Brigadier General Albert Myer

Birth Name:
Albert James Myer
Birth Date:
September 20, 1828
Birth Place:
Newburgh, New York
Death Date:
August 24, 1880
Place of Death:
Palace Hotel, Buffalo, New York
Age:
51
Cause of Death:
Kidney disease
Cemetery Name:
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Historical Figure
Albert Myers was a surgeon, a general, father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, inventor of wig-wag signaling (or aerial telegraphy), and also was the founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Forest Lawn Cemetery

1411 Delaware Avenue

Buffalo, New York, 14209

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Section X, Lot 25, Space 5

Grave Location Description

Large Walden-Myer mausoleum

Grave Location GPS

42.93287533, -78.864124

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Brigadier General Albert Myer was born on September 20, 1828.

Brigadier General Albert Myer was born in Newburgh, New York.

Brigadier General Albert Myer died on August 24, 1880.

Brigadier General Albert Myer died in Palace Hotel, Buffalo, New York.

Brigadier General Albert Myer was 51.

The cause of death was Kidney disease.

Brigadier General Albert Myer's grave is in Forest Lawn Cemetery

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