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Major-General Francis Henry French (September 27, 1857 – March 10, 1921) served in three wars:
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Early and personal life

He was born on September 27, 1857, in
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to Rufus M. French and Maria C. Rudisill. He married Amelia Maud F. Wright on January 24, 1894, in
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Military career

He was appointed to the
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in 1875, and graduated in 1879. He served frontier duty from 1879 to 1889 in the
American Indian Wars The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, were fought by European governments and colonists in North America, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settle ...
. During his career, he served in and or commanded the 2nd, 11th, 12th, 16th, 21st and 28th Infantry Regiments. He was appointed brigadier general in September 1916. He served at Camp Jackson in
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, during
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. In 1917 he was in Europe, inspecting the US and Allied forces in France. He retired in January 1920. He died on March 10, 1921, at Walter Reed Hospital in
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. He was buried in
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References

. {{DEFAULTSORT:French, Francis Henry 1857 births 1921 deaths Burials at Arlington National Cemetery United States Military Academy alumni American military personnel of the Spanish–American War United States Army generals of World War I United States Army generals Military personnel from Indiana