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Henry Floyd Tallmadge

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(1787-1854)

BIRTH

1787

PLACE

Litchfield, Connecticut

NAME

Henry Floyd Tallmadge

DEATH

1854

PLACE

New York City, New York

FAMILY

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FATHER

Benjamin Tallmadge

(1754-1835)

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MOTHER

Mary Floyd Tallmadge

(1764-1805)

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BROTHER

William Smith Tallmadge

(1785-1822)

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SISTER

Maria Tallmadge Cushman

(1790-1878)

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BROTHER

Frederick A. Tallmadge

(1792-1869)

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SISTER

Harriet Tallmadge Delafield

(1797-1856)

HOMES

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Henry Floyd Tallmadge was a son of Revolutionary officer Benjamin Tallmadge and Mary Floyd, born in 1787. In an 1848 interview with John McDonald, he offered access to his father’s wartime journal and a list of officers and soldiers in Sheldon’s dragoons. His recollections and inherited papers helped preserve details of the Revolution for later researchers. The interview survives in Westchester County’s archival collection. He died in New York City in 1854.

EARLY LIFE

The exact date and place of Henry Tallmadge’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.

No distinct public profession or office for Henry Tallmadge is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

CAREER

DEATH

Henry Tallmadge died in 1854, in New York City, New York. Henry Floyd Tallmadge was a son of Revolutionary officer Benjamin Tallmadge and Mary Floyd, born in 1787. In an 1848 interview with John McDonald, he offered access to his father’s wartime journal and a list of officers and soldiers in Sheldon’s dragoons. His recollections and inherited papers helped preserve details of the Revolution for later researchers. The interview survives in Westchester County’s archival collection. He died in New York City in 1854. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.

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