Individual Notes

Note for: Catherine C. Forrest, 3 Jun 1822 - 27 Oct 1897 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

Individual Note:
     Combs, Catharine C. d. 27 Oct 1897 75 yrs. R46/163
Combs. On Wednesday, October 27, 1897 at 12:50 o'clock p.m., CatherineForest Combs, relict of Robert
M. Combs, in the 76th year of his age. Funeral from the residence of herson-in-law, James N. Fitzpatrick,
137 C street southeast on Friday the 29th inst. at 11 o'clock a.m.Interment private.

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Note for: Catherine Combs, 13 May 1845 - 9 Jan 1927 Index

Burial:
Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

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Note for: William Combs, 1842 - 16 May 1873 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

Individual Note:
     Combs, Dr. William C. d. 16 May 1873 32 yrs. R46/160
Combs. On Friday, the 16th inst., at 11 o'clock p.m., Dr. Wm. C. Combs,aged 32 years, son of the late R.M.
Combs, Esq. Requiem mass at St. Peter's Church, Capitol Hill, on Monday,the 19th of May, at 10 o'clock
a.m. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

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Note for: Thomas Linville, 21 Dec 1874 - 3 Feb 1937 Index

Burial:
Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery Hillcrest Heights MD

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Note for: William Blanchard, 1 Oct 1843 - 22 Aug 1905 Index

Burial:
Place: Oak Hill Cemetery Chicago, Cook Co., IL

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Note for: Henry Hungerford, 1788 - 1866 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Westmoreland Co., VA

Individual Note:
     1850 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census
Name:Henry Hungerford Age:62 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1788 Birth Place:Virginia Gender:Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State):Washington Ward 2, Washington, District of ColumbiaHousehold Members: Name AgeAmanda Hungerford 20 Henry Hungerford 62 Mary E Hungerford 11 Philip C Hungerford 21 Sarah An Hungerford 15 Thomas W Hungerford 6

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Note for: Thomas Hungerford, 1756 - 1803 Index

Burial:
Place: Westmoreland Co., VA Cemetery

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Note for: Francis Conway, 29 Nov 1886 - 8 Feb 1937 Index

Burial:
Place: Ermen Lane Cemetery Mississippi Co., AR

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Note for: John Fitzpatrick, 1807 - Index

Individual Note:
John was clerk in US in Sebate in 1860.
The John C. Fitzpatrick Papers
The John C. Fitzpatrick Papers includes the correspondence, manuscripts,notes and sketches of John Clement Fitzpatrick (1876 - 1940) togetherwith genealogical material about the Fitzpatrick and Combs familiesincluding clippings, family journals and a large number of photographs.The genealogical portion of the collection was put together in part byElizabeth Fitzpatrick Garrety, the only child of John C. Fitzpatrick.Included in the collection are also sets of her correspondence, notes andclippings. The papers comprise 3.5 linear feet, arranged in 7 boxesconsisting of 73 folders.
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John Clement Fitzpatrick was born in Washington, D.C. on August 10, 1876to James N. Fitzpatrick and Elizabeth Combs Fitzpatrick. JamesFitzpatrick was an auditor for the House of the Senate and later workedin the Treasury Department. John Fitzpatrick began working for theLibrary of Congress in 1897 and worked as the Assistant Chief of theManuscripts Division there from 1902 until 1928. In 1918 he received anA.M. from St. Mary's College in Pennsylvania, and later received anhonorary L.H.D. from George Washington University in 1926 and an honoraryD.Litt. from Washington & Lee University in 1932.
John C. Fitzpatrick's lifelong devotion and interest in George Washingtonled him to publish a vast amount on the nation's first president,including a biography, George Washington Himself (1933). Fitzpatrick alsoedited and compiled many collections held by the Library of Congress fortheir publication including Washington's Expenses as Commander in Chief,Calandars of Washington Manuscripts, Correspondence with the ContinentalCongress, Correspondence with the Military, List of Early WashingtonPapers, Franklin Manuscripts, Vernon-Wagner Navy Papers, Autobiography ofMartin Van Buren (1920), and the Diaries of George Washington (1925). In1928 Fitzpatrick left the Library of Congress in order to head the GeorgeWashington Bicentennial Commission, organized by Congress to commemoratethe 200th anniversary of the birth of Washington in 1932. Among theCommission's projects was the publication of the monumental Writings ofWashington, which Fitzpatrick edited and compiled over twelve years. JohnC. Fitzpatrick died in February, 1940 while working on the 39th volume(of 40 projected volumes) of the Writings of Washington.
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Gerrety was born in 1926 to John C. and ElizabethKelly Fitzpatrick in Washington, D.C. Her mother died when she was 8years old, and upon the death of her father when she was 14, a student inhigh school at Immaculata Seminary in Washington, her guardian becameKatherine F. Rogers, John Fitzpatrick's sister and the executor of hiswill. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Gerrety graduated from Trinity College inWashington with a B.A. in 1948 and later worked at the Library ofCongress, George Washington University and Georgetown University Library,the latter institution from which she retired in 198-.
The genealogical material about the Fitzpatrick and Combs families are ofparticular interest of those interested in the history of Washington,D.C. The papers of James N. Fitzpatrick are included, which containletters from Gen. William T. Sherman and three letters from John RussellYoung, famous American journalist and diplomat who was JamesFitzpatrick's brother-in-law. Also included are a set of indenturesmainly showing the exchange and leasing of property by the Fitzpatrickand Combs families in the District of Columbia between 1804 and 1887. Thephotographs are among the most interesting series in the collection,reaching as far back as the 1850's and including shots of John C. andJames N. Fitzpatrick, John Russell Young, James Harris Rogers, Gen.Anthony "Nuts" McAuliffe, Gen. John J. Pershing and Richard M. Nixonduring his Vice-Presidency.

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Note for: Robert Howard, 8 Oct 1870 - 12 Oct 1932 Index

Burial:
Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

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Note for: Lillie Howard, 3 May 1874 - 18 Mar 1876 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC

Individual Note:
     Howard, Lillie d. 19 Mar 1876 1 yr. 10 mos. R49/248
Howard. On Sunday, March 19, 1876, Lillie, daughter of George T. and KateF. Howard, aged 22 months. Funeral from the residence of James N.Fitzpatrick, No. 116 C street southeast (Ingle Place) on Tuesday, March21st at 11 o'clock a.m. Friends are invited to attend.

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Note for: Frances Howard, 25 Oct 1880 - 27 Mar 1954 Index

Burial:
Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC