Person:Lucien Webster (2)

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Lieut. Col. Lucien Bonaparte Webster
b.17 Mar 1801 Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont
d.3 Nov 1853 Fort Brown, Cameron County, Texas
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m. 21 Dec 1837
  1. Josephine Clara Webster1839 - 1914
  2. Catherine Sophia Webster1841 - 1843
  3. Lucien Bonaparte Webster, Jr.1846 - 1847
  4. Frances Isabel Webster1847 - 1925
  5. Maj. Edmund Kirby Webster1852 - 1911
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Name[1][2] Lieut. Col. Lucien Bonaparte Webster
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 17 Mar 1801 Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont
Education[2] 1823 West Point, Orange County, New YorkGraduated U.S. Military Academy
Marriage 21 Dec 1837 St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Floridato Frances Marvin Smith
Death[1][2] 3 Nov 1853 Fort Brown, Cameron County, Texas(of yellow fever)
Burial[2] Alexandria Natioinal Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

St. Augustine (Fla.) News, 26 Mar 1842, p. 3

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Daughters of the American Revolution. Index of the rolls of honor (ancestor's index) in the lineage books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (1988). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1960, 1980, 1988, 1998)
    Vol. 107, p. 233.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Find A Grave.

    Lucien B. Webster

    He was originally buried in the Narional Cemetery at Brownsville, Texas. All those graves were exhumed and removed to Pineville in 1909. There is also a memorial for him in the family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

  3.   Cullum, George Washington. Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y: from its establishment, in 1802 to 1890, with the early history of the United States Military Academy. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891-1950).

    Cadet at the Military Academy, Aug. 28, 1819, to July 1, 1823, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

    Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, July 1, 1823.

    Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 1, 1823.

    Served: on Ordnance duty, Aug. 1, 1823, to May, 1824; in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1824?25, — Ft. Constitution, N. H., 1825?27, — Bellona Arsenal, Va., 1827?28, — and Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1828; at the Military Academy, 1828?34, as Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Aug. 31, 1828, to Aug. 31, 1830, — and Quartermaster, Oct. 24, 1830, to June 26, 1834; in garrison at Charleston harbor, S. C.,

    (First Lieut, 1st Artillery, May 30, 1832)

    1834-36; in the Florida War, 1836-38, being on Quartermaster duty, 1836-37; in the Cherokee Nation, 1838, while transferring the Indians to

    (Captain, 1st Artillery, Sep. 30, 1836)

    the West; on Maine Frontier, at Houlton, Me., 1838-40, 1841-45, pending the "Disputed Territory" controversy; in garrison at Pensacola harbor, Fla., 1845-46; in Military Occupation of Texas, at Ft. Brown, 1846; in the War with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846, — and Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23,

    (Bvt Major, Sep. 23, 1846,
    for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the several Conflicts at Monterey, Mex.)

    1847; on Recruiting service, 1848; and in garrison at Ft. Mifflin, Pa.,

    (Bvt. Lieut. Col., Feb. 23, 1847,
    for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Buena Vista, Mex.)

    1848-50, — Baton Rouge, La., 1850-51, — and New Orleans Barracks,

    (Major, 4th Artillery, Aug. 3, 1852)

    La., 1851-52.

    Died, Nov. 4, 1853, at Fort Brown, Tex.: Aged 52.

    Buried, Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana.

  4.   Washington (D.C.) Daily Union
    p. 2, 17 Mar 1847.

    PROMOTIONS. Adjutant General's Department.

    Captain Lucien B. Webster, 1st Artillery, to be Major by Brevet. to date from 23 Sept. 1846.

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