Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Simon Drum, Jr.




Husband Simon Drum, Jr. 1 2

           Born: 8 Jun 1807 1
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           Died: 13 Sep 1847 - Mexico City, Mexico 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Simon Drum (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Agnes Lang (      -      ) 2



• Note: This may be the same person as : Simon Drum.




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General Notes: Husband - Simon Drum, Jr.


He entered the Military Academy at West Point, and graduated with distinguished honor in July, 1829. He was on active duty in the Black Hawk war, and served for three years in the Florida war as an officer of artillery. In 1846 he joined Gen. Wool in his long and arduous march through Mexico to Saltillo, performing duty as assistant-inspector-general. From there he marched, in command of his company, with Worth's division to join Gen. Scott in the attack upon Vera Cruz. In the whole campaign he conducted himself with that cool and accomplished bravery for which he was so remarkably distinguished, and at Cerro Gordo and Contreras his gallantry displayed itself in a conspicuous manner.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 386.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 176.


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