Find A Grave - Rensselaer County

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)
Genet, Edmond-Charles b. January 8, 1763 d. July 14, 1834
French Revolutionary Diplomat. Calling himself "Citizen" Genet", he led a controversial mission to the United States in the early days of independence. The child of a minor Court official, he was a prodigy in foreign languages, was appointed a translator for the French Royal Court at age 18, and was soon posted to St. Petersburg, Russia. Genet grew disenchanted with monarchy as a form of government and by 1792 his brash manner had made him unwelcome at the Court of Empress Catherine the Great...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
East Greenbush Cemetery, East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
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
Guenette, Peter Mathew b. January 4, 1948 d. May 18, 1968
Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient was trained as a machine gunner and reached the rank of Specialist 4. He was killed in action while assigned to Co. D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Inf., 3rd brigade. While heavily engaged with an enemy unit in the QuanTanUyen Province, Peter and his assistant gunner and two other soldiers were laying down suppression fire when an enemy grenade landed next to Peter. At the age of 20 he made the decision to jump on top of the grenade allowing his body...[Read More] (Bio by: Toni Mantey)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Hawthorne, Harris Smith b. February 29, 1832 d. March 23, 1911
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the Union Army in Company F, 121st New York Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia. His citation reads "Capture of Confederate Maj. Gen. George Washington Custis Lee." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Maple Grove Old Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Herrick, Richard Platt b. March 23, 1791 d. June 20, 1846
US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent New York's 12th District in the Twenty-Ninth Congress, and served from 1845 until his death in office. Herrick was born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer), New York. Prior to election to the US House of Representatives he was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1839. He died in Washington, DC after a three-day illness. There is a cenotaph in his memory at Congressional Cemetery. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
East Greenbush Cemetery, East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Hoctor, Harriet b. September 25, 1905 d. June 9, 1977
Dancer. After a noted ballet and modern dance career on stage and in films she became a respected teacher. Trained in a New York ballet school from age 12, she made her Broadway debut in Jerome Kern's 1920 "Sally". Thru the 1920s she sppeared on the Great White Way several times, her credits including "Topsy and Eva" from 1924 to 1926, Florenz Ziegfeld's "The Three Musketeers" (1928) and a 1929 ballet presentation of George Gershwin's "An American in Paris". She spent 1930 dancing in England...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York, USA

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