Mahwah’s Veterans
This page is a work in progress and focuses on veterans of older wars. Please contact the Museum if you have additional information on our veterans, or can provide the names of veterans of more recent wars.
Revolutionary War
John Christie (-1808), Sgt. Captain James Rosekrans’ Co. of Foot in Regiment Commanded by Col. Lewis Duboys, buried at the Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
War of 1812
Samuel Sidman (1788-1864), Capt., Regiment of Militia commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Cornelius A. Blauvelt, buried at the Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Garret M. Van Riper (1781-1868), Captain Nathaniel Board’s Company, New Jersey Militia, buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Civil War
David Akers (1827-1913), Private, Company M, 5th Cavalry (New York), buried in the Mahwah Cemetery.
Thomas T. Banta (1842-1911), Company B, 22nd Infantry (New Jersey) buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Thomas J. Bloodgood, (1829-1897), Company A, 83rd Infantry (New York), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Samuel W. Call, (1842-1904), Private, Company K 124th Infantry (New York), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
William J. Carlough, (1847-1911), Private, Company K, 13th Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Abram Christie (1846-1907), Private, Company E, 94th Infantry (New York), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Elijah Conklin (1806-1865), buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
George R. Coney (1838-1879), 1st Lieutenant, Company D, 7th Infantry (Maine), buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Sidney Crowther (-1879), Company E, 25th Regiment (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Isaac V. B. De Baun (1844-1915), Private, Company B, 22nd Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
John Henry Finch (1844-1897), Company B, 22nd Infantry (New Jersey) and Company L, 1st Cavalry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Garret Garrison Henion (1841-1894), Private, Company B, 22nd Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Henry Lewis Hopper (1836-1907), Drummer, Company B, 22nd Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
John Mabie (1819-1879), Private, Company K, 22nd Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Emerson McMillan (1843 -1922), Quatermaster Sergeant and Lieutenant, Company H, 2nd Cavalry (West Virginia), buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Peter Broadfoot MacGregor (1840-1916), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Louis Miller (?-1901), Corporal, Company D, United States Colored Troops, buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
William Henry Garret Miller (1829-1878), Corporal, Company I, 39th Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Charles W. Munn (1841-1884), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Alfred T. Norman (1844-1905), Private, Company C, 127th Infantry (New York), buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Bernard Peterson (1835-1910), Private, Company B 22nd Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Reuben Riggs (1834-1897), Captain, Company H, 95th Infantry (New York), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
James Slavin (1844-1901), Private, Company K, 21st Infantry (New Jersey), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Leonard Springsteen (-1898), Corporal, Company I, 17th Militia (New York), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
B. Edwin Steel (1846?-1863), Corporal, Company F, 160th Infantry (New York), killed near Petersonville, Louisiana, buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
J. S. Wanamaker (?), Col., buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
James Wanamaker (-1862), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Spanish-American War
Charles E. Ellis, Sr. (1878-1937), Major
Charles Le Roy (-1930), buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
World War I
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Harold C. Ackerson (1888-1918), Sergeant, 812th Aero Squadron Air Service, Aeronautics Repair and Salvage, buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Alexander F. Archaday, (1899-1971) Sergeant, Company A, 11th Infantry, United States Army, buried in Palms Memorial Park, Florida
Charles V. Bacon, (1885-1973), Major, Officers’ Reserve Corps, Army Corps. of Engineers
J. J. Balent, Private, United States Army
Harry Breen, (1892-1964), Private, National Army.
David I. Christie, (1894-?), Private, Field Hospital No. 312, 303rd Sanitary Train, National Army, buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Charles Phillip Conklin, (1898-?), United States Army
Harry Conklin, National Army
James Conlon, National Guard
Russell DeGroat, National Army
John W. Doremus, United States Army
Theodore Doremus, United States Army
Joseph R. Edwards, Natiional Army
Charles E. Ellis, Sr. (1878-1937), Major, Officers’ Reserve Corps
Harold E. Ferry, Aviation Corps.
