captured along with Slidell and James Mason aboard the steamer "HMS Trent" by Union Navy Captain Charles Wilkes.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Forrest, Uriah b. 1746 d. 1805
US Congressman, Continental Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1793 to 1794. He also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1781 to 1783, 1786 to 1787, and 1787 to 1790, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland from 1786 to 1787, Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1796 to 1800, and a State Court Judge from 1799 to 1800.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Fuller, Thomas James Duncan b. 1808 d. 1876
US congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 6th and 7th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1849 to 1857. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Garland, John b. 1792 d. June 5, 1861
United States Army Officer. A native of Virginia and career military man, he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 35th United States Infantry on March 31, 1813. With over a decade of service, he was honored on May 7, 1827 with the rank of Brevet Major, United States Army. His promotion to full Major is dated October 30, 1836 and the subsequent rank of Lieutenant Colonel, November 27, 1839. With the onset of the war with Mexico in 1846, he was Brevetted Colonel for his actions at Palo Alto and...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Gorman, Arthur Pue b. March 11, 1839 d. June 4, 1906
Private secretary to Senator Stephen A. Douglas; United States Senator from Maryland, 1881-1899 and 1903-1906.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Graham, Katharine b. June 16, 1917 d. July 17, 2001
Newspaper editor. She was president of the Washington Post newspaper from 1963 to 1993. Her father, Eugene Meyer, bought the ailing newspaper at auction in 1933. In 1940 she married Philip Graham who, in 1946, took over as publisher of the Washington Post at age 31. In 1963 her husband's manic depression led him to commit suicide, and thus in her late 40s, the widowed mother of four children took over running the Post. Under her leadership the Post published numerous landmark articles...[Read More]
Cause of death: Head trauma from a fall
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Graham, Phil b. July 28, 1915 d. August 3, 1963
Newspaper Editor. He was the publisher of Washington "Post" in early 1960s, and husband of Katherine Graham.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Griffin, Charles b. December 18, 1825 d. September 15, 1867
Civil War Union Major General. After graduating from West Point in 1847, he served as a artillery officer in the Southwest. In 1860, he was an instructor at West Point, where he organized the Army's field battery. At the start of the Civil War, he fought at the First Battle of Bull Run , in the Peninsula Campaign and was promoted Brigadier General in June 1862. He led infantry brigades at the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Promoted Major General of US Volunteers in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Harris, George Emrick b. January 6, 1827 d. March 9, 1911
US Congressman. A native of Orange County, North Carolina, he was a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Mississippi's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1870 to 1873. He also served as Mississippi's State Attorney General from 1873 to 1877, and as Mississippi's Lieutenant Governor from 1877 to 1879. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Harris, John b. May 20, 1790 d. May 12, 1864
Civil War United States Marine Corps Officer. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1814, he served as a Marine officer for 50 years. Commandant of the Marine Corps with the rank of Colonel from 1859 until his death in 1864, he oversaw the deployment of Marines during the first three years of the Civil War. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Chapel Hill, Lot 568
Heath, James P. b. December 21, 1777 d. June 12, 1854
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1833 to 1835. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Hemphill, John James b. August 25, 1849 d. May 11, 1912
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1883 to 1893. He also served as a Member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives in 1876.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Henry, Joseph b. July 26, 1796 d. May 13, 1878
Scientist. He was head of the Smithsonian Institution for 32 years where under his direction, the national weather forecasting service was born. One of America's greatest scientists, he invented the first practical electric motor, telegraph and the electric relay, pioneered in the study of sunspots, and innovated the development of lighthouse foghorns and lights to aid ships in navigation. Without a college degree, he was hired as a professor at Princeton University prior to his tenure at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Family Plot
Hooper, Samuel b. 1808 d. 1875
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 4th and 5th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1861 until his death in 1875. He also served as a Member of the Maryland State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Hopkins, James Herron b. November 3, 1832 d. June 17, 1904
US Representative from Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College, now Washington and Jefferson University, Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1850. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852 and practiced in Pittsburgh for twenty years. During this time, he also engaged in banking, manufacturing, and mining. For several years he was vice president of the Pittsburgh chamber of commerce. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress, serving March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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