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Georgiana McDougall Adams :CSA1stNat: Born: May 1, 1835 Birthplace: Wisconsin Father: Brevet Brig. General Charles McDougall 1804 – 1885 (Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri) Mother: Maria Hanson 1803 – 1876 (Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri) Husband: Brigadier General John Adams 1825 – 1864 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Married: May 4, 1854 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota Children: Thomas Patton Adams 1856 – 1920 (Buried: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, Missouri) John Adams Jr. 1858 – 1905 (Buried: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, Missouri) Dr. Francis Joseph Adams 1859 – 1920 (Buried: Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana)...
Marguerite “Caroline” Deslonde Beauregard From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: 1831 Birthplace: St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana Father: Andre Deslonde 1784 – 1865 (Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, Louisiana) Mother: Rosine Henriette Chastant – 1871 (Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, Louisiana) Husband: General P.G.T. Beauregard 1818 – 1893 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Married: 1860 in New Orleans, Louisiana Children: Adina Beauregard 1864 – 1864 Died: March 2, 1864 Place of Death: New Orleans, Louisiana Age at time of Death: 33 years old Burial Place: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, Louisiana Marguerite Caroline Deslonde had been born in St. John the...
Natalie St. Martin Benjamin From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: 1815 Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Father: August St. Martin Mother: Husband: Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin 1811 – 1884 (Buried: Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, Paris, France) Married: February 12, 1833 in the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana Children: Ninette Benjamin De Bousignas 1842 – 1898 Died: 1891 Place of Death: Paris, France Age at time of Death: 76 years old Burial Place: Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, Paris, France Natalie St. Martin was born into an affluent Catholic Creole family in the city of New Orleans she married Judah Benjamin when she was 16, who would figure greatly in the Confederacy. They were married on February...
Isabella Maria “Belle” Boyd “Cleopatra of Secession” - “La Belle Rebelle" - “The Siren of the Shenandoah" - “The Rebel Joan of Arc" :CSA1stNat: Born: May 9, 1844 Birthplace: Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) Father: Benjamin Reed Boyd Sr. 1816 – 1863 (Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia) Mother: Mary Rebecca Glenn 1826 – 1880 (Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia) 1st Husband: Samuel Wylde Hardinge 1838 – 1866 (Union Naval Officer) Married September 8, 1864 in England 2nd Husband: John Swainston Hammond 1828 – 1886 (Former British Officer who fought for the Union) Married 1869, Divorced 1884 3rd Husband: Nathaniel Rue High Married 1884 or 1885 Children: Mary Grace Wentworth...
Elizabeth Brooks “Eliza” Ellis Bragg From A to Z - Women Born: October 27, 1825 Birthplace: Adams County, Mississippi Father: Richard Gaillard Ellis 1800 – 1844 (Buried: Saint John’s Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodeaux, Louisiana) Mother: Jane Towson 1805 – 1877 (Buried: Saint John’s Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodeaux, Louisiana) Husband: General Braxton Bragg 1817 – 1876 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Married: June 7, 1849 in Louisiana Children: None Died: September 25, 1908 Place of Death: Orleans Parish, Louisiana Age at time of Death: 82 years old Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama Eliza Brooks Ellis was born on October 27, 1825 in Adams County, Mississippi to Richard and Jane Ellis. Her father was a...
Elizabeth Porcher DuBose Bratton :CSA1stNat: Born: 1838 Birthplace: Beaufort, South Carolina Father: Theodore Samuel Marion DuBose 1809 – 1862 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Mother: Jane Sinkler Porcher 1808 – 1862 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Husband: Brig. General John Bratton 1831 – 1898 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Married: September 1, 1859 in Winnsboro, South Carolina Children: Dr. William DuBose Bratton 1860 – 1897 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton 1862 – 1944 (Buried: Cedartown Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi) Isabel Bratton Crisler 1873...
Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge: :CSA1stNat: Born: August 16, 1826 Birthplace: Georgetown Kentucky Father: Clifton Rhodes Burch 1790 – 1834 Mother: Alethia Viley 1793 – 1838 Husband: Major General John C. Breckinridge 1821 – 1875 (Buried: The Lexington Cemetery Lexington Kentucky) Married: December 12, 1843 in Georgetown Kentucky Children: Joseph Cabell Breckinridge 1844 – 1906 (Buried: Unknown Burial Place died in New York) US Congressman Clifton Rhodes Breckinridge 1846 – 1932 (Buried: The Lexington Cemetery Lexington Kentucky) Frances "Fannie" Viley Breckinridge Steele 1848 – 1924 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery Frankfort Kentucky) John Milton Breckinridge 1849 – 1850 (Buried: The Lexington Cemetery Lexington Kentucky) John...
Maria Simkins Calhoun Pickens Butler :CSA1stNat: Born: October 28, 1833 Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina Father: Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens 1807 – 1869 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Mother: Margaret Eliza Simkins 1808 – 1842 (Buried: Simkins Family Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Step – Mother: Marion Antionette Dearing 1824 – 1853 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Step – Mother: Lucy Petway Holcombe 1832 – 1899 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Husband: Major General Matthew Calbraith Butler Sr. 1836 – 1909 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Married: February 25, 1858, Edgefield, South...
Mary Boykin (Miller) Chesnut :CSA1stNat: Mary was the wife of a former U.S. Senator and Confederate General. She witnessed many historic events, and shared her wartime memories with the modern world with her personal diary entries. Although she was unable to finish editing her daily entries into a ready to publish book before she died; today, Mary Chesnut's Civil War is considered to be one of the finest literary works written about life in the Confederacy. Born: March 31, 1823 Birthplace: Mount Pleasant Plantation, near Stateburg, South Carolina Father: Stephen Decatur Miller (1788–1838) Elected Governor of South Carolina, 1829 Elected U.S. Senator in 1831 (Buried: Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, Mississippi) Mother: Mary Boykin...
Victoria Virginia Hunter Clayton :CSA1stNat: Born: June 10, 1832 Birthplace: South Carolina Father: Major General John Lingard Hunter 1795 – 1868 (Buried: Hunter – Merrill Family Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama) Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Bowler 1798 – 1843 (Buried: Hunter – Merrill Family Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama) Husband: Major General Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. 1827 – 1889 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama) Married: January 9, 1850 in Barbour County, Alabama Children: Sarah Elizabeth Bowler Clayton Walthour 1852 – 1928 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama) Theresa Emily Clayton 1855 – 1856 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama) US Congressman Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. 1857 – 1929 (Buried: Fairview...
Marion McHenry Lumpkin Cobb :CSA1stNat: Born: February 22, 1822 Birthplace: Athens, Georgia Father: Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin 1799 – 1867 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Mother: Callender Cunningham Grieve 1803 – 1871 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Husband: Brig. General Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb 1823 – 1862 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Married: January 8, 1844 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia Children: Lucy Cobb 1844 – 1857 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Sarah Addison “Sally” Cobb Jackson 1846 – 1915 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Callender McHenry “Callie” Cobb Hull 1848 – 1911 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Joseph Henry...
Mary Ann Lamar Cobb :CSA1stNat: Born: April 23, 1818 Birthplace: Milledgeville, Georgia Father: Colonel Zachariah Lamar 1769 – 1838 (Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia) Mother: Mary Ann Robinson 1784 – 1823 (Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia) Husband: Major General Howell Cobb Sr. 1815 – 1868 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Married: May 26, 1835 Brother: John Basil Lamar 1812 – 1862 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Children: Zachariah Lamar Cobb 1837 – 1840 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) John Addison Cobb II 1838 – 1925 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Georgia) Lamar Cobb 1840 – 1907 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Howell...
Kate Cumming From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Kate Cumming was a Confederate Civil War nurse. Cumming remained a nurse throughout the duration of the war, rare for most servicewomen, urged on by her strong sense of patriotism. Born: 1836 Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Father: David Cumming 1799 – 1874 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama) Mother: Janet “Jessie” Wood 1796 – 1872 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama) About: She didn’t support Secession Blamed the war on President Abraham Lincoln 1861: Helped collect supplies and distribute to Sick 1862: Nursed the Wounded Soldiers at the Battle of Shiloh 1862: Nurse in Corinth, Okolona and Chattanooga 1863: listed all the Confederate Soldiers buried in Chattanooga...
Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis First Lady of the Confederate States From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: May 7, 1826 Birthplace: Natchez, Mississippi Father: William Burr Howell 1795 – 1863 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Mother: Margaret Louisa Kemp 1806 – 1867 (Buried: Cimtiere Mont – Royal Outremont, Canada) Husband: President Jefferson Finis Davis 1808 – 1889 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Married: February 26, 1845 in Natchez, Mississippi Children: Samuel Emory Davis 1852 – 1854 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Margaret Howell Davis Hayes 1855 – 1909 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Jefferson Finis Davis Jr. 1857 – 1878 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery...
Isabella “Belle” Buchanan Edmondson :CSA1stNat: Born: November 27, 1840 Birthplace: Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi Father: Captain Andrew Jackson Edmondson 1793 – 1872 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Mother: Mary Ann Howard 1800 – 1861 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Education: Franklin Female College in Marshall County, Mississippi Antebellum Events: The Edmondson family moves to Shelby County, Tennessee, near Memphis, just prior to the beginning of the War Between the States Civil War Events: After the City of Memphis was taken by Federal forces in early June of 1862, Edmondson became a smuggler of contraband across the Union picket lines, working in and around north Mississippi and...
Lizinka Campbell Brown Ewell From A to Z - Women Born: February 24, 1820 Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia Father: U.S. Senator George Washington Campbell 1769 – 1848 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Mother: Harriot Stoddert 1788 – 1848 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) 1st Husband: James Percy Brown 1812 – 1844 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Married: April 25, 1839 2nd Husband: Lt. General Richard Stoddert Ewell 1817 – 1872 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Married: May 25, 1863 in Richmond, Virginia Children: George Campbell Brown 1840 – 1893 (Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee) Percy Brown 1843 – 1853 (Buried...
Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest From A to Z - Women Born: October 24, 1826 Birthplace: Franklin County Tennessee Father: William Hugh Montgomery 1792 – 1829 (Buried: Cowan Cemetery, Cowan, Tennessee) Mother: Elizabeth Dougherty “Betsie” Cowan 1803 – 1870 Husband: Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest 1821 – 1877 (Buried: Health Sciences Park, Memphis, Tennessee) Married: September 23, 1845 in Hernando, Mississippi Children: Captain William Montgomery Forrest 1846 – 1908 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Frances “Fannie” Ann Forrest 1849 – 1854 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Died: January 22, 1893 Place of Death: Memphis, Tennessee Age at time of Death: 67 years old First Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery...
Louisa Frederica Alexander Gilmer :CSA1stNat: Born: June 9, 1824 Birthplace: Wilkes County, Georgia Father: Adam Leopold Alexander 1803 – 1882 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert 1805 – 1855 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Husband: Major General Jeremy Francis Gilmer 1818 – 1883 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Married: December 18, 1850 in Savannah, Georgia Brother: Brig. General Edward Porter Alexander 1835 – 1910 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Brother: Major William Felix Alexander 1832 – 1907 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Brother: Major James Hillhouse Alexander 1840 – 1902 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery...
Frances Rebecca “Fanny” Haralson Gordon From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: September 18, 1837 Birthplace: LaGrange, Georgia Father: U.S. Congressman Hugh Anderson Haralson 1805 – 1854 (Buried: Hillview Cemetery, LaGrange, Georgia) Mother: Caroline Matilda Lewis 1808 – 1858 Husband: Major General John Brown Gordon 1832 – 1904 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Married: September 18, 1854 at Myrtle Hill in Troup County, Georgia Children: Hugh Haralson Gordon 1855 – 1937 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Major Frank Gordon 1858 – 1907 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) John Brown Gordon Jr. 1865 – 1884 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Frances Gordon Smith 1868 – 1951 (Buried...
