John Paul Jones last to recieve medal in Revolutionary war

From A War Medal Hero Article Boston Traveler December 29, 1866

John Paul Jones bones Recovered December 11, 1899

From First Memorial to Founder of Our Navy. John Paul Jones Bronze Tablet Unveiled in East Boston Primary School  Date: Saturday, April 16, 1904  Paper: Boston Journal (Boston, Massachusetts)  Issue: 23117  Page: 10  

John Paul Jones: A Founder of the U.S. Navy
Our proud island story as a target for invaders
John Paul Jones and the Bonhomme Richard: A Reconstruction of the Ship and an Account of the Battle With H.M.S. Serapis

The Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Collection at the Pasadena Museum of History

Patti Clasen shared pictures of the exhibit. This all came to fruition after I posted my story on Ellsworth and from the connections made with four families here is the results!  Exhibit at Pasadena Museum of History called "When Johnny Came Marching West" that runs until September 22 2015. Thomas Ellsworth is featured prominently in the exhibit.
Please see blog post Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Ipswich MA Hero & Medal of Honor 
Every Memorial Day, Nick, the curator of the exhibit, and others have a ceremony for the many (a thousand came to Pasadena) Civil War Soldiers buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena where Thomas Foulds Ellsworth is buried. Photos are from
Laura Verlaque  Director of Collections, Pasadena Museum of History

Abiather/Arthur J Knowles Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

Private, Co. D, 2d Maine Infantry. Born at La Grange. Maine, March 15, 1830. d February 11, 1905 - North Bradford, Penobscot Co., Maine, son of Reuben Knowles and Rebecca Knowles. Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Private in Company D, 2nd Maine Infantry for action on July 21, 1861 at Bull Run, Virginia. His citation reads "Removed the dead and wounded under heavy fire." Photos of Grave from Don Morfe

A to the official report, Private A.. J. Knowles was honored for "removing dead and wounded under heavy fire." He relates his experience briefly.

"On the 21st of July, after a desperate charge on a hill held by the rebels, the Second Maine Infantry, of which I was a member, was ordered to fall back. The colonel, seeing that a number of the men were left where they had fallen, asked for volunteers to go with him to bring them within the lines. When the colonel called for volunteers seven of us stepped forward and signified our willingness to go with him.

"The colonel then addressed the regiment, saying: 'Are these seven men the only ones of the Second Maine who will follow their colonel to pick up the wounded?'
"Not another man advanced, and, led by the colonel, we proceeded, under a withering fire, to pick up our wounded and bring them within our lines."
For this General Keyes commended the colonel and his seven men in the highest terms.
Married Kezia B. Sparrow Knowles (1834 - 1902)
Children:
Lena F. Knowles (1853 - 1863)
Herbert L. Knowles (1855 - 1922)
Arthur W. Knowles (1867 - 1909)

                             Burial: Hill Crest Cemetery Lagrange Penobscot County Maine, USA

William Wallace Noyes Medal of Honor

Thanks to Paul Noyes for sharing this family information

W W Noyes Birth: 04/23/1846, Montpelier, VT Death: 07/01/1910 Burial: Cutler Cemetery, East Montpelier, VT Son of William Noyes and Miranda Guernsey
Grandson of William Noyes and Hannah Hadley
Gr Grandson of Stephen Noyes and Phebe Noyes
Son of Moses Noyes and Susannah Noyes
Rank and Organization: Private, Co. F, 2nd Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: Spotsylvania, VA, 12 May 1864.
Entered service at: Montpelier.
Born: 23 Apr 1846, Montpelier.
Died: 1 Jul 1910.
Buried: Cutler Cemetery, East Montpelier, VT
Date of Issue: 22 Mar 1892.
Citation: Standing upon the top of the breastworks, deliberately took aim and fired no less than 15 shots into the enemy's lines, but a few yards away.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record July 6, 1910  Wallace Noyes, a carpenter, was instantly killed Friday at Montpelier by falling from a roof of the Blanchard building to the roof of the Capitol Hardware Co., a distance of 45 feet. He was working busily and did not realize that he was near the end of the roof moving backwards. He was a Civil war veteran and had recently moved from Calais to Montpelier. Vermont Civil War Cemetery 

