Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor those who have given “their last full measure of devotion.” My ancestors have died in several conflicts from the American Revolution to World War II.
These are my ancestors – the honored dead I have identified thus far:
Private Joseph Robins – Died Valley Forge, Pa May 1778
Private William Jones Cowan – died Goliad, Tx Mar 1836
Private Thomas B. Cowan – died Yorktown, Va Sep 1861
Private John Y. Cowan – died Manassas, Va Dec 1861
Private John D. Cowan – Sharpsburg, Md Sep 1862
2Lt. James Pinkney Cowan – died Chancellorsville, VA May 1863
2st Thomas Allison Cowan – died Gettysburg, Pa July 1863
Sergeant Nathan Hamilton – died Gettysburg, Pa July 1863
1st Sgt George W. Faucett – died Wilderness, Va May 1864
Corporal Daniel Fugate – died Point Lookout, Md July 1864
Corporal, Guy Wentworth Selden – Died St. Mihiel, France Sep 1918
1Lt. Robert Benjamin Fugate – died At Sea Jan 1945
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