John Carey Cremony | |
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 Cremony in 1873 | |
| Born | 1815[1] Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 24, 1879 San Francisco, California |
| Years of service | 1861–1872 |
| Rank |  Major |
| Unit | 2nd California Cavalry Regiment |
| Commands | 1st California Cavalry Battalion |
| Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War Apache Wars |
| Other work | author |
Major John C. Cremony (1815 – August 24, 1879[2]) was an American soldier who wrote the first dictionary of the Apache language and later became a newspaperman in San Francisco.
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