Personal life and death Von Steuben died on November 28, 1794, at his estate in Oneida County,"Frederick William Augustus von Steuben, Baron." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Retrieved from Biography in Context database, October 9, 2016. and was buried in a grove at what became the Steuben Memorial State Historic Site. The estate became part of the town of Steuben, New York, which was named for him.
Personal life and death Von Steuben died on November 28, 1794, at his estate in Oneida County,"Frederick William Augustus von Steuben, Baron." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Retrieved from Biography in Context database, October 9, 2016. and was buried in a grove at what became the Steuben Memorial State Historic Site. The estate became part of the town of Steuben, New York, which was named for him.