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• Benziger, August    b. January 2, 1867  d. April 13, 1955
  Artist. He was a portrait painter best known of his portraits of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, which are in the Historical Society of Chicago. He was also was commissioned to do portaits of Popes Leo XIII and Pius XI. (Bio by: Laurie)
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
   
• Capodanno, Vincent    b. February 13, 1929  d. September 4, 1967
  Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. In the years since his death on a Vietnam battlefield, there have been many tribues in his memory. Sons of Marines have been named after him, so have military chapels, city streets and a Navy frigate, which has since been decommissioned. He was born last in a family of nine, his parents Italian Americans. He attended Curtis High School where he was an avid swimmer and sports enthusiast. He went on to Fordham University and Maryknoll Seminaries in...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
  Plot: Family plot
   
• Duffie, Alfred Napoleon Alexander 'Nattie'    b. May 1, 1835  d. November 8, 1880
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Paris France, he was the son of a French count and graduated from the French Military College of St. Cyr in 1854. He served as Lieutenant of Cavalry in Algiers and Senegal, Africa and was decorated for valor during the Crimean War. In 1859, he came to the United States and when the Civil War broke out, he resigned his commission in the French Army and was commissioned a Captain in the 2nd New York Cavalry. He quickly rose through the ranks and was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Fountain Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
   
• Jones, Patrick Henry    b. November 20, 1830  d. July 23, 1900
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. He was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, and emigrated at the age of 10, settling with his family on a farm in Cattaraugus, New York. He read law in Ellicottville, was admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession until the war came. He enlisted in the 37th New York, known as the Irish Rifles, receiving a commission of Second Lieutenant on July 7, 1861. Two weeks later, at First Bull Run, the regiment held a reserve position. He was promoted to First...[Read More]
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
   
• McIntyre, Matthew Martin    b. June 12, 1880  d. April 2, 1920
  Major League Baseball Player. McIntyre played 10 seasons and over 1000 games in the American League as an outfielder for the Philadelphia A's, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox. While with the Tigers, he became one of the acknowledged leaders of an anti-Ty Cobb faction that had open disdain toward the Georgia Peach. McIntyre's dislike of Cobb stemmed purely from jealousy. Due to the lack of job security that was prevalent in Major League Baseball at the time, it was natural for a player...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
  Plot: Section 32, Range 6, Grave 2
   
• Merrell, Joseph Frederick   b. August 21, 1926  d. April 18, 1945
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Private in the United States Army in Company I, 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on April 18, 1945 near Lohe, Germany. (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
  Plot: Section XXX,, Plot 434
   
• Murphy, James Joseph  b. November 3, 1898  d. October 19, 1962
  US Representative from New York. In 1916 he served with the 1st New York Cavalry on the Mexican border. During the WW I he was a Sergeant with the 100th and 4th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division, with service in France and Belgium. After the war he engaged in the import and export shipping business in New York City and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1953. In 1954 he became New York city councilman for the Borough of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
   
• O'Leary, James Aloysius   b. April 23, 1889  d. March 16, 1944
  US Congressman. He worked in real estate and insurance while studying law. In 1917 he began work with North Shore Ice Company and became Vice President and General Manager in 1920. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the New York Senate in 1930. In 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat and was reelected four times, serving from 1935 until his death. In his last three terms O'Leary was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Saint Peters Cemetery, West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
   

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