Veterans
There are a number of veterans in the Orchard Street Cemetery dating back to 5 men who were soldiers or sailors during the War of 1812. During our research over the past several years, we have found and confirmed at least 8 veterans who were not recognized as such and added them to our list. Some of these veterans died during their service. Some were killed in action, some died as a result of injuries sustained in battle, others died due to illness or accidents. They died at Gettysburg, Soissons, and even in Dover.
War of 1812
James Ford unknown
William “Billy” Ford Private Cpt John Hinchman’s Company NJ Militia
Byram Pruden Private Cpt Halliday’s Morris Rangers
Jacob S. Sigler Private 3rd NJ Militia
S. Dudley Wood “Boy” Gunboat 107
Private Jacob S. Sigler
War of 1812
Died 1867
Original Incorporator of
Dover Cemetery Association
Civil War
David Sanford Allen Captain 39th NJV
William L. Allen Pvt Co. G 40th NJV
Sedgewick Bennett 1st Lt. 39th NJV
Edward Payson Berry (WIA) Captain Co. E 6th NJV (Acting Major)
Titus Berry Jr. 2nd Lt. Co. E 11th NJV
Samuel Booth Co. G 1st NJV
Thomas S. Boyd Pvt. Co. B 27th NJV
James Wellington Briant Pvt. Co. K NY Engineers
Burtis M. Broadwell (Illness) Pvt. Co. D 5th NJV
Caleb Johnson Broadwell Sgt. Co. K 39th NJV
Stephen A. Broadwell Pvt. Co. K 39th NJV
John Thompson Burrell Pvt. Co. L 1st NYV
John H. Butler Co. B NJ Artillery (USN) also 7th NY Artillery
Herbert B. Chambre Asst Surgeon 14th NJV
Francis Coonrod Pvt. Co. B 8th NJV
John Baxter Cox Corp. Co. B 2nd NJV
William H. H. Doty Sgt. Co. G 5th NYV but reduced to Pvt.
Oliver Elmendorf Pvt. Co. K NY Cavalry
James Evans Pvt. Co. 1 2nd District of Columbia
Stewart Alexander Farr Co. D 71st NYV
Amadee B. Ford Pvt. Co. K 39th NJV
John W. Ford Pvt. Co. E 11th NJV
Marcus S. Ford Pvt. Co. E 11th NJV
George Gage Captain Co. E NJ Militia PA Emergency
Charles D. Gessler Corp. Co. I 40th NJV
Leonard V. Gillen Corp. Co. E 11th NJV
Noah C. Haggerty Co. G 1st NJ Cavalry Provost Guard
Thomas J. Halsey Major 11th NJV
John Hamilton Pvt. Co. L 27th NJV
Jacob Housel Co. H 15th NJV
Henry D. Ianson Co. K 2nd District of Columbia
John Davenport Jennings Pvt. Co. E NJV
Edward J. Kinney Sgt. Co. E 11th NJV
John Lawrence Co. B 1st NJ Calvary
Andrew Love (Illness) Pvt. Co. A 1st NJ Cavalry
George Love (Illness) Pvt. Co. E 9th NJV
James McDavit (KIA) Sgt. Co. E 11th NJ (Cenotaph)
Reverend Burtis C. Megie Chaplain
Andrew W. Messenger Pvt. Co. E 48th NYV
John Jacob Messenger Co. B 124th NYV
Charles Wesley Mills Co. J 39th NJV
Samuel W. Morse Co. E 11th NJV
Josiah J. Nichols Co. K 28th NJV
William H. Nichols * Pvt. Co. M 5th Ohio Cavalry
George M. Price Pvt. Co. B 3rd NJV
Moses Ray Pvt. 2nd USCT
William Harvey Searing Sr. Corp. Co. K 27th NJV
James H. Simpson Captain Co. I 15th NJV
William Stewart Pvt. Co. D 15th NJV
Randolph W. Thomas * Pvt NY
Lyman B. Waer Pvt. Co. C 13th NJV
Robert O. S. Wighton Pvt. Co. E NJ Militia PA Emergency
Peter L. Winant Pvt. Co. D 29th PAV
Hudson D. Wilson (Illness) Drummer boy 12th US Volunteers
