Hamilton Prioleau Bee
Born: July 22, 1822
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Father: Barnard Elliott Bee 1789 – 1853
(Buried: Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Mother: Ann Wragg Fayssoux 1789 – 1858
(Buried: Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Wife: Mildred Mary Taylor 1832 – 1928
(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
Children:
Lamar Carlota Bee Benavides 1850 – 1921
(Buried: Cavalry Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Texas)
Barnard Elliott Bee 1855 – 1881
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)
Clement Stevens Bee 1857 – 1899
(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
Hamilton Prioleau Bee Jr. 1858 – 1923
(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
John Tarver Bee 1859 – 1922
(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
Anne Fayssoux Bee 1862 – 1942
(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
Carlos Bee 1867 – 1932
(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
Edward Atenogenes Varea Bee 1869 – 1894
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)
Benjamin Elliott Bee 1874 – 1941
(Buried: San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, California)
Occupation before War:
Secretary for Commission that determined border of Texas & U.S.
1846: Secretary of Texas Republic Senate
1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to rank of 1st Lt.
1849 – 1857: Texas State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Texas State Militia
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862 – 1864: Commander of Brownsville, Texas District
1862 – 1864: Handled the cotton trade with Mexico
1864: Slightly Wounded in face during the Battle of Pleasant Hill
1864: Division Commander
1865: Brigade Commander in Samuel Maxey's Division
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1876: Lived in Saltillo, Mexico
1876 – 1897: Attorney in San Antonio, Texas
1876: Lost Vision in one of his eyes
1885 – 1886: Texas Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics and History
Lost Sight from his other eye
Died: October 3, 1897
Place of Death: San Antonio, Texas
Cause of Death: Organic Disease of the heart, Syncope
Age at time of Death: 75 years old
Burial Place: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
Grave Location: Section 3, Center South half, Lot 49
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