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LTC Clement Augustus Lounsberry

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LTC Clement Augustus Lounsberry Veteran

Birth
DeKalb County, Indiana, USA
Death
3 Oct 1926 (aged 83)
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8804265, Longitude: -77.071848
Plot
Section 2, Site 1133
Memorial ID
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Lineage for Clement Augustus Lounsberry:
1) Richard Lonsborough of England, m. Elizabeth
2) Richard Lounsbury of England, and NY m. Elizabeth Pennoyer, daughter of Robert Pennoyer and Elsie Marshall.
3) Michael Lounsbury of NY and CT, m. Sarah Lockwood, daughter of Edmund Lockwood and Hannah Scott
4) Monmouth Lounsbury of CT m. Jemima June, daughter of Thomas June and Sarah Smith Hoyt
5) Michael Lounsbury of CT and NY m. Abigail Hillman, daughter of Seth Hilman and Abigail
6) Joseph Lounsberry of CT and NY m. Mary (Polly) Whitney, daughter of William Whitney and Ruth Rodman
7) Rufus Rodman Lounsberry of NY and IN, m. Sarah Weeks, daughter of Luther Weeks and Sarah Benedict
8) Clement Augustus Lounsberry of IN and DC, m. Lucretia Victoria Hoskins

Lineage for the mother Sarah Weeks Lounsberry:
1]Francis Weeks born England (1616-ca 1688) m Elizabeth Luther
2]Samuel Weeks (ca 1640-1698) m Elizabeth Ruddick
3]Philip Weeks (ca 1678-1711] m Martha
4]Jonathan Weeks Sr. m Abigail Wildman (1714-1796), about 1737.
5]Philip Weeks (1742-1778) m Abigail Beers (1751-1839 about 1773
6]Luther Weeks (1776-ca 1834) m Sarah Benedict (1784-1878)28 July 1804 at Homer, NY

His part of history in the Battle of the Little Big Horn:

"In 1884, a number of men came down from Bismarck and decided that a logical place for a town was on the south shore of a lake, which they proceeded to name "Hoskins," in honor of the wife of Col. Lounsberry, then editor of the Bismarck Tribune, first paper in Bismarck."

He was the first to send the message with regard to Custers Last Stand.

He founded the Bismarck Tribune, ND.

His first wife was Lucretia Hoskins, buried in Forest Hill Cemetery,Duluth, MN.

He married a second time: Sarah Jane Mason Brownson (1832-1918) and he married in 1922 for a third time: Elizabeth E. Guyton (1857 - ) "Born in Indiana, Clement was orphaned as a child, and was doing farm work in Michigan when he enlisted in the Army at the start of the Civil War as a private, serving until the very end. He was promoted many times, ending by leading his regiment as a full Colonel in the last victory parade. He was wounded 3 times, captured twice, and led two regiments into Petersburg at the end, capturing 3000 prisoners.

"Clement married Lucretia Hoskins in Michigan in 1864. After the war, he went to Martin County, Minnesota, where he served as County Auditor for three years. He then had a newspaper at Wells, Minnesota, worked as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, and then started the Bismarck Tribune, the first newspaper in North Dakota in about 1873. He conducted the paper for 13 years, and was a writer and reporter for even longer. From 1876-85, he was Postmaster at Bismarck. He was responsible for the exclusive New York Herald coverage of the Custer Massacre, with full details and interviews.

During the Republican administrations of Harrison and McKinley, he was a Special Agent for the General Land Office, commanding up to 12 agents in the Western states .While in Washington State in 1891, he investigated Isaac Galbraith, Contract 338, for alleged improper interests in land in the township he was surveying. (T37N R6E)

"By 1893, he had divorced from Lucretia and married Sarah Jane Mason Brownson. Clement was assigned to Washington, D. C. in 1905.
Contributor: LBN (49278253)
Lineage for Clement Augustus Lounsberry:
1) Richard Lonsborough of England, m. Elizabeth
2) Richard Lounsbury of England, and NY m. Elizabeth Pennoyer, daughter of Robert Pennoyer and Elsie Marshall.
3) Michael Lounsbury of NY and CT, m. Sarah Lockwood, daughter of Edmund Lockwood and Hannah Scott
4) Monmouth Lounsbury of CT m. Jemima June, daughter of Thomas June and Sarah Smith Hoyt
5) Michael Lounsbury of CT and NY m. Abigail Hillman, daughter of Seth Hilman and Abigail
6) Joseph Lounsberry of CT and NY m. Mary (Polly) Whitney, daughter of William Whitney and Ruth Rodman
7) Rufus Rodman Lounsberry of NY and IN, m. Sarah Weeks, daughter of Luther Weeks and Sarah Benedict
8) Clement Augustus Lounsberry of IN and DC, m. Lucretia Victoria Hoskins

Lineage for the mother Sarah Weeks Lounsberry:
1]Francis Weeks born England (1616-ca 1688) m Elizabeth Luther
2]Samuel Weeks (ca 1640-1698) m Elizabeth Ruddick
3]Philip Weeks (ca 1678-1711] m Martha
4]Jonathan Weeks Sr. m Abigail Wildman (1714-1796), about 1737.
5]Philip Weeks (1742-1778) m Abigail Beers (1751-1839 about 1773
6]Luther Weeks (1776-ca 1834) m Sarah Benedict (1784-1878)28 July 1804 at Homer, NY

His part of history in the Battle of the Little Big Horn:

"In 1884, a number of men came down from Bismarck and decided that a logical place for a town was on the south shore of a lake, which they proceeded to name "Hoskins," in honor of the wife of Col. Lounsberry, then editor of the Bismarck Tribune, first paper in Bismarck."

He was the first to send the message with regard to Custers Last Stand.

He founded the Bismarck Tribune, ND.

His first wife was Lucretia Hoskins, buried in Forest Hill Cemetery,Duluth, MN.

He married a second time: Sarah Jane Mason Brownson (1832-1918) and he married in 1922 for a third time: Elizabeth E. Guyton (1857 - ) "Born in Indiana, Clement was orphaned as a child, and was doing farm work in Michigan when he enlisted in the Army at the start of the Civil War as a private, serving until the very end. He was promoted many times, ending by leading his regiment as a full Colonel in the last victory parade. He was wounded 3 times, captured twice, and led two regiments into Petersburg at the end, capturing 3000 prisoners.

"Clement married Lucretia Hoskins in Michigan in 1864. After the war, he went to Martin County, Minnesota, where he served as County Auditor for three years. He then had a newspaper at Wells, Minnesota, worked as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, and then started the Bismarck Tribune, the first newspaper in North Dakota in about 1873. He conducted the paper for 13 years, and was a writer and reporter for even longer. From 1876-85, he was Postmaster at Bismarck. He was responsible for the exclusive New York Herald coverage of the Custer Massacre, with full details and interviews.

During the Republican administrations of Harrison and McKinley, he was a Special Agent for the General Land Office, commanding up to 12 agents in the Western states .While in Washington State in 1891, he investigated Isaac Galbraith, Contract 338, for alleged improper interests in land in the township he was surveying. (T37N R6E)

"By 1893, he had divorced from Lucretia and married Sarah Jane Mason Brownson. Clement was assigned to Washington, D. C. in 1905.
Contributor: LBN (49278253)


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