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Sturgis Jr.</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_D._Sturgis_(US_Army_General,_1861-1933).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Samuel_D._Sturgis_%28US_Army_General%2C_1861-1933%29.jpg/220px-Samuel_D._Sturgis_%28US_Army_General%2C_1861-1933%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Samuel_D._Sturgis_%28US_Army_General%2C_1861-1933%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="261" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Sturgis <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1917</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Samuel Davis Sturgis 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Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1884–1925</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O8_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/23px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/35px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/46px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">Service number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0-47<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>12th Field Artillery Battery</li><li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" title="3rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)">3d Field Artillery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" title="1st Field Artillery Regiment (United States)">1st Field Artillery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/7th_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="7th Field Artillery Regiment">7th Field Artillery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Funston" title="Camp Funston">Camp Funston</a></li><li>Camp <a href="/wiki/Leon_Springs,_Texas" title="Leon Springs, Texas">Leon Springs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robinson_Maneuver_Training_Center" title="Robinson Maneuver Training Center">Camp Pike</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/87th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="87th Infantry Division (United States)">87th Division</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/80th_Division_(United_States)" title="80th Division (United States)">80th Division</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Gordon_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Gordon (World War I)">Camp Gordon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Sherman,_Ohio" title="Camp Sherman, Ohio">Camp Sherman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Department" title="Panama Canal Department">Panama Canal Department</a></li><li>Third <a href="/wiki/Corps_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Corps Area">Corps Area</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">War with Spain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine Insurrection</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Bertha Bement (m. 1896)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3 (including Lt. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis_III" title="Samuel D. Sturgis III">Samuel D. Sturgis III</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data">Brevet Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis" title="Samuel D. Sturgis">Samuel D. Sturgis</a> (father)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel D. Sturgis Jr.</b> (August 1, 1861 – March 7, 1933) was a senior <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> who commanded the <a href="/wiki/87th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="87th Infantry Division (United States)">87th</a> and <a href="/wiki/80th_Division_(United_States)" title="80th Division (United States)">80th</a> divisions during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samuel Davis Sturgis Jr. was born in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> on August 1, 1861, the son of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis" title="Samuel D. Sturgis">Samuel D. Sturgis</a> and Jerusha (Wilcox) Sturgis.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a> before becoming a student at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sturgis graduated 13th of 37 in the class of 1884, and was commissioned as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sturgis was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/1st_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" title="1st Field Artillery Regiment (United States)">1st Field Artillery</a>, with which he served until 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His initial assignments included postings to <a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Island" title="Alcatraz Island">Alcatraz Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco" title="Presidio of San Francisco">Presidio of San Francisco</a>, and the harbor defenses of <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles">San Pedro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Mason" title="Fort Mason">Fort Mason</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After assignment to West Point from 1890 to 1891, Sturgis served until as <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Merritt" title="Wesley Merritt">Wesley Merritt</a> during Merritt's command of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Dakota" title="Department of Dakota">Department of Dakota</a> and <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Missouri" title="Department of the Missouri">Department of the Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then served with his regiment at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Fort Riley</a>, and then transferred to the <a href="/wiki/6th_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="6th Field Artillery Regiment">6th Artillery</a>, with which he served at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monroe" title="Fort Monroe">Fort Monroe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fort_McHenry" title="Fort McHenry">Fort McHenry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1897 and 1898, Sturgis was assistant <a href="/wiki/Adjutant#United_States" title="Adjutant">adjutant</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Pacific" title="Department of the Pacific">Department of the Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War_with_Spain">War with Spain</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: War with Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">War with Spain</a>, Sturgis was assigned as assistant adjutant of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_Corps_(Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)" title="Eighth Army Corps (Spanish–American War)">Eighth Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1898)" title="Battle of Manila (1898)">Battle of Manila</a>, and then served as adjutant of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Dakota" title="Department of Dakota">Department of Dakota</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently assigned to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, and served as disbursing officer of Cuban funds for the