Capt. Charles Massey House

circa 1794

Charles Massey's grandfather, Samuel Massey, an Irish Quaker, founded the family shipping company in Philadelphia in 1699. Charles' fleet of 20 vessels sailed to 76 ports around the world and his flagship, “The Globe”, made 8 voyages to ...

Capt. J. Harvey Mathes

37th. Tenn. C.S.A.

Capt. J. Harvey Mathes

37th. Tenn. C.S.A.

Marker can be reached from North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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Capt. William Turner

A military commander during King Phillip's war. Capt. Turner was killed near here in a retreat after leading a massacre of Indians fishing at the Great Falls of the Conn. River in Gill on May 19, 1676.

Marker is on Conway ...

Capt. Henry J. Biddle

2nd Lieut. Jonathan Williams Biddle

Capt. Henry J. Biddle

Assistant Adjutant General

Pennsylvania Reserves

Born   May 16, 1817

Mortally wounded in the

Battle of New Market Cross Roads

June 30,

Died in Richmond, Va.

July 20, 1862

[ Lt. ...

Capt. Angus Greme

One of two officers in Lafayette’s Army who, according to tradition, were so struck with the view from here that they vowed to return after the Revolution. Greme did settle nearby with his family and in 1850 he was buried ...

Death of Capt. Woolfolk

The American Capt. John Woolfolk hid in one of the French homes just east of here during the massacre at the River Raisin, Jan. 23, 1813. Indians searching the settlement found him. They claimed him as their prisoner and forced ...

Capt. Philo McGiffin

Born Dec. 13, 1860, on this site. Graduate U.S. Naval Academy. Went to China in 1885, built up and trained its Navy. Sept. 17, 1894, it fought the Japanese to a draw in a naval battle at Yalu River. McGiffin ...

Moundsville / Capt. James Harrod

Moundsville. Named for Grave Creek Mound. This mound, 900 feet around, 70 feet high, is the largest conical mound in America. The inscribed stone found in it has never been deciphered. Near by was the Indian fort built by Joseph ...

Capt. Molly Corbin

Revolutionary War heroine, called “Molly Pitcher” who manned the cannon when her husband was killed in battle. Molly was also badly wounded and lived in various homes while recuperating from her own wounds.

Originally buried on the J.P. Morgan ...