Theodore Porter Kane – Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps

BRIGADIER GENERAL T. P. KANE
U. S. Marines Retired Officer Sreved in Two Wars

SANTA BARBARA, California, April 15, 1943 – Brigadier General Theodore Porter Kane, United States Marines, retired, died at his home here on Tuesday at the age of 74/  A funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon in All Saints Episcopal Church, Montecito, by the Rev. John de Forest Pettus.  Burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery.

General Kane, who was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and had lived here for fourteen years, was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and the First World War. He was credited with making known the arrival of Admiral Cevera’s Spanish Squadron off Satiago, Cuba, in 1898.

He leaves a widow, Mrs. Mable Key Kane; three nephews and a niece.

KANE, THEODORE PORTER

• BRIG GEN US MARINE CORPS RET
• DATE OF DEATH: 04/13/1943
• BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH  SITE 2253
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

KANE, MABEL KEY W/O THEODORE PORTER

• DATE OF BIRTH: 03/21/1875
• DATE OF DEATH: 10/21/1957
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 2253
• 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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