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GEN Henry Adam Fonda

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GEN Henry Adam Fonda

Birth
Schenectady County, New York, USA
Death
17 Sep 1828 (aged 62)
Fonda, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Burial
Fonda, Montgomery County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9572065, Longitude: -74.3683996
Plot
White Oak Hill-NE Corner of Cemetery near north fence
Memorial ID
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Died - At Caughnawaga, Montgomery co. on the 17th inst. Gen. Henry Fonda, an old and respectable inhabitant of that place. Albany Argus (Albany, NY), Friday, September 26, 1828.

Brig. Gen. Henry Adam Fonda was an officer in Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown's Infantry Regiment, later in Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn's Regiment and participated in the Lake Ontario Skirmishes during the War of 1812 against Canada and the British. He was appointed Brig. Gen. of the 11th Infantry in 1820. During 1807, 1816 and 1819, he was a member of the NY State Legislature representing the Fourth Senatorial District of Tryon County.
Died - At Caughnawaga, Montgomery co. on the 17th inst. Gen. Henry Fonda, an old and respectable inhabitant of that place. Albany Argus (Albany, NY), Friday, September 26, 1828.

Brig. Gen. Henry Adam Fonda was an officer in Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown's Infantry Regiment, later in Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn's Regiment and participated in the Lake Ontario Skirmishes during the War of 1812 against Canada and the British. He was appointed Brig. Gen. of the 11th Infantry in 1820. During 1807, 1816 and 1819, he was a member of the NY State Legislature representing the Fourth Senatorial District of Tryon County.

Inscription

Gen. Henry Fonda
who departed this life Sept. 17, 1828
...can't read....62 years & 27 days (gives birthdate of August 21, 1766)



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