Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter

1797–1870 (age 73)

Military Engineer

About Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter

Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797–1870) lived to age 73. They were a military engineer. Born in Pittsfield, they died in Millersburg. They are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in District of Columbia.

Also buried at Oak Hill Cemetery

Adolf Cluss
1825–1905 (age 80)
Oak Hill Cemetery
German-American architect who designed numerous public buildings in Washington, D.C.
Dean Acheson
1893–1971 (age 78)
Oak Hill Cemetery
U.S. Secretary of State under President Truman who played a key role in Cold War foreign policy.
Joseph Henry
1797–1878 (age 81)
Oak Hill Cemetery
First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and pioneering physicist.
Myrtilla Miner
1815–1864 (age 49)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Founder of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in Washington, D.C.
Francis G. Newlands
1848–1917 (age 69)
Oak Hill Cemetery
U.S. Senator and Congressman from Nevada who championed irrigation and conservation.
William P. Corcoran
1798–1888 (age 90)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Founder of Oak Hill Cemetery and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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George Bomford
1780–1848 (age 68)
Rock Creek Cemetery
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