Fayette Washington Roe – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

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Fayette Washington Roe, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army. Regimental Adjutant, Aide-de-Camp. Captain in the line, Lieutenant Colonel in the Staff, United States Volunteers. 1850-1916.

He is buried adjacent to Rear Admiral Francis Asbury Roe, United States Navy (1823-1901)

Married Frances Mack. Frances Roe wrote Army Letters from an Officer’s Wife (1909) a detailed description of life in the frontier army.

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Frances M. A. Roe wearing her husband’s West Point coatee, pictured with their dog.

Fayette Washington ROE – Admitted November 11, 1890 – Died September 28, 1916. Captain, U.S. Army (Retired). Great-grandson of John ROE (1754-1831); Minute-man, New York Line and Quartermaster, First Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Colonel William FLOYD.

December 4, 1871: Second Lieut. Fayette W. Roe, of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, to the Third Infantry, August 4, 1871.

Lieutenant Colonel Fayette Washington Roe (1850-1916)
Born in Virginia

Captain´s Clerk, US. Navy 1864-65
Cadet, US. Military Academy 1867-71

Second Lieutenant June 12, 1871
First Lieutenant March 15, 1883
Captain July 4, 1892
Lieutenant Colonel (US Volunteers) May 9, 1898
Honorably discharged from Volunteer Service September 15, 1898
Retired December 13, 1898

Served with 24th United States Infantry Regiment 1871
Served with 3rd United States Infantry Regiment 1871-98
Regimental Adjudant, 3rd United States Infantry Regiment 1885-88

ROE, FAYETTE W
CAPT USA

  • VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
  • DATE OF DEATH: 09/28/1916
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
  • BURIED AT: SECTION EDSS  SITE 1025
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

ROE, FRANCES M A W/O FAYETTE W

  • DATE OF DEATH: 05/06/1920
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
  • BURIED AT: SECTION E N  SITE 1025
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  •  WIFE OF FW ROE – CAPT RETD USA

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