Henry Atkinson

Henry Atkinson

male, deceased (1842)
United States Army officer, brigadier general, from North Carolina, captain, Colonel, war of 1812…JeffersonBarracks
Henry Atkinson (1782 - 1842) was a U.S. army officer. Atkinson was a native of North Carolina. He entered the army in 1808 as a captain in the...

Albert Berry

male
venice beach, biplane, wright flyer, parachute, aviation history, JeffersonBarracks
Captain Albert Berry is one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered aeroplane. The other...
John Whistler

John Whistler

male, deceased (1829)
British, United States Army, ulster, fort wayne, lake michigan, American Revolutionary War…JeffersonBarracks
John Whistler (~1756 - 3 September 1829) was a soldier, born in Ulster, Ireland. He ran away from home when a boy, enlisted in the British army,...
Richard Barnes Mason

Richard Barnes Mason

male, deceased (1850)
military governor of California, United States military governor, Founding Fathers of the United States, General officer, JeffersonBarracks, U.S. Military Governor…Jefferson Barracks Military Post
Richard Barnes Mason (January 16, 1797 - July 25 1850) was a career general officer in the United States Army and the sixth military governor of...
Hugh Armstrong Robinson

Hugh Armstrong Robinson

male
inventor, uss pennsylvania, wright brother, JeffersonBarracks, Benoist Airplane, Curtiss Aviation
Hugh Armstrong Robinson, born May 13, 1881 - 1963, Neosho, Missouri. Robinson was pioneer in the earliest days of aviation, combining his skills of...