Dr. John Somers Buist
Born: November 26, 1839
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Father: George Buist 1805 – 1877
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Mother: Mary Edwards Jones 1806 – 1876
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Wife: Maruerite Sinclair “Margaret” Johnston 1848 – 1939
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Children:
Mary Johnston Buist 1869 – 1952
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Agnes Buist Pringle 1869 – 1953
(Buried: Saint Philips Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina)
Archibald Johnston Buist 1872 – 1943
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
John Somers Buist Jr. 1874 – 1882
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Daisy Buist 1876 – 1877
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Constance Buist Patton 1882 – 1955
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Education:
1859: Graduated from Charleston College
1861: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Assistant Surgeon, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1861: Assistant Surgeon, Charleston Arsenal, Charleston, South Carolina
1861: Appointed Assistant Surgeon, Provisional Army of Confederacy
1861: Assistant Surgeon Hampton's South Carolina Legion in Virginia
1861: Assistant Surgeon in Richmond, Virginia
1861: Assistant Surgeon to General P. G. T. Beauregard
1862 – 1863: Assistant Surgeon, Artillery Battalion, Hampton's Legion
1863: Confirmed as Assistant Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
1863: Assistant Surgeon for Major Mathis W. Henry's Battalion
1864: Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederacy
1864: Surgeon for Haskell's Artillery Battalion, Camp Taylor, Virginia
1864 – 1865: Surgeon for Haskell's Artillery Battalion
1865: Paroled as Surgeon at Appomattox on April 9th
Occupation after War:
Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina, Ward 4
1870 – 1873: Assistant Professor of Materia Medica, South Carolina Medical College
1871: Reorganizer of the Hospitals in Charleston, South Carolina
Medical Doctor for the South Carolina State Orphan Asylum
Medical Doctor in United States Marine Hospital Charleston, South Carolina
Physician – in – chief of Roper Hospital Charleston, South Carolina
Physician – in – chief for the City of Charleston, South Carolina
Medical Doctor in Charleston, South Carolina
Member of the South Carolina Medical Society
President of South Carolina Medical Society
Died: September 29, 1910
Place of Death: South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina
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