Mary Singleton McDuffie Hampton: :CSA1stNat: Born: July 7, 1830 Birthplace: Sumter County South Carolina Father: US Senator George McDuffie 1790 – 1851 (Buried: Singleton Cemetery Sumter South Carolina) Mother: Mary Rebecca Singleton 1796 – 1830 (Buried: Cherry Hill Cemetery Sumter South Carolina) Husband: Lt. General Wade Hampton III 1818 – 1902 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Columbia South Carolina) Married: January 27, 1858, Albemarle Plantation Richland County South Carolina Children: George McDuffie Hampton 1859 – 1917 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Columbia South Carolina) Mary Singleton Hampton Tucker 1861 – 1934 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Columbia South Carolina) Alfred Hampton 1861 – 1942 (Buried...
Mary Foreman Lewis Hardee :CSA1stNat: Born: May 13, 1838 Birthplace: Selma, Alabama Father: Richard Henry Lewis 1806 – 1857 Mother: Mary Eliza Foreman 1810 – 1840 Husband: Lt. General William Joseph Hardee 1815 – 1873 (Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama) Married: January 13, 1864, in Marengo County, Alabama Died: April 6, 1875 Place of Death: Saint Augustine, Florida Age at time of Death: 36 years old Burial Place: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama
Harriet Christiana “Teny” Selden Heth :CSA1stNat: Born: October 13, 1834 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Father: Dr. Miles Cary Selden 1806 – 1880 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Mother: Harriet Christiana Heth 1810 – 1848 (Buried: Norwood Plantation Cemetery, Powhatan County, Virginia) Husband: Major General Henry “Harry” Heth 1825 – 1899 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Married: April 7, 1857 at Norwood Plantation, Powhatan Co., Virginia Children: Nannie Randolph Heth 1861 – 1921 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Life events before War: 1837: Birth of her sister Ann Heth Selden Rodman 1839: Birth of her brother Beverly Randolph Selden 1842: Birth of her brother Richard...
Catherine “Kitty” Morgan McClung Hill Forsyth Born: July 23, 1834 Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky Father: Calvin Cogswell Morgan 1801 – 1854 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Mother: Henrietta Hunt 1805 – 1891 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery Lexington Kentucky) 1st Husband: Calvin M. McClung 1820 – 1857 (Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee) Married: June 14, 1855 in Lexington, Kentucky 2nd Husband: Lt. General Ambrose Powell Hill 1825 – 1865 (Buried: Ambrose Powell Hill Monument, Richmond, Virginia) Married: July 18, 1859 in Lexington, Kentucky 3rd Husband: Dr. Alexander Forsyth 1828 – 1875 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Married: 1870 in Lexington, Kentucky Children: Henrietta...
Isabella Sophia Morrison Hill :CSA1stNat: Born: January 28, 1825 Birthplace: Lincolnton, North Carolina Father: Rev. Robert Hall Morrison Sr. 1798 – 1889 (Buried: Machpelah Presbyterian Church, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Mother: Mary Eugenia Graham 1801 – 1864 (Buried: Machpelah Presbyterian Church, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Husband: Major General Daniel Harvey Hill 1821 – 1889 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) Married: November 2, 1848 in Lincolnton, North Carolina Children: Robert Hall Morrison Hill 1850 – 1857 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) Mary Eugenia Hill Arnold 1852 – 1934 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, West Virginia) Willie Morrison Hill 1855 – 1856...
Mary Watkins "Mollie" Biscoe Hindman: :CSA1stNat: Born: July 5, 1838 Birthplace: Helena Arkansas Father: Henry Lawson Biscoe 1802 – 1861 Mother: Susan Cameron Watkins 1800 – 1841 Husband: Major General Thomas C. Hindman Jr. 1828 – 1868 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Helena Arkansas) Married: November 11, 1856 Children: Susan "Susie" Hindman 1857 – 1882 (Buried: Unknown Burial Place) Sallie Hindman 1859 – 1864 (Buried: Unknown Burial Place died in Meridian Mississippi) Biscoe Hindman 1861 – 1932 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Helena Arkansas) Thomas Carmichael "Tinker" Hindman III 1863 – 1934 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Helena Arkansas) Blanche Carlotta Hindman 1866 – 1952 Education: Attended Convent of St. Agnes in Memphis Tennessee...
