CS China, Dr. Alfred James

Dr. Alfred James China​

Born: April 5, 1838

Birthplace: Sumter County, South Carolina

Father: John China Jr. 1764 – 1847

(Buried: Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

Mother: Ann Buddin 1812 – 1902

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

Wife: Mary Hannah Elizabeth Anderson 1842 – 1912

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

Children:

Dr. John Archibald "Archie" China 1864 – 1924​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Mary Randolph China Plowden 1864 – 1942​

(Buried: Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina)​

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Douglas Elwood China Sr. 1873 – 1947​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Elberta China Watson 1874 – 1948​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Fannie China Crosland 1876 – 1900​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

Education:

1860: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina​

Occupation before War:

1860 – 1861: Medical Doctor in South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Private Company C, 1st​ Mississippi Battalion​

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1862: Assistant Surgeon, 1st​ Mississippi Battalion​

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1862: Assistant Surgeon, Turner Hospital, Columbia, Mississippi​

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1862: Relieved from duty at hospital on September 14th​​

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1862; Appointed Assistant Surgeon, Provisional Army of Confederacy​

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1862: Confirmed as Assistant Surgeon by Confederate States Senate​

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1862 - 1863: Assistant Surgeon, Newsom Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee​

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1863: Relieved from duty at Newsom Hospital on July 14th​​

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1863: Assistant Surgeon in Cleveland, Tennessee​

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1863 – 1864: Assistant Surgeon in Cassville, Georgia​

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1864: Assistant Surgeon in charge of Newsom Hospital, Americus, Georgia

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1864 – 1865: Assistant Surgeon in Columbus, Mississippi​

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1865: Assistant Surgeon, Newsom Hospital, Forsyth, Georgia​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1909: Medical Doctor in Sumter, South Carolina​

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President of First National Bank of Sumter, South Carolina​

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Owner of China's Pharmacy in Sumter, South Carolina​

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1909 – 1910: Suffered from locomotor Ataxia​

Died: April 9, 1910

Place of Death: Sumter, South Carolina

Cause of Death: Uremia

Age at time of Death: 72 years old

Burial Place: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina