Lucien Bonaparte Webster | |
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Born | March 17, 1801 |
Died | November 4, 1853 |
Place of birth | Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont |
Place of death | Fort Brown, Brownsville County, Texas |
Allegiance | |
Years of service | 1823 - 1853 |
Rank | Brevet Lieutenant Colonel |
Battles/wars |
Lucien Bonaparte Webster (March 17, 1801 - November 4, 1853) was a United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the brother-in-law of Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith.
Career[]
Webster was appointed from his home state of Vermont to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1819. He graduated in 1823 and was made a brevet Second Lieutenant of artillery. In 1838, he participated in the Army's removal of Cherokee Native Americans from North Carolina on the Trail of Tears.
Family[]
Lucien married Frances Smith, the sister of Edmund Kirby Smith on December 21, 1837, in Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. They had five children; Josephine, Katharine (Nov 1842 - May 1843, died in infancy), Frances, Lucien Jr. (Mar - Aug 1848, died in infancy) and Edmund Kirby (named after his maternal uncle).
External links[]
The Websters: Letters of an American Army Family in Peace and War, 1836-1853 - http://books.google.com.hk/books/about/The_Websters.html?id=3LRakzq4Ge0C Descendants of Webster - http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/luskfamily/L049WebsterFamily/websterinfoL49.html#LUCIEN_BONAPARTE15_WEBSTER
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