John P. Fromm, Jr., United States Army
Aloise Gally, National Army
Clarence N. Greene (-1929), Sgt. 1 C1 O.M., buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Walter H. Griffin, Major, National Army
P. L. Gumaer, Naval Reserves
Howard Jennings, National Army
Willard Jennings, National Army
Albert B. Keeney, United States Army
Ferdinand Keeney, National Army
Edward Konight, United States Army
Thomas D. Larkin, United States Army
Harry Mabie, National Guard
Joseph Maniewiecz, United States Navy
Matthew Mann, National Army
Reuben Mann, National Army
F. H. Miles, Jr. , Lieutenant Colonel. United States Army
Sedgwick Minot, Lieutenant, National Army
George R. Neuman, National Army
Joseph Olsewsky, United States Army
Joseph Paggi, National Army
Richard T. Pepper, National Army
Russel M. Polheimus, United States Navy
John H. Quinn (-1921), Sgt. 24 NY Inf., buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Franklin Russel, Lieutenant, National Army
J. J. Saling, Ensign, United States Navy
Lloyd Saling, Naval Reserve
Thomas P. Sargent, United States Navy
Frank Scherer, Sergeant, National Guard
Harold S. Schultz (-1935), Lt.. buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
William Seabury, United States Navy
Charles Shuart, National Army
Raymonf Shuart, National Army
George P. Slavin (-1936), 1 Sgt. NY 35 Inf., buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Austin D. Smith, National Guard
C. R. Smith, Sergeant, United States Army
Dudley J. Smith, United States Navy
Robert Armstrong Smith, Major, Officers’ Reserve Corps
Joseph Snack, National Army
William Sosler, United States Army
Stanley Sulewsky, United States Army
Arthur Streckfast, National Army
Alan H. Swan, National Guard
Lawrence Thompson, National Guard
George Timko, Corporal, United States Army
Jesse H. Utter, United States Army
W. C. Van Antwerp, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Navy
John Van Dunk (?), NY, buried in Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery.
Harry S. Wanamaker (-1918), Pvt. 153 Depor Brig, buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
Roy N. Wanamaker, National Army
Howard A. Wells, United States Army
Charles Williams, United States Army
David E. Winter, Corporal, National Guard
Luther Young, United States Marine Corps.
Martin Dyer Young, Naval Reserves
Joseph Zewbryskie, National Army
Paul Ash Zook (-1933), buried in Mahwah Cemetery.
World War II
John A. Balough
Michael S. Borish
George H. Chattaway
John F. Clifford
Fred J. Crawford
William V. Cupak
Stephen J. Dombrowski
Anthony Drobesh
William Drobesh
John Dudys
Stanley T. Garbowski
John G. Gazda
Stephen G. Gazda
Bernard W. Gorcyca
Edward R. Gorcyca
John B. Gorcyca
Charles F. Kellick
George Koma
Anthony S. Janosko
George C. Keeney
Bernard A. Keri
Walter A. Klimck
Joseph P Kownacki
Ted J. Kownacki
Francis T. Krupinski
John J. Krupinski
Joseph P. Kuzmik
William Lobay
Ernest P. Longerich
Raymond R. Mankiewicz
Clarence Mann
Anthony P. Marciniak
William P. Marciniak
Andrew Megles
Stephen Megles
John B. Melnick
John Micik
Lawrence E. Nyland
John P. Ostrowski
William J. Ostrowski
Joseph A. Perrucci
Kazimer J. Pietkiewicz
Victor F. Poplawsi
Julius J. Pakule
Henry Radeshi
Casimir A. Sawicki
Joseph J. Scliliga
Donald F. Scherer
Robert S. Scherer
Andrew Sima, Jr.
John Sima
Joseph E. Skarzynski
Melvin E. Smith
Joseph E. Sowa
Stanley Stryko
Henry Suleski
Thomas S. Stadthaus
Theodore T. Tomporowski
Michael Tymczyszyn
Otto A. Ulrichs
Wilbur Van Riper
Francis S. Waligroshi
William S. Waligroshi
Fred G. Walker
Anthony D. Wastog
Garret Wetterauw
Nicholas Wetterauw
Henry S. Zaleski
Arthur Zimmerli
Sources
- Find A Grave
- Mahwah Veterns of Foreign Wars Placard, establishing Post 7124, May 23, 1946.
- U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (via Ancestry).
- U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 (via Ancestry)
- “Veterans of Mahwah,” John W. Bristow Papers.
- Welcome Home Program to the Young Men of Hohokus Township, July 11, 1919 (Mahwah Museum Vertical Files)