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BG Henry Stanton

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BG Henry Stanton

Birth
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
Death
1 Aug 1856 (aged 76–77)
Fort Hamilton, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot
Plot 21192,Section 148
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The son of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha, I believe he was in the Vermont Volunteers before entering the light Artillery as a Lieutenant June 19, 1813. He was promoted to Asst. Deputy Quartermaster-General and then to Military Secretary to Gen. George Izard in May 1814. He resigned Dec. 1, 1817 to return to civilian life, married Eliza Keyes on December 2 in Hartford, Connecticut, and returned to the Army as a Captain in the Quartermasters Feb. 1818. He was promoted to Major in May 1820. He and his first wife, Eliza Keyes, had four children before her death in March 1832. In February 1834, he married Alexandrine Macomb, the daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, in Washington, DC. He served in the Seminole War under Gen. Thomas Jessup as Acting Adjutant General from1836 to 1838. On January 1, 1847, he received the brevet of Brig. General for meritorious conduct particularly for duties during the War with Mexico. The seven children by his second wife were all born at Fort Hamilton, New York. He retired there to his home near St. John's, "The Church of the Generals", where he had served on the vestry. He died of yellow fever during an epidemic in the area and was buried on his estate. When the estate was sold by his widow in 1873, all the burials from his vault were reinterred at Green-Wood.

Six if their children are buried here. Their second and third sons, Henry Whiting and Francis died young, in the West, and are buried there.
Their firstborn, Alexander Macomb Stanton, b. Nov.24, 1834, is not here. He married Caroline Cammann, June 2, 1859. They had 5 children. Alexander died in Hamilton, Bermuda May 12, 1913.
His son,Stephen Keyes Stanton, is in Woodlawn. NYC.
The son of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha, I believe he was in the Vermont Volunteers before entering the light Artillery as a Lieutenant June 19, 1813. He was promoted to Asst. Deputy Quartermaster-General and then to Military Secretary to Gen. George Izard in May 1814. He resigned Dec. 1, 1817 to return to civilian life, married Eliza Keyes on December 2 in Hartford, Connecticut, and returned to the Army as a Captain in the Quartermasters Feb. 1818. He was promoted to Major in May 1820. He and his first wife, Eliza Keyes, had four children before her death in March 1832. In February 1834, he married Alexandrine Macomb, the daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, in Washington, DC. He served in the Seminole War under Gen. Thomas Jessup as Acting Adjutant General from1836 to 1838. On January 1, 1847, he received the brevet of Brig. General for meritorious conduct particularly for duties during the War with Mexico. The seven children by his second wife were all born at Fort Hamilton, New York. He retired there to his home near St. John's, "The Church of the Generals", where he had served on the vestry. He died of yellow fever during an epidemic in the area and was buried on his estate. When the estate was sold by his widow in 1873, all the burials from his vault were reinterred at Green-Wood.

Six if their children are buried here. Their second and third sons, Henry Whiting and Francis died young, in the West, and are buried there.
Their firstborn, Alexander Macomb Stanton, b. Nov.24, 1834, is not here. He married Caroline Cammann, June 2, 1859. They had 5 children. Alexander died in Hamilton, Bermuda May 12, 1913.
His son,Stephen Keyes Stanton, is in Woodlawn. NYC.

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