Horace Binney Sargent
Horace Binney Sargent | |
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1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment | |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Horace Binney Sargent (June 26, 1821 – January 8, 1908) was an American soldier and politician.[1]
Early life
Sargent was born in
He graduated from
Career
During the
He served as commandant of the Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1876 to 1878.[4][5] He was the first president of the Soldiers Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a position which he filled until 1884, and he remained on its board of trustees until his death.[6]
He ran for Governor of Massachusetts as the Greenback Party candidate in 1880.[7] After retirement he lived in California with his daughter Elizabeth.
Personal life
He was married to Elizabeth Little Swett (1822–1866), the daughter of Tasker Hazard Swett. Together, they were the parents of:
- Horace Binney Sargent Jr. (1847–1896)
- Elizabeth Hazard Sargent (1850–1920), who married U.S. Navy
- William Winthrop Sargent (1851–1867), who died young.
- Lucius Manilus Sargent (1848–1893), who married Marian Appleton Coolidge (1853–1924), eldest daughter of Ambassador T. Jefferson Coolidge and a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.
Sargent died of heart disease in Santa Barbara, California on January 8, 1908.[1]
References
- ^ San Francisco Call. 9 January 1908. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Remembering Their Comrades at Aldie". dragoon1st.tripod.com. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ^ "Civil War". civilwar.com. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ^ "Full text of 'Roll of the Fifty-fourth national encampment, Grand army of the republic; also list of committees'". Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ^ "Google Play". Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ^ "Full text of "What one Grand Army post has accomplished; history of Edward W. Kinsley Post, no. 113, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, Mass"". Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ^ The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... Vol. 5. D. Appleton. 1887. p. 500. Retrieved 2014-10-05.