Dr. John Thomson Darby
Born: December 16, 1836
Birthplace: South Carolina
Father: Dr. Artemus Thomson “Artie” Darby 1806 – 1876
(Buried: Pond Bluff Plantation Cemetery, Fort Motte, South Carolina)
Mother: Margaret Cantey Thomson 1818 – 1891
(Buried: Pond Bluff Plantation Cemetery, Fort Motte, South Carolina)
Wife: Mary Cantey Preston 1840 – 1891
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)
Children:
Caroline Hampton Darby Frost 1866 – 1925
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)
John Preston Darby 1869 – 1931
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)
Education:
1856 – 1857: Attended Medical College of South Carolina
1858: Graduated, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Occupation before War:
Hospital Intern at St. Joseph Hospital and Philadelphia Hospital
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Surgeon for Hampton's South Carolina Legion
1862: Senior Surgeon on the Occuquan River in Virginia
1862: Acting Chief Surgeon for Major General Gustavus W. Smith
1862 – 1863: Chief Surgeon for Major General Hood's Division
1863: Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
1864 – 1865: Surgeon with the Army of Tennessee
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 1st
Occupation after War:
1866: Volunteer Surgeon for Austro – Prussian War for Prussian Army
1868: Chairman of Department of Anatomy & Surgeon, U.S.C
Medical Doctor in Columbia, South Carolina
Surgical Anatomy Professor, University of New York
Chairman of Department of Surgery, University of New York
Died: June 9, 1879
Place of Death: Manhattan, New York
Age at time of Death: 42 years old
Burial Place: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina
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