Henry Noble Couden – Corporal, United States Army

Chaplain, U.S. House of Representatives

Born at Plymouth, Indiana, on November 21, 1842 he was a veteran of the Civil War, serving with the 1st Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Marine Guard.

He was a Doctor of Divinity in his later life and served as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1921.

He died on August 22, 1922 at Fort Myer, Virginia, and was buried in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery.

His wife, Harriet Dunbar Couden, born at Canton, Ohio, on February 11, 1842,died at Chillicothe, Ilinois, on September 20, 1926) is buried with him, as is his son, Henry Noble Couden, Jr. (Private, Company F, 1st Division, Spanish-American War) who was born at Madrid, New York, on April 10, 1879 and who died at Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington, on April 16, 1906.

COUDEN, HARRIET D WID/O HENRY N
DATE OF DEATH: 09/20/1925
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION FT MY  SITE 694
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF HN COUDEN – SGT CO K 6 OHIO VOL INF

COUDEN, HENRY N
SGT CORPL K 6TH OHIO VOL INF CW 1ST BN MISS MARINE BRIGADE
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 08/22/1922
DATE OF INTERMENT: 08/25/1922
BURIED AT: SECTION FT MY  SITE 695

COUDEN, HENRY N JR
LATE PVT F 1ST DC VOL VET QMD SPA-WAR
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 04/16/1906
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION VTRNS  SITE 696
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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