Descendants of Christopher R. Perry-- Part 3: A Rough Rider, Confederate General and Union Naval Officer

**  Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) was a wealthy American socialite and U.S. Representative from New York and second husband to suffragist and socialite Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.

**  William Tiffany (great grandson)  (1868-1898) was 2nd lt. in 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (Roosevelt's Rough Riders), died of yellow fever shortly after returning to the United States following his service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

**  Matthew Calbraith Perry (1836-1909), son of Captain Perry's daughter Jane Tweedy Perry Butler was an American military leader and politician from South Carolina who served as major general in the Confederate Army in the Civil War, a post-bellum three term U.S. senator and was a major general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.

**  Commander George Washington Rodgers (1822-1863), a grandson of Captain Raymond Perry, and brother of Rear Admiral C.R.P. Rodgers, "was distinguished for his bravery in silencing Fort Sumter and the batteries of Morris Island (Charleston, S.C.)" during the Civil War.

As I Said, Quite the Distinguished Family.  --Brock-Perry