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Abbe, Cleveland b. December 3, 1838 d. October 28, 1916
Scientist. A native of New York City, New York, he studied and taught mathematics and astronomy at the Free Academy in New York, the University of Michigan, Cambridge Massachusetts, and at Pulkova, Russia. In 1868 he was named director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio. While there he developed a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps and weather forecasts. At his urging Cincinnati became the meteorological observation headquarters for the United States. His project was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 292, Range 5
Abert, William Stretch b. February 1, 1836 d. August 25, 1867
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. The son of Colonel John J. Abert, who was the United States Army's Chief of Topographical Engineers for many years before the Civil War, he was commissioned directly into the United States Army as a Lieutenant of Artillery in 1855. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he was promoted to Captain, and served first in the 3rd United States Regular Cavalry, then in the 6th United States Regular Cavalry, and participated in the early battles of the Spring...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 128A
Acheson, Dean Gooderham b. April 11, 1893 d. October 12, 1971
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Educated at the Harvard Law School, early in his career he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, prior to entering the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration as Under Secretary of the Treasury. During World War II, he served at the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and after the war, he remained in the Truman Administration as Under Secretary of State for Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. On January 21, 1949...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Chapel, Lot 18
Achilles, Theodore Carter b. December 29, 1905 d. April 8, 1986
US Diplomat. Served as United States Ambassador to Peru from 1956 to 1960.
Saint John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Georgetown, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Adams, Henry Brooks b. February 16, 1838 d. March 27, 1918
Author, Historian. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to one of America's most prominent families, his father was American Diplomat and scholar Charles Francis Adams, his grandfather was 6th United States President John Quincy Adams, and his great-grandfather was 2nd United States President ...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul G. Healy)
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
African American Civil War Memorial [memorial]
Memorial. This monument, dedicated on July 18, 1998, honors the African American soldiers who fought in the United States Colored Troop regiments during the Civil War. Encircled on three sides by a Wall of Honor, the monument features sculpted bronze images of three uniformed soldiers and a sailor. The back of the monument depicts a family seeing their son off to war. The memorial stands nearly ten feet tall and was erected at the center of a granite paved plaza near the entrance to a metro...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
10th and U Street Plaza, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Aiken, Frederick Argyle b. September 20, 1837 d. December 23, 1878
The Conspirator, is a movie about Aiken and his client, Mrs. Surratt. Aiken is played by James McAvoy. Alexis Bledel plays his wife, Sarah. Mary Surratt is played by Robin Wright Penn.

Lincoln Assassination Trial Attorney. A Massachusetts native he moved with his parents to Hardwick, Vermont when he was ten years old. As a young man he studied at Middlebury College from 1855 to 1857. Drawn to journalism he became the editor of the Burlington Sentinel. After he married Sarah...[Read More] (Bio by: SLGMSD)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: North Hill, Lot 79
Aldrich, William Farrington b. March 11, 1853 d. October 30, 1925
US Congressman. He was thrice elected to represent Alabama's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1896 to 1897, then from 1898 to 1899, then finally from 1900 to 1901. He was the brother of Congressman Truman H. Aldrich.
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Allen, George Venable b. November 3, 1903 d. July 11, 1970
US Diplomat. Served as the United States Ambassador to Iran from 1946 to 1948, United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1949 to 1953, United States Ambassador to India from 1953 to 1954, United States Ambassador to Nepal from 1953 to 1954, and United States Ambassador to Greece from 1956 to 1957. From 1958 to 1960, he was director of the United States Information Agency. In 1966, he was named as a Career Ambassador, the highest post in the Foreign Service. (Bio by: K)
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Alvord, James Church [cenotaph] b. April 14, 1808 d. September 27, 1839
US Congressman. Elected as a Whig to represent Massachusetts' 6th District in the US House of Representatives, he served for six months in 1839. His death came before the Congress assembled. Alvord was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. An 1827 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, he was admitted to the bar in 1830 and returned to his hometown to set up practice. He was professor pro tempore at the Cambridge Law School (1833), a member of the State House of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Range 57, Site 141
Anderson, Isabel b. March 29, 1876 d. November 3, 1948
Author. Her known books are "Topsy Turvy and the Gold Star," "Circling Africa," "Zigzagging the South Seas," among several others. Besides being a noted author, she was an Ambassador to Japan, and during World War I she was with the District of Columbia Red Cross Refreshment Corp. During World War II, she was a volunteer nurse's aid, and was decorated with the Elizabeth Croix de Guerre. (Bio by: Laurie)
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Chapel of Saint Mary
Anderson, Joseph b. November 5, 1757 d. April 17, 1837
US Senator. Following service throughout the Revolutionary War, in which he attained the rank of Major, he was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Delaware. Appointed United States Judge of the Territory South of the Ohio River in 1791, he later was a member of the first Tennessee Constitutional Convention. He was elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee and served from 1797 to 1815. He served as the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1815 to 1836. He was the...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Range 31, Site 44
Anderson, Simeon H. [cenotaph] b. March 2, 1802 d. August 11, 1840
US Congressman. Born near Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823. He quickly became a rising star in state politics, especially after marrying the daughter of future Kentucky Governor William Owsley. Anderson served in the State House of Representatives from 1828 to 1829, in 1832, and from 1836 to 1838. During that time he purchased Owsley's 300-acre farm near Lancaster, "Pleasant Retreat", and it would remain in the family until...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Range 57, Site 135
Andrews, Charles [cenotaph] b. February 11, 1814 d. April 30, 1852
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Maine's 4th District in the Thirty-Second Congress, he served from 1851 until his death in office. Andrews was born in Paris, Oxford County, Maine. He graduated from Hebron Academy, was admitted to the bar in 1837, and established a law practice in his hometown. From 1839 to 1843 he was a member of the State House of Representatives, serving as Speaker in 1842, followed by three years as clerk of the courts for Oxford County. In 1848 he was a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Range 54, Site 161
Andrews, Richard Snowden [cenotaph] b. October 29, 1830 d. January 5, 1903
Andrews was an American architect and a Confederate artillery commander and diplomat during the American Civil War. Served as a Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Fought in a number of battles including the Seven Days Battle, where he was wounded. He is known best for his part in the Battle of Cedar Mountain (near Culpeper), Virginia on August 9th 1862. There, near the front, a Federal shell struck his right side, ripping a gaping hole in his abdomen...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave)
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Ansberry, Timothy Thomas b. December 24, 1871 d. July 5, 1943
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Ohio's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1915.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Armstrong, Frank Crawford b. November 22, 1835 d. September 8, 1909
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. A Regular Officer in the US Army, he fought for the Union at the First Battle of Bull Run. He didn't decide to join the Confederacy until August 1861, when he resigned. He served on the staffs of CSA Generals James McIntosh and Ben McCulloch (who were both killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge). Promoted to Brigadier General, CSA in 1863. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 41
Ashley, Chester [cenotaph] b. June 1, 1791 d. April 29, 1848
US Senator, Attorney. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Arkansas. Raised in Hudson, New York, he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts (1813) and Connecticut's Litchfield Law School (1814) before beginning his law career in Hudson. Personal ambition led him to seek his fortune in the western frontier and in 1820 he settled in Little Rock, in what was then the Arkansas Territory. He immediately formed a partnership with another newcomer to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Range 60, Site 144
Aswell, James Benjamin b. December 23, 1869 d. March 16, 1931
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1931.
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Babcock, Joseph Weeks b. March 6, 1850 d. April 27, 1909
US Congressman. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1907. Alos served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1889 to 1893.
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA

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