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Pvt Joseph Daly
Great Grandfather of William F. Daly Joseph Daly was born in New York City about 1843. The names of his parents are unknown. He was a...
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Aug 29, 2024
Pvt Henry Van Baalen
Great Great Grand Uncle of Stephen D. Arthur Henry Van Baalen was born in 1846 in New York State according to the 1850 Federal Census....
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Aug 29, 2024
Pvt Andrew Jackson Bovee
2nd Great Grandfather of Richard John Fronek Andrew Jackson Bovee was born July 24, 1845/8 at Madison County, New York. He was the son of...
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Aug 29, 2024


Pvt Asbury Morgan Kimbrough, Sr, 47th AL Infantry
2nd great grandfather of Neil Roed Asbury Morgan Kimbrough was born 22 July 1824 in Greene Co, Georgia to Bradley Kimbrough and Martha...
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Aug 29, 2024
Qm Sgt William Henry Sturges
Grand-uncle of Michelle Yvonne (Noe) Richardson William Henry Sturges was born May 21, 1843 to Ira Sturges and his wife Eliza Ann...
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Aug 29, 2024


David C Jarrett
David C Jarrett was the 2nd Great Grandfather of Jeffrey Michael Clayton David C Jarrett was born to Nathaniel and Margaret Jarret on 1...
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Aug 29, 2024
William W. Perry
2rd Great Grand Uncle of Gregory W. Snyder William W. Perry was born 1 July 1851, at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. He was the 1st child and...
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Aug 29, 2024


Pvt William H Forbes
Pvt William H Forbes is the 2nd Great Grandfather of Gregory S Forbes William H. Forbes was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,...
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Aug 29, 2024


Private Joseph “JC” Taylor
Private Joseph C Taylor 4th Great Grandfather of Glenn E Chappell Pvt Joseph Taylor was born about 1829 probably in Marion County, South...
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Aug 28, 2024
George W. “Jay” Bush, Jr
Great granduncle of Cornelia Bush George W. Bush was born 17 May 1839 at the family farm at Nanticoke, Broome County, New York. He was...
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Aug 28, 2024
Private Peleg Nelson Tolley
Private Peleg Nelson Tolley is the 3rd Great granduncle of Arnold Tolley Slater Peleg Nelson Tolley was born around 1827 in Tiverton,...
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Aug 28, 2024
Pvt Lewis W Homes
Great Great Grand Uncle of Stanley Albert Cooper Lewis W Holmes was born in November 1841 in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, PA, to...
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Apr 18, 2024


Pvt Robert Toombs Franks
Robert Toombs Franks is the Great Great Grandfather of Cherie Franks Harbison Robert Toombs Franks was born 27 July 1846 in Washington...
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Apr 18, 2024
General George Warren West
General West was the 2nd Great Grandfather of Leslie kay Nazak Spencer George Warren West was born July 19, 1832 in Lowell,...
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Apr 18, 2024


Charles Ashley Willis
Charles Ashley Willis was the Great Grand Uncle of Susan Kay Snedeker Trunzo Charles Ashley Willis was born around 1842 in Barnwell...
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Dec 26, 2023
Pvt Lewis W Homes
Great Great Grand Uncle of Stanley Albert Cooper Lewis W Holmes was born in November 1841 in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, PA, to...
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Dec 26, 2023


Julius Nickolus Taylor
Julius Nicholus Taylor was the 2nd Great Grandfather of Roger Lewis Neff Julius Nicholus Taylor was born 15 May 1831 at Irwinton, Baldwin...
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Dec 26, 2023
General George Warren West
General West was the 2nd Great Grandfather of Leslie kay Nazak Spencer George Warren West was born July 19, 1832 in Lowell,...
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Dec 26, 2023


Samuel Fales Dunton
Samuel Fales Dunton was the 3rd Great Grandfather of Janet Pamella Wadley Fulton Samuel Fales Dunton was born in 1835 in Camden, Maine,...
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Dec 26, 2023


Brevet Major General Gen Alexander Hays
Brevet Major General Gen Alexander Hays Army of the Potomac Brevet MG Alexander Hays is the 2nd Great Grandfather of James Munsey Hays ...
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Dec 26, 2023
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