Individual Details

Adjutant General James Morgarum POMEROY

(8 Aug 1836 - 27 Nov 1887)

Events

Birth8 Aug 1836Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey
Residence1840[probably] with his parents - Bellville, Essex County, New Jersey
Militaryserved through the Mexican War
Residence7 Sep 1850in Christopher Rutherford household who was a teacher - Hempstead, Queens County, New York
Miscellaneous1856studied law and stenography - Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York
Miscellaneous1856studied law and stenography - Williamsburgh, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous1857 - 61studied law and literature - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence1860at 88 4th - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Military27 Apr 1861enlisted - Postdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York
Residence27 Apr 1861Williamsburgh, Kings County, New York
Military30 Apr 1861was a Captain of Co. B, 16th N. Y. Vol. Inf. during the Civil War - Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York
Military15 May 1861enlisted & mustered in & was Captain of Company B, 16 NY Volunteer Mlitia - Albany, Albany County, New York
Military6 Jul 1861resigned
Military13 Sep 1861served as 2nd Major of the 9th Calvary Regiment out of Kansas - Kansas
Military1861as Captain of 2d Kansas Volunteer Cavalary, employed on staff and special duty - Kansas
Military1862served as Major in the 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Co F & S - Kansas
Military25 Mar 1862Major Pomeroy was shot in the right thigh in the Battle of Little Sante Fe - Little Santa Fe, Missouri
MilitaryJul 1862
Miscellaneous1862sold property either to his mother Esther (Morgarum) Pomeroy or his sister, Esther Pomeroy - Franklin County, New York
Miscellaneous2 Jul 1862was deeded land by quit claim which he then deeded to his mother - Malone, Franklin County, New York
MilitaryAft 18 Jul 1862Major Pomeroy led 9th Regisment of Connecticut, battalion into a charge
Military12 Aug 1862Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Military1863 - 65in the armies of the frontier and - Arkansas
MilitaryDec 1863
MilitaryDec 1863Major in the 9th Kansas Volunteers Cavalry
Military20 Jul 1864Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
Military1865as a Colonel, then Lieutenant Colonel in the US Veteran Volunteers (Hancock's 1st Army Corp)
Military20 Oct 1865accepted appointment as Brevet-Colonel in the 4th US Veterans Volunteers - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Residence20 Oct 1865gave his permanent resident as - Kansas
Occupation1866lawyer - Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
Military28 Apr 1866Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Military23 Jun 1866Williamsburgh, Kings County, New York
Marriage23 Aug 1866Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri - Anna Cheever CARTER
Marriage23 Aug 1866Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri - Anna Cheever CARTER
Residence23 Aug 1866New York
Military8 Apr 1867filed for a pension for his service in the Civil War as Capt. of Co. B 16 Regiment, NY Infantry
Occupation1868 - 1887lawyer - Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Miscellaneous24 Jul 1868and "Jack" arrived by train - Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Miscellaneous24 Jul 1868and "Jack" arrived by train - Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Occupation15 Jun 1870lawyer - Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Military1874in the "Brooks & Baxter War" for control of the Arkansas State governmen - Arkansas
Military1874Colonel of the Arkansas State Guards, an aid to Governor Baxter and then Brigadier General - Arkansas
Military1874as Chief of Staff to Major-General Newton and later as Commander of State forces - Arkansas
Occupation1875Inspector General on the staff of Governor Garland - Arkansas
Occupation1877 - 79Adjutant-General - Arkansas
Occupation1877 - 79Adjutant-General - Arkansas
Miscellaneous24 Aug 1878as Adjutant General informed the public of the unlawful forming of political campagin clubs - Phillips County, Arkanasa
Residence1881Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
ResidenceBef 27 Nov 1887at 2354 Chestnut and was a lawyer - Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri
Death27 Nov 1887Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
BurialAft 27 Nov 1887Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri

Families

SpouseAnna Cheever CARTER (1842 - 1921)
ChildAlbert Morgarum POMEROY (1867 - )
ChildAnna C "Alma" POMEROY (1870 - 1942)
ChildHoward Carter POMEROY (1876 - 1958)
ChildJuliette A POMEROY (1882 - )
FatherRalph POMEROY (1803 - 1866)
MotherEsther MORGARUM (1801 - 1883)
SiblingEsther POMEROY (1841 - 1868)
SiblingMary Marvin POMEROY (1843 - )