Otto Andreae Nesmith Captain, United States Army |
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Andreae Nesmith
New York and California Captain, Signal Corps, United States Volunteers, 20 May 1898 Honorably Discharged 13 May 1899 Appointed Captain, Signal Corps, United States Army, 2 February 1901. Born 11 March 1852 Died 23 February 1923 at New York, New York Alo served as Chief Clerk, Office of the Chief
Signal Officer of the United States Army, Brigadier General A.
W. Greely. He was the General's brother-in-law and he lived at
1610 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D.C. NOTE: Greely's
wife's maiden name was Nesmith.
Henrietta Hadson Nesmith married Lieutenant Adolphus Washington Greely in June of 1878 in San Diego, and shortly afterward moved to Washington, D.C., where Lieutenant Greely was in the Signal Service. Earlier Mr. Greely had fought in the Civil War. Mrs. Greely returned to live in San Diego, sometime before 1884, when she left for Washington to join her husband, who had been found by a search party in West Greenland. Her twin brothers Loring and Otto accompanied her. The Greely Relief Expedition had been launched to look for survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition which he led from 1881 to 1884. Otto first visited San Diego in 1878 accompanied by Loring. In 1884, he accompanied Henrietta and Loring to the East Coast. In 1885, he married Miss Blanche Vangran, an actress from Providence, Rhode Island. At that time it was noted that he was a young lawyer in Chicago. Later, by 1897, he became a resident of Washington, D.C. He died in 1923, in New York City and his daughter, Ottola, was executrix of the will and sole person interested in the estate. She received $3,412 in cash and an undivided ½ interest in Lot "D." Webmaster: Michael Robert Patterson NESMITH, BLANCHE V W/O OTTO A DATE OF DEATH: 03/31/1919 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION E SITE 3656 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WIFE OF OA NESMITH - CAPT USA NESMITH, OTTO
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