Soldier/Meteorologist
Centurion, 1870–1880
Born 20 September 1828 in Newburgh, New York
Died 24 August 1880 in Buffalo, New York
Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery
, Buffalo, New York
Proposed by David Van Nostrand and Theodore Weston
Elected 1 October 1870 at age forty-two
Archivist’s Note: Father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Century Memorial
The list of the latter [deceased members] contains the names of the Rev. Drs. Adams, Osgood and Chapin, besides those of Elliot C. Cowdin, William E. Curtis, Dudley Field, William B. Hoffman, Richard E. Mount, Albert J. Meyer, Charles D. Gambrill, Sanford R. Gifford, Marshall O. Roberts and R. D. Nesmith.
Augustus R. Macdonough
1881 Century Association Reports