Department of <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> and assistant adjutant of the Department of <a href="/wiki/Pinar_del_R%C3%ADo_Province" title="Pinar del Río Province">Pinar del Rio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philippine_Insurrection">Philippine Insurrection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Philippine Insurrection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sturgis took part in the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine Insurrection</a>, and served as assistant adjutant of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Division_(United_States)" title="Philippine Division (United States)">Philippine Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as adjutant of an expedition commanded by <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Schwan" title="Theodore Schwan">Theodore Schwan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interwar_period">Interwar period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interwar period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1901 to 1906, Sturgis was assigned to command the 12th Battery of Field Artillery, and served at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Douglas" title="Fort Douglas">Fort Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fort_D.A._Russell_(Wyoming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort D.A. Russell (Wyoming)">Fort D. A. Russell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1906 he also served as adjutant of the 2nd Provisional Field Artillery, an experimental organization that conducted operations at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sill" title="Fort Sill">Fort Sill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1907 to 1909, Sturgis served on the Army staff at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was chief of staff of the Department of Dakota from 1909 to 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1911, Sturgis was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a> and assigned as second in command of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" title="3rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)">3d Field Artillery</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was assigned as the regimental commander in May, and served until August.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between November 1911 and December 1912, Sturgis was a student at the Field Artillery School of Fire, and then the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> in December 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1913, Sturgis was assigned to command the 1st Field Artillery at <a href="/wiki/Schofield_Barracks" title="Schofield Barracks">Schofield Barracks</a>, and he remained until January 1916, when he was ordered to Fort Sam Houston to organize and command the <a href="/wiki/7th_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="7th Field Artillery Regiment">7th Field Artillery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1917, Sturgis was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a>, and in July 1917, he was assigned to command the training camp organized at Camp <a href="/wiki/Leon_Springs,_Texas" title="Leon Springs, Texas">Leon Springs</a> in anticipation of U.S. entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_I">World War I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg/220px-Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg/330px-Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg/440px-Samuel-D-Sturgis-Soldiers-All.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1809" data-file-height="2645" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Sturgis by <a href="/wiki/War_artist" title="War artist">war artist</a> Joseph Cummings Chase (1919)</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 1917, Sturgis was promoted to temporary <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> and assigned to command <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Maneuver_Training_Center" title="Robinson Maneuver Training Center">Camp Pike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/87th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="87th Infantry Division (United States)">87th Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leading it though its organization and training, Sturgis led the division in France beginning in August 1918, when it was used to provide replacement troops for front line units.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in command until the end of the war in November.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From November 1918 until April 1919, Sturgis commanded the <a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="80th Infantry Division (United States)">80th Division</a> during its post-war occupation duty.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_World_War_I">After World War I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: After World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, Sturgis commanded the demobilization centers at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Gordon_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Gordon (World War I)">Camp Gordon</a>, Camp Pike, and <a href="/wiki/Camp_Sherman,_Ohio" title="Camp Sherman, Ohio">Camp Sherman</a> between 1919 and 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1920 he returned to his permanent rank of brigadier general.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1921, Sturgis was promoted to permanent major general.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He commanded the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Department" title="Panama Canal Department">Panama Canal Department</a> until October 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sturgis commanded the Third <a href="/wiki/Corps_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Corps Area">Corps Area</a> headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Holabird" title="Fort Holabird">Fort Holabird</a> from November 1924 until retiring in August 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement_and_death">Retirement and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Retirement and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In retirement, Sturgis resided in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died there on March 7, 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried at <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington, Virginia">Arlington, Virginia</a>, with his wife Bertha.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Thayer_2-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thayer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_D._Sturgis_Jr._(1861%E2%80%931933)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1896, Sturgis married Bertha Bement (1875–1955).<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the parents of Major General <a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis_III" title="Samuel D. Sturgis III">Samuel D. Sturgis III</a>, Elizabeth T. 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