Thomas Lanier Clingman
Born: July 27, 1812
Birth Place: Huntsville, North Carolina
Father: Jacob Clingman 1786 – 1817
Mother: Jane Frances Poindexter 1789 – 1873
Children:
Rev. Thomas Jefferson Eatman 1855 – 1938
(Buried: Swiss Cemetery, Bald Creek, North Carolina)
Education:
1832: Graduated from University of North Carolina
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Huntsville, North Carolina
1835: Member of North Carolina House of Commons
1836 – 1839: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
1840: North Carolina State Senator
1841 – 1843: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
1843 – 1845: United States Representative from North Carolina
1845 – 1847: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
1847 – 1858: United States Representative from North Carolina
1858 – 1861: United States Senator from North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia
1864: Participated in the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina
1864: Participated in the Second Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
1864: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Weldon Railroad
1865: Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Explorer in Western North Carolina and Tennessee
Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
Died: November 3, 1897
Place of Death: Morganton, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Weakening Mind
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina
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