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1078……..(Born
Pa.) Simon S.
Fahnestock
(Ap’d
Pa.)………20
Military
History. -- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1841.
Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1841.
Served: on the
Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Detroit Arsenal,
Mich., 1841, -- and Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., 1841-42; in garrison at Ft.
Monroe, Va., 1842-43, -- Carlisle Barnacks, Pa., 1843-44, -- and Ft. Monroe,
Va., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- and
Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; on Recruiting service, 1846-47;
in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va.,
(First Lieut., 4th
Artillery, June 18, 1846)
1847; in the War with
Mexico, 1847-48, as Acting Asst. Adjutant-General of the Department of Vera
Cruz, Dec. 16-24, 1847, -- and of the Brigade moving on Orizaba, Mex., Jan.
31 to June 8, 1848; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1848, -- and Ft. Pike,
La., 1849; and in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1849-50.
Resigned, Apr. 30, 1850.
Civil History.
– Hardware Merchant, Pittsburg, Pa., 1850-56. Farmer, Prince William
County, Va., 1856-57. Draughtsman in Construction Bureau, U. S. Treasury
Department, Washington, D. C., 1857-60. Assistant Examiner, U. S. Patent
Office, Washington, D. C., 1860-61; and Principal Examiner, 1861-65.
Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, at Washington D. C., and Attorney
before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, 1865-66. Colonel,
District of Columbia Militia, 1861-66. Solicitor of American and Foreign
Patents, at Washington, D. C., and Attorney before the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, 1865-76.
Died, June 15, 186, at
Washington, D. C.: Aged 57.
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