Honor Roll: Courthouse Grounds, Hudson, New York

Columbia County, New York, is about 120 miles north of New York City. The county seat is the City of Hudson. In 1609 when Henry Hudson, an English explorer sailing for the Dutch, discovered the river named after him, an accident forced him to stop at what is now known as Columbia County and search for food and supplies. As the Dutch developed New Amsterdam (Manhattan Island) and Beverwijck (Albany), which became the center of the fur trade, they also established settlements along the Hudson river to supply the ships operated by the traders.

The City of Hudson was established in 1785 and settled primarily by whalers and merchants from Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Providence (Rhode Island). They turned the city into a busy port. During the 19th century it grew as a factory town with textile manufacturing, brickyards, and Allen Paper Car Wheel Works, which were really cast iron railroad wheels. Legally-tolerated prostitution caused Hudson to become known as the "little town with a big red light district" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Several honor rolls may be found on the grounds of the Columbia County Family Court, which is located at 401 Union Street.

Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, New York;
personal collection

Hudson is the county seat of Columbia County, New York.

World War II Memorial, Hudson, New York; personal collection

World War II

WWII MEMORIAL

Dedicated To All Those From
Columbia County Who Died In
Service Of Their Country

Lest We Forget

Panel A

Edward H. Allen
Harold E. Ballway
Crawford T. Bame
Ralph M. Barker, Jr.
Clarence J. Becker
Ralph W. Bertrand
Henry B. Best, Jr.
Wallace T. Blass
Allen V. Bordeaux
John Bowsh
Robert T. Bristol
James A. Brown
Vernon A. Bunk
Hugh R. Burns
Warren H. Burrnett
Robert A. Cadby, Jr.
Donald O. Campbell
Dominick Cavallari
Leonard Cesternino
Wendell E. Chamerlain
Harold C. Clapp, Jr.
Clyde F. Closson, Jr.
Joseph P. Conte
Robert M. Cooke
Alfred A. Coons
Herbert O. Coons
Anthony J. Cordato
Ralph Coxon
Jerry Cozzolino
Malcolm Cramer
James J. Crispino
James D. Davis
Robert V. Dayton
Cosimo De Bella
Howard Detel
Vincent De Witt
Harry D. Dingman
Howard H. Disbrow
Edward N. Doyle
George H. Dunham
William E. Dunspaugh
Hilton H. Everett
William C. Evers
Denis S. Flater
Joseph Fay
Frank C. Felter
Oscar H. Fiero, Jr.
Russell W. Fingar
John A. Fino
John R. Fitzgerald
Edward J. Fournier
Albert E. Francis
Charles C. Friss
Chester F. Frost
Felix Gabaccia
Francis M. Gallup
Stanley Gawron, Jr.
Martin Gelbert
Robert F. Gerst
Lloyd Glasser
Philip P. Glick
Kenneth N. Grener
John F. Hagen, Jr.
Frank L. Hallenbeck
James D. Halloran
Peter B. Halstead
Raymond Hansen
Ralph N. Hansman
John Harder
Russell S. Hatch
Baird F. Hawver
Martin J. Healy
Ernest C. Hewitt
Birch C. Hinckley
Isaac J. Joes
David J. Hoffman
Edward L. Holdridge
Edward P. Holsapple
Robert R. Hotz
Milo E. Houck
Charles E. Hover
Joseph C. Hull
Michael Jarzyk
Chester J. Jastronbeck
Wallace S. Jaycox

Panel B

William Jenowich
Clarence L. Johnson
Herbert R. Johnson
Nathan P. Johnson
Sherwood K. Kells
Jacob Kohn
Thomas Kukon
Mason E. Larry
George H. Lauster
Stanislaw E. Leck
Charles E. Lichtenhan, Sr.
Frank M. Logan
Michael Mahokin
Paul E. Maiewski
Arthur Mazal, Jr.
Stephen C. McIntyre
Roger D. McNamee
Robert Meisner
Sherman W. Mesick
Floyd E. Metz
John H. Miller
Charles Minneci
Edmund L. Moberly
Raymond L. Moe
Ronald C. Montague
Van Rennselaer Moore
William F. Morgan
Clifford W. Mossman
Claude R. Myers
Ralph D. Neer
Edward B. Novak
Donald F. O'Connell
James O'Neil
Lawrence A. O'Neill
Leonard G. Oram
Henry E. Owen
Frank P. Pepeckie
Burton G. Poucher
Benjamin R. Pullen
John J. Puzio
Charles D. Quick
Harvey L. Ringer, Jr.
Vernon R. Rockefeller
Douglas H. L. Rohde
Donald A. Ross
Claude A. Rothermel
Daniel W. Sherman, Jr.
Robert W. Shields
George E. Shook, Jr.
Ralph Shutts
Kenneth H. Sigler
Matthew Skurski
Victor O. Skyberg
Frank L. Spaulding
Donald W. St. John
John C. Stefanski
Egbert R. Studd
William Sharts
Harold R. Sweet
Cyrus E. Sweet, Jr.
Henry L. Teator
John William Thomas
Philip Tkacy
John W. Tomasitz
George H. Traver
Hugh Van Alstyne, Jr.
Clarence B. Van De Carr
Lawrence W. Van Tassel
Fred Van Zandt
John Vonderchek
Michael Wasuk
Kenneth R. Weaver
Walter F. Weir
Walter F. West
John J. West, Jr.
Arthur J. Whitbeck
Herbert F. Wilder
Earl E. Williams
Joseph H. Williamson
Charles A. Winig
Edward M. Witko
John P. Wolfe
Alden Wood
Henry F. Wood
John A. Zimmerman
Oswald A. Zink

