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First Name: James

Last Name: House

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Gender: Male

Branch: Continental Army (1775 - 1784)







Date of Birth: 1761

Date of Death: 17 November 1834

Rank: Major General

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James House

   
Engagements:
•  Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783)

Biography:

James House
Major General, U.S. Army

James House was born in 1761.

House enlisted in the Continental Army on 14 March 1777 at the age of fifteen and served as a Matross (artillery gunner) in Captain Drury Ragsdale's Company of Artillery assigned to the State of Virginia.

Death and Burial

James House died on 17 November 1834. Originally buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Georgetown (now a part of Washington, DC), he was re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery on 12 May 1892. He is one of eleven Revolutionary War Veterans re-interred at Arlington.



Honoree ID: 2654   Created by: MHOH

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