Anna Marie Hennen Hood From A to Z - Women Born: January 28, 1837 Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Father: Duncan Nicholson Hennen 1810 – 1867 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Mother: Eleanora Reeves Robertson 1818 – 1880 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Husband: Lt. General John Bell Hood 1831 – 1879 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Married: April 30, 1868 in New Orleans, Louisiana Children: Lydia Marie Hennen Hood 1869 – 1879 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Anna Bell Hood 1870 – 1934 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Ethel Genevieve Hood 1870 – 1956 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) John Bell Hood Jr. 1871 –...
Julia Laura Jackson Christian From A to Z - Women Born: November 23, 1862 Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina Father: Lt. General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson 1824-1863 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Mother: Mary Anna Morrison 1831 – 1915 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Husband: William Edmund Christian 1856 – 1936 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Married: June 2, 1885 in Richmond, Virginia Children: Julia Jackson Christian Preston 1887 – 1991 (Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Brig. General Thomas Jonathan Jackson “Jack” Christian 1888 – 1952 (Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington...
Louisa Virginia Hardwick Jackson :CSA1stNat: Born: August 1828 Birthplace: Columbia County, Georgia Father: George W. Hardwick 1780 – 1838 Mother: Elizabeth Few Bush – 1843 Husband: CSA Brigadier General John King Jackson 1828 – 1866 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Married: May 8, 1849 in Augusta, Georgia Children: Thomas Miller Jackson 1850 – 1876 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) William E. Jackson 1852 – 1905 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) J Hardwick Jackson 1856 – 1935 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Died: October 11, 1911 Place of Death: Augusta, Georgia Age at time of Death: 83 years old Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia
Mary Anna Morrison Jackson From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: July 21, 1831 Birthplace: Lincoln County, North Carolina Father: Rev. Robert Hall Morrison Sr. 1798 – 1889 (Buried: Machpelah Presbyterian Church, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Mother: Mary Eugenia Graham 1801 – 1864 (Buried: Machpelah Presbyterian Church, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Husband: Lt. General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson 1824-1863 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Married: July 16, 1857 Cottage Home, Lincolnton, North Carolina Children: Mary Graham Jackson 1858 – 1858 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Julia Laura Jackson Christian 1862 – 1889 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial...
Eliza Griffin Johnston :CSA1stNat: Born: December 26, 1821 Birthplace: Fincastle, Virginia Father: John Caswell Griffin 1775 – 1826 Mother: Mary Hancock 1783 – 1826 Grandmother: Margaret Strother Hancock Uncle: Colonel George Hancock Husband: General Albert Sidney Johnston 1803 – 1862 (Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Married: October 3, 1843 Children: Albert Sidney Johnston Jr. 1845 – 1863 (Buried: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California) Hancock McClung Johnston 1847 – 1904 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California) Margaret Strother Johnston Pritchard 1851 – 1922 (Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) Griffin “Griff” Johnston 1857 – 1895 (Buried: Angelus Rosedale...
Lydia Mulligan Sims McLane Johnston From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: January 31, 1822 Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware Father: U. S. Senator Louis McLane 1786 – 1857 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Mother: Catherine Mary Mulligan 1790 – 1849 Husband: General Joseph E. Johnston 1807 – 1891 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Married: 1845 in Baltimore, Maryland Children: None Life Events: 1845 – 1887: Wife of General Joseph E. Johnston 1864: Traveled around the south with her husband Died: February 22, 1887 Place of Death: Washington, D.C. Age at time of Death: 65 years old Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Lucretia Ann Douglas Kershaw: :CSA1stNat: Born: August 27, 1825 Birthplace: Camden South Carolina Father: James Kennedy Douglas 1780 – 1860 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina) Mother: Mary Lucretia Martin 1785 – 1852 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina) Husband: Major General Joseph B. Kershaw 1822 – 1894 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina) Married: 1844 in Camden South Carolina Children: Rev. John Kershaw 1847 – 1921 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina) Mary Martin Kershaw Shannon 1848 – 1934 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina) Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang 1850 – 1930 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery Camden South Carolina) Charles Douglas Kershaw 1851 – 1923 (Buried: Quaker...
Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: September 26, 1837 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Father: Samuel Marshall Selden 1815 – 1849 (Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Mother: Caroline Elizabeth Hare 1822 – 1881 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Husband: General Edmund Kirby-Smith 1824 – 1893 (Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee) Married: September 24, 1861 in Lynchburg, Virginia Children: Caroline Selden "Carrie" Kirby-Smith Crolly 1862 – 1941 (Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee) Frances Kirby-Smith Wade 1864 – 1952 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California) Edmund Kirby-Smith 1866...
Sarah Chapman (Gordon) Law :CSA1stNat: Born: August 27, 1805 Birthplace: Wilkes County, North Carolina Father: Colonel Chapman Gordon 1758 – 1813 (Buried: Wilkesboro Presbyterian Chapel, Wilkes County, North Carolina) Mother: Charity Robinett King 1765 – 1858 Husband: Dr. John Sanderford Law 1801 – 1844 (Buried: Bradshaw–Porter Cemetery, Glendale, Tennessee) Children: Augusta Law Erskine Unknown – 1868 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Virginia Law Sneed 1836 – 1917 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Rev. John Gordon Law 1839 – 1916 (Buried: West View Memorial Cemetery, Walhalla, South Carolina) Role for the Confederate Army: President of Southern Mothers Hospital Known as “Mother of the...
Sarah Gilbert Alexander Lawton :CSA1stNat: Born: January 26, 1826 Birthplace: Wilkes County, Georgia Father: Adam Leopold Alexander 1803 – 1882 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert 1805 – 1855 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Husband: Brig. General Alexander Robert Lawton 1818 – 1896 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Married: November 5, 1845 in Wilkes County, Georgia Children: Corinne Elliott Lawton 1846 – 1877 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Louisa Frederika Lawton Mackall 1849 – 1925 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Nora Lawton Cunningham 1855 – 1943 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Alexander...
Anne Carter “Annie” Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: June 18, 1839 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Ann Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Died: October 20, 1862 Place of Death: Jones Springs, Warrenton, North Carolina Age at time of Death: 23 years old Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever Original Burial Place: Jones family Cemetery, Warrenton, NC Current Burial Place: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia Inscription on Original Grave: ANNE C. LEE, DAUGHTER OF GENERAL R. E. LEE, AND MARY CUSTIS LEE / BORN AT ARLINGTON, JUNE 18TH, 1839 AND DIED AT THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WARREN COUNTY, N. C., OCTOBER 20TH, 1862. / PERFECT AND TRUE ARE ALL HIS WAYS / WHOM HEAVEN ADORES...
Eleanor Agnes Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: February 27, 1841 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Education: Attended Virginia Female Institute For a time she helped to instruct the Arlington slaves by conducting a Sunday evening school for them and by instructing individual children before and after breakfast She was said to be in love with Colonel William Orton Williams She was nurse and companion of her father Died: October 15, 1873 Place of Death: Lexington, Virginia Age at time of Death: 32 years old Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever Burial Place: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: October 1, 1808 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: George Washington Parke Custis 1781 – 1857 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Mother: Mary Lee Fitzhugh 1788 – 1853 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Husband: Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Married: June 30, 1831 in Arlington, Virginia Children: Major General George Washington Custis Lee 1832 – 1913 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Mary Custis Lee 1835 – 1918 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Major General William Henry Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee 1837 – 1891...
Mary Custis Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: July 12, 1835 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Died: November 22, 1918 Place of Death: Hot Springs, Virginia Age at time of Death: 83 years old Burial Place: Lee Chapel Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia On the evening of June 13, 1902, Mary Custis Lee was arrested on an Alexandria streetcar for sitting in the section reserved for black patrons. As the daughter of Robert E. Lee, the General of the Confederate Army, the incident caused quite a stir within the community. On her way to visit a friend, and being burdened with many large bags, Miss Lee chose to sit near the rear of the car in...
Mildred Childe “Precious Life” Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: February 10, 1845 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Died: March 27, 1905 Place of Death: New Orleans, Louisiana Age at time of Death: 60 years old Burial Place: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia

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