Thomas James Churchill
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Father: Samuel Churchill 1779 – 1863
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Mother: Abigail Pope Oldham 1789 – 1854
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Wife: Anne Maria Sevier 1830 – 1917
(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Married: July 31, 1849 in Little Rock, Arkansas
Children:
Abbie Churchill 1854 – 1876
(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Samuel Johnson Churchill 1856 – 1915
(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Ambrose Sevier Churchill 1858 – 1860
(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Juliette Johnson Churchill Hankins 1861 – 1941
(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Emily St. Aubert Churchill Calef 1865 – 1943
(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Education:
1844: Graduated from St. Mary's College in Bardstown, Kentucky
Occupation before War:
Served in the Mexican War rising to 1st Lt.
Planter in Little Rock, Arkansas
1857 – 1861: United States Postmaster for Little Rock, Arkansas
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Regiment
1861: Saw his first combat during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry
Participated in General Kirby Smith's Kentucky Campaign
Played an important role in the Victory at Battle of Richmond, Ky.
1864: Received Special Recognition by Confederate Congress
In Charged of Fortifications at Arkansas, Confederate Post
1863: Captured during the Battle of Fort Hindman, Arkansas
Exchanged in the Prisoner of War Exchange
Division Commander during the Red River Campaign
1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
Occupation after War:
1874: Supporter of Baxter in the Brooks – Baxter War
1877 – 1881: Arkansas State Treasurer
1881 – 1883: Governor of Arkansas
1883 – 1905: Farmer in Arkansas
Died: May 14, 1905
Place of Death: Little Rock, Arkansas
Age at time of Death: 81 years old
Burial Place: Mount Hope Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas
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