Henry S. Huidekoper
Henry Shippen Huidekoper was a general from Pennsylvania in Union Army who received the United States militarys highest decorations for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the American Civil War.
Huidekoper was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania on July 17, 1839, the son of Edgar Huidekoper and Frances Huidekoper and the grandson of Harm Jan Huidekoper . He received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1862, and received his M.A. from the same college in 1872. In 1864 Huidekoper married his cousin, Emma Gertrude Evans, the daughter of Thomas Wallis Evans and Anne De Costa Yard Evans of Germantown, Philadelphia. They had one daughter, Gertrude, born in 1865, who later married Professor Munroe Smith of Columbia University, and one son, Thomas, born in 1870. His greatgreatgranddaughter is Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and candidate for Governor of California.
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