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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)
Bird, John b. November 22, 1768 d. February 2, 1806
US Congressman. Elected to represent Mew York's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1799 to 1801. He also served as a Member of the New York State Assembly in 1796. (Bio by: K)
Old Mount Ida Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Brignola, Nick b. July 17, 1936 d. February 8, 2002
One of the world's best jazz saxophoe players who shared the stage with such greats as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Buddy Rich. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Cancer
Saint Marys Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Briody, Charles Frank 'Fatty' b. August 13, 1858 d. June 22, 1903
Major League Baseball Player. He was born in Lansingburg, New York, which at the time had many amateur teams, and it was in this environment that he grew up. Watching the local Haymakers as a youth gave him the belief that he could excel at the game. He made his debut for the hometown Troy Trojans at age 22, on June 16, 1880, only to go back to the minors following the game, and did not make it back to the majors until 1882 with the Cleveland Blues of the National League. He stayed with...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
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)
Burke, Michael b. 1844 d. February 3, 1878
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His true name was Michael Burke. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company D, 125th New York Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania, Virginia. His citation read "Capture of flag, seizing it as his regiment advanced over the enemy's works. He received a bullet wound in the chest while capturing the flag." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 8, Lot 705
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
Evers, Johnny b. July 21, 1881 d. March 28, 1947
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. As a second baseman with the Chicago Cubs in the early part of the century, he was the middle link in the famous "Tinkers to Evers to Chance" double play combo. He played with the Cubs from 1902 to 1913, the Boston Braves from 1914 to 1917 and the Phillies in 1917. He helped the Cubs to three straight World Series appearances and two titles, and his alertness in a game in 1908 resulted in the infamous "Merkle Boner", which cost the Giants the pennant (...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cause of death: cerebral hemmorhage
Saint Marys Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 237
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
McAtee, Michael James b. March, 1845 d. October 18, 1876
Major League Baseball Player. 'Bub' McAtee was one of the original Haymakers of Troy, a collection of stars who competed against other top flight baseball teams throughout the East. McAtee joined the in 1866, were he gained a reputation as a top rate infielder. He played first base, shortstop so well that New York papers wrote that "he played the position better than it had been filled hitherto," With the advent of the Newly Formed National Association, he joined the White Stockings of Chicago...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Lansingburgh, 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
McGough, Owen b. June 29, 1829 d. January 5, 1908
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in Company D, 5th U.S. Artillery. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on July 21, 1861 at Bull Run, Virginia. His citation reads "Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of the guns of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were lost." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Saint Peters Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot: Old Section

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