Major General Leonard Wood

The Granite Monthly Volume 51, U S Army Archives, Arlington National Cemetery Leonard Wood (1860-1927) Son of Charles Jewett Wood (1829-1880) and Caroline E Hager (1836-1915) daughter of Jacob Hager and Sophia Cutler. Married Louise Adriana Smith (1869-1943) daughter of John Condit Smith and Mary Day. Children: Col Osborne Cutler Wood; Capt Leonard Wood, Jr. and Louise Barbara Wood.
From US Army Memorial
Major General Leonard Wood was an aggressive and energetic soldier who was instrumental in transforming the U.S. Army into a modern fighting force. He was born on 9 October 1860, in Winchester, New Hampshire. Following his father’s lead, he entered Harvard, d Medical School in 1880. He graduated from the school in 1883.
His sense of adventure led him to accept a medical position in the Army as a contract physician in 1885.
His first assignment was to Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The next year, he participated in the last campaign against Geronimo. His gallantry and service as a medical and line officer was recognized by a Medal of Honor in 1898.

From 1887 to 1898, General Wood served in a number of medical positions. The last was as the personal physician to President William McKinley and his family.
When war with Spain began in 1898, he sought a line command and was ultimately given command of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry. His second in command was the former Assistant Secretary of Navy, Theodore Roosevelt. The regiment was soon to be known as the “Rough Riders". General Wood led his men at Las Guasimas and San Juan Hill. He led the 2nd Cavalry Brigade for the remainder of the war.

After the end of hostilities, General Wood remained in Cuba and was the Military Governor of Cuba from 1900 to 1902. In that position, he instituted a number of political, social, and educational reforms. He also worked to improve the medical and sanitary conditions on the island. Before leaving Cuba, he received his first star as a Brigadier General in the Regular Army.
From 1902, General Wood served in a number of leadership positions to include commander of the Philippines Division and commander of the Department of the East. In 1910, he was named Chief of Staff of the Army, the only medical officer to ever hold the position.
It was as Chief of Staff that General Wood made his greatest contributions to the Army and the Nation. He strengthened the General Staff and firmly established the Chief of Staff as the senior officer of the Army. He also reduced the influence of the old bureau system which had hindered military reforms. He was instrumental in developing the Maneuver Division and the Mobile Army concept. As a result, the Army formed its first truly combined arms divisions. This allowed the American Army to fight as a force in the battles and campaigns of the Great War, WWI.
Following his tenure as Chief of Staff, he returned to the Department of the East. There he was a tireless champion of military preparedness and training. General Wood was the principle sponsor of the Plattsburg training camps which gave young men their first orientation to military life He advocated military training in colleges and universities and laid the foundation for the Reserve Officer Training Corps. When the nation was drawn into the First World War, General Wood trained the 89th and 10th Infantry Divisions for service in Europe.
Following the war, General Wood was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. However, the Republican Convention deadlocked. The party chose a compromise candidate, Warren Harding, who went on to win the election in 1920.
Following his retirement in 1921, General Wood accepted the post of Governor General of the Philippines. He held this position from 1921 to 1927. He died in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 August 1927 following unsuccessful surgery for a brain tumor.

Spanish-American War Records Courtesy of the National Archives Fold 3

Photo from The Frustrations of Leonhard Wood by Steven Ossad Army Magazine 2003

At Fort Huachuca Wood far left, Brig. Gen.Wilson to his left, Capt. H Lawton to his left expedition in pursuit of Geronimo

 

                                   

Leonard Wood As A Young Officer U S Army Photos

                                          

                                

  Wood and his wife, Louise A. Condit Smith Time Life from Los Angles Herald 1909

7 August 1929: Those assembled at the tomb of Leonard Wood, in Arlington National Cemetery, include Raphael Alunan (to the left of the wreath), Hiram Bingham (behind and to the right of the wreath), Manuel Roxas (to the right of the wreath), and Camelo Osias (to the right of the tomb). Photo Courtesy of Yale University

                                         

• "Leonard Wood." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 14 Nov. 2014      
• Gravesite photos courtesy of Ron Williams
•  The United States Army Yellow Fever Commission