PETER SIMONS FAYSSOUX is listed in the Naval Register for 1812 as "Peter Fayssoux, Jr." He resigned from the Navy and entered the Army sometime after his marriage. He was assistant Commissary of Issues from December 4, 1819 to May 17, 1821 when he was appointed Military Storekeeper, Quartermaster Dept., U.S.A., where he served until his death in 1833. He served at St. Louis, MO. when it was an outpost and trading post, but most of his military career was at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia, where he was in charge, and which place was "home" to his family for many, many years. When Capt. Peter Simons Fayssoux died in 1833, his eldest son, Edwards Smith Fayssoux, was appointed to fill his position, which position he held until his death in September 15, 1852, unmarried. After Edwards Smith Fayssoux's death, the family left the Arsenal. Peter Simons Fayssoux's grave was removed many years ago from a Philadelphia burying ground to the Leiper Presbyterian Churchyard near Swarthmore, PA. His widow, Rebekah (Irvine) Fayssoux spent her last years with her daughters, Mrs. Thomas Sumter Mills and Mrs. Samuel J. Randell, in Chester, SC., where she is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Contributed by Davis E. McCollum.
Contributed by Davis E. McCollum.
PETER SIMONS FAYSSOUX is listed in the Naval Register for 1812 as "Peter Fayssoux, Jr." He resigned from the Navy and entered the Army sometime after his marriage. He was assistant Commissary of Issues from December 4, 1819 to May 17, 1821 when he was appointed Military Storekeeper, Quartermaster Dept., U.S.A., where he served until his death in 1833. He served at St. Louis, MO. when it was an outpost and trading post, but most of his military career was at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia, where he was in charge, and which place was "home" to his family for many, many years. When Capt. Peter Simons Fayssoux died in 1833, his eldest son, Edwards Smith Fayssoux, was appointed to fill his position, which position he held until his death in September 15, 1852, unmarried. After Edwards Smith Fayssoux's death, the family left the Arsenal. Peter Simons Fayssoux's grave was removed many years ago from a Philadelphia burying ground to the Leiper Presbyterian Churchyard near Swarthmore, PA. His widow, Rebekah (Irvine) Fayssoux spent her last years with her daughters, Mrs. Thomas Sumter Mills and Mrs. Samuel J. Randell, in Chester, SC., where she is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Contributed by Davis E. McCollum.
Contributed by Davis E. McCollum.
Gravesite Details
Aged 40 yrs., Native of Charleston S.C.
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