Korean War Memorial; Hudson, New York; personal
collection

Korean Conflict

In Honor Of Those
Men & Women from
Columbia County Who
Served And In Memory
Of Those Who Died
Defending a Country
They Never Knew And
People They Never Met

KOREA
The Forgotten War
1950 -- 1953

Edward J. Aiken
William Henry Doss
Clifford S. Johnson
Donald McNaughton
Lawrence A. Morrison
Richard M. Powell
Norman W. Schneidt

Freedom Is Not Free

Vietnam War, Hudson, New York; personal collection

Vietnam War

Dedicated To The Men And
Women Of Columbia County
Who Served Their Country
During The Vietnam War

1959 -- 1975

To Cpl. Frank R. Fratellenico
U.S. Army
Congressional Medal
of Honor Recipient
Vietnam -- 1970

To Those Who Gave Their
Lives For Their Country
In Vietnam

William Brown
Albert J. Darling, III
David Decker
Gary Field
Frank R. Fratellenico
Paul D. Grasso
Michael Klotz
Ernest R. Lasher, Jr.
John J. Malloy
Roger J. Mazal
Carlton F. McCagg
John C. Pfeiffer
Ronald Rockafeller
Adrian E. Sigler
Jerry A. Sweet

Lest We Forget

Richard Kirk Gillingham
Bradley Joseph Simmons
Daniel Eugene Goodin

To Those Men Listed As
Missing In Action In
Southeast Asia
"Your Are Not Forgotten"

Lt. Cmdr. Henry A. Coons
USN, Germantown, NY

Capt. Charles Wanzel, III
USAF, Copake, NY

Gulf War Memorial (Side B), Hudson, New York; personal collection

Gulf War

1991

Honoring All Those
From Columbia County
Who Served
May They Never Be Forgotten

Donated By the Residents of
Columbia County

Panel A

Combat Zone

Albery, Kimberley K.
Antonelli, David L
Austin, David A.
Baker, John P.
Barnes, Deborah
Bell, Gregory L.
Bergh, Beverly
Bernal, Phil
Borovich, Gary
Brown, Jeffrey
Burghzoli, Al
Carlucci, Vincent
Carnibucci, Samuel
Carter, Brian J.
Lapper, Raymond, L.
Clark, David
Clark, Jonathan
Clark, Randolph
Cole, Jeffrey S.
Colwell, David
Coons, Edward
Couch, John
Cox, John K.
Craft, John
Cunningham, Demetria
Delano, Fred A.
Dey, Dennis A.
Diskin, Joseph
Doleski, Keith J.
Fallon, Shannon
Fawthrop, Donald A.
Fenoff, Willie P.
Flynn, John H.

Planel B

Combat Zone

Forbes, Alex D.
Fox, Richard
Frank, Audrey
Geno, Thomas
Gibson, Christopher
Grant, John J., III
Gray, Clarence
Hamilton, Rory
Hamm, Gary W., II
Hanson, Kenneth, W.
Hayden, Donald M.
Heald, Thomas
Henry, Beverly A.
Hermance, Richard J.
Hollenbeck, Kenneth J.
Hosier, Lester L., III
Howe, Patrick
Hughes, James O., Jr.
Humphrey, Cynthia M.
Hunt, Brian K.
Inman, Gordie J.
Inman, Gregory L.
James, Kelly
Jensen, William
Johnson, Stephen M.
Jones, Wiley
Kane, Thomas O.
Krott, John D.
Landsman, Steven E.
Lloyd, Thomas R., Jr.
Losa, Melinda
Masucci, Joseph A.
Matteson, Adam J.

Panel C

Combat Zone

McLatchy, William, III
McNamara, Paul
Mitchel, Janet
Moore, Dondi M.
Moore, William J., Jr.
Morelock, Peter, Jr.
Morris, Matthew
Mudge, Cynthia J.
Muller, George E.
Noecker, Timothy
Nowe, Patrick
O'Connor, Dennis, Jr.
O'Connor, Scott M.
Paquin, Mark K.
Perry, Andre
Pitts, Melissa
Price, Thomas R.
Puckett, Michael
Quinn, Charles K.
Rickert, James J.
Rifenburgh, Scott
Rossi, Walter, Jr.
Rouse, Edward N.
Russell, Stacy L.
Rutherford, Donald
Salisbury, John H., Jr.
Saurusaitis, David C.
Scalpi, Michael D.
Schulze, Albert J., III
Scott, Edward
Scott, Willsie, III
Sena, August J.
Shafer, Tim

Panel D

Combat Zone

Shirley, Stephanie
Silvernail, David, Jr.
Smith, Brian
Smith, Darrick J.
Stalker, Glennon L., Jr.
Stelling, Ann
Stuart, Amy B.
Swab, Kevin A.
Targett, Daniel E.
Taylor, Otis
Tenance, Richard, Jr.
Thomas, Timothy
Thorpe, James, Jr.
Tiano, Thomas J., III
Tibbitts, Charles A., Jr.
Tkacy, Stanley M.
Torkilson, Edward
Trantham, Junius J.
Turner, Jeffrey S.
Van Wagner, Roger
Wager, Daniel K.
Weber, Steven A.
Wheeler, Arthena M.
Wheeler, Michael A.
Wheeler, Todd T.
Wilcox, Elizabeth
Williams, James G.
Winters, Darrin S.
Wolf, Michael
Yasinski, Jeffrey A.
Young, Joseph B.
Zilliani, Victgor
Zito, Gregg M.

Panel E

Combat Zone

Barbarisi, Anthony E.
Buchan, Christopher
Conway, Shawn C.
Dirocca, Kenneth J.
Forfa, Anthony W., III
James, Hodges, Jr.
Kelly, James P.
Ringer, Roger C., Jr.
Szlachetka, Michael J.
White, Donald J., Jr.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.