David Young Co. E 170th NYV
Lt. Sedgewick R. Bennett
Civil War
Died August 12, 1910
Dover Mayor 1887-1891 and Exempt Dover Fireman
Major Thomas Jefferson Halsey
11th Regt. NJ Volunteers Civil War
Wounded and captured at Chancellorsville
Held at Andersonville for 8 months
Injured at Gettysburg
Original incorporator and volunteer
Dover Fire Department
Original Dover Alderman
Died Jan. 27, 1893
Sgt. James McDavit
Killed at Chancellorsville
Cenotaph at the Orchard Street Cemetery
Spanish - American War
Albert S. Chambre Pvt. Co. M 2nd NJV
Albert Corby Pvt. US Army
Charles Oliver Hedden Pvt. Co. M 2nd NJV
Frederick M. E. Mindermann Pvt. Co. M 2nd NJV
Robert Crittendon Segur Unknown PA
World War I
Francis F. Apgar III Served in WWI as well as Special Section Officer for Army and USN WWII
William Hedges Baker (KIA) Pvt. 26th Infantry
Charles H. Black Pvt. US Army
Samuel A. Booth Cook 55th Regiment
Charles Christian Buck (KIA) 2nd Lt. Machine Gun Unit
Raymond E. Burnett Pvt. Troop B 5th Cavalry
Charles Dalrymple Corp. 100 Co. Transportation Corps
James A. Donaldson (KIA) Pvt. Co. G 325th Infantry
Paul Aaron Langevin Doty Major US General Staff
(General Minnesota National Guard)
Horace Garfield Dunham Captain
Raymond Fields Mexican Border Crisis 20th Inf/WWI 42nd Inf
Alfred Hocking Unknown
William J. Hocking (KIA) Pvt. Co. 1 309th Infantry 78th Division
Harold Hooper Pvt. Co A 101st Infantry
Samuel Langman Pvt. 28th Ambulance Co.
Saidee Mae MacFall Nurse US Navy
Paul Francis McDonnell Pvt. US Army
Raymond B. Reynolds Cpl. 303 Supply 78th Division
Edgar B. Rogers (Illness) Pvt. Medical Department
Howard C. Searing US Navy
Herbert C. Segur 1st Lt. US Army
Edgar Sundstrom Pvt. 312 Field Signal Battalion 87th Div
Thomas Tyack Webber Sgt. US Army
Allen Kynor Williams Pvt. US Army
Frank L. Yake Cpl. US Army
Alfred Hocking
US Navy WWI
Wharton Fire Department
Died Sept. 12, 1956
Lt. Charles Christian Buck
KIA Oct. 18, 1918
During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Paul Aaron Langevin Doty
Major US Army 1917-1918
General, Minn. NG​
World War II
Sgt. Dorothy Ennis
USMC WWII
Died January 26, 2012
PFC. Jesse G. Hoffman
KIA December 13, 1943
Wallis D. Bishop PFC USMC
Clarence B. Byers Jr. Pvt. US Army
Thomas Louis Cocking Navy
Dorothy Clara Ennis Sgt. USMC
Kelsey Wilson Force US Navy
John E. Gilbert Sgt. US Army Air Corps
George Hahn Pvt. Co. B 114th Infantry
Carl W. Hedden Corp. 5th Army
Jesse Gerald Hoffman (KIA) Pfc. 143 Infantry 36th Division
Edward C. Hurd US Army
Elwood Jenkins (Accident) Pvt. Medical Battalion
William C. Kanouse Merchant Marines
John Joseph Kempler Staff Sgt. Army (Ret Mst. Sgt. NG)
LeRoy William Little Sgt. US Army Air Corps
Anthony Lynch Sgt. US Army
Florence H. Mitchell Staff Sgt. US Army Air Corps
Gerald Nordland PFC US Army Air Corps
William H. Reck PFC US Army
Robert H. Van Orden Lt. US Navy
William Webber Jr.
Vietnam
Jan Gordon US Army
Other
John Sandry Veteran according to records
Clarence E. Weller US Navy according to records in 1920