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Comm. French Forrest
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b. 1796 – 22 Nov 1866
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72 yrs
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R45 S42
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- Veteran of 3 wars – War of 1812, Mexican & Civil War.
- 13th Commandant of Washington Navy Yard (1855-1856).
- Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard (1861-1862) and served in the Confederate navy until the end of the Civil War.
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Joseph Gilbert Totten
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b. 1788 - d. 22 Apr 1864
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75 yrs
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R44 S36
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- General Totten was the tenth to graduate from West Point, class of 1805.
- Veteran of 3 wars – War of 1812, Mexican & Civil War.
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William H. Emory
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b. 1811 - d. 1 Dec 1887
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76 yrs
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R43 S37
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- Maj. Gen. William H. Emory graduated from West Point in 1831.
- While Lt. in the topographical engineers he was responsible for publishing Joseph Nicollet’s map and surveying report (Joseph Nicollet’s site is at R37 S27).
- Veteran of 2 wars – Mexican & Civil War.
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Gen. Daniel Parker
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b. 1782 – d. 5 Apr 1846
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64 yrs
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R45 S45-46
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- Appointed Adjutant & Inspector General of the Army 1814–1821.
- Chief Clerk of the War Department.
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Wm. Grenville Temple
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b. 1824 – d. 30 Jun 1894
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70 yrs
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R40 S23
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- RAdm. Temple graduated from Naval Academy in 1846.
- Veteran of two wars – Mexican & Civil War.
- Escorted King Kamehameha I of Hawaii when visiting the U.S.
- His wife was the daughter of Gen. Totten.
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David Edgar Herold
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b. 1842 – d. 7 Jul 1865
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23 yrs
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R46 S44
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- Conspirator of the Lincoln Assassination. Accompanied Booth on his ride into Maryland & captured at Garrett’s farm. Hanged at the Arsenal, 7 Jul 1865.
- The Evening Star, February 15, 1869
On Saturday afternoon, Rev. J. Vaugh Lewis, of St. John's (Episcopal) Church, made application to President Johnson, in behalf of the mother and sister of David E. Herold, who was executed with Mrs. Surratt, Payne, and Atzerot, July 6th, 1865, for Herold's remains, and the order was immediately given. The order was placed in the hands of Mr. Joseph Gawler, undertaker, who presented it to the commandant at the Arsenal, General Ramsey, and the detail of men was made who soon dug to the box containing the remains, (lying between the cases containing the bodies of Payne and Atzerodt) and they were delivered to Mr. G., who at once took them to his establishment on Pennsylvania avenue, between 17th and 18th streets. The top of the case was found to have decayed and fallen in. The body was recovered from the pine case and placed in a fine walnut coffin, ornamented with silver handles and screws, with a plate on the breast inscribed "David E. Herold, aged twenty-three years." The flesh had entirely disappeared, the skeleton only remaining, but the clothing appeared to be in a fair state of preservation. The head was entirely separated from the body. The phial containing a parchment slip with the name of the deceased was found in the box and handed to his mother.
The coffin containing the remains was removed in a hearse today at 12 p.m. from Mr. Gawler's establishment to the Congressional Cemetery, where it was met by the mother and five sisters of the deceased, and Rev. J. Vaugh Lewis, pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church. It was immediately removed to the grave prepared for it, which is in the old portion of the cemetery, about thirty feet south of the monument of the Indian Chief Push-Ma-Ta-Ha, and adjoining the grave of the father of the deceased. A cross of flowers was placed upon the coffin by one of Herold's sisters, and the funeral services of the Episcopal Church were performed by Rev. Mr. Lewis, after which the coffin was lowered and the grave filled up. The ceremony was strictly private, and besides the officiating clergyman, the only persons present were Herold's mother and sisters who seemed very much
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