Brig. Gen. Henry Adam Fonda was an officer in Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown's Infantry Regiment, later in Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn's Regiment and participated in the Lake Ontario Skirmishes during the War of 1812 against Canada and the British. He was appointed Brig. Gen. of the 11th Infantry in 1820. During 1807, 1816 and 1819, he was a member of the NY State Legislature representing the Fourth Senatorial District of Tryon County.
Brig. Gen. Henry Adam Fonda was an officer in Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown's Infantry Regiment, later in Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn's Regiment and participated in the Lake Ontario Skirmishes during the War of 1812 against Canada and the British. He was appointed Brig. Gen. of the 11th Infantry in 1820. During 1807, 1816 and 1819, he was a member of the NY State Legislature representing the Fourth Senatorial District of Tryon County.
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Gen. Henry Fonda
who departed this life Sept. 17, 1828
...can't read....62 years & 27 days (gives birthdate of August 21, 1766)
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