Thomas Marsh Bryan Forman
Born: January 4, 1809
Birthplace: Nonchalance Plantation, Wilmington Island, Georgia
Father: U.S. Congressman Joseph Bryan 1773 – 1812
(Buried: Bryan Family Cemetery, Wilmington, Georgia)
Mother: Delia Forman 1783 – 1825
(Buried: Bryan Family Cemetery, Wilmington, Georgia)
1st Wife: Florida Troup 1813 – 1847
2nd Wife: Helen Brooke 1821 – 1899
(Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York)
Children:
George Troupe Bryan 1835 – 1838
John Screven Bryan 1837 – 1902
Hugh Bryan 1840 – 1897
Ann Carter Bryan 1841 – 1862
Augusta Forman Bryan Wayne 1844 – 1923
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Georgia Bryan Forman Conrad 1846 – 1925
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Florida Troupe "Florence" Forman Myers 1851 – 1917
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Florida)
Gabriella Brooke Forman Peters 1858 – 1955
(Buried: Saint Michaels Cemetery, East Elmhurst, New York)
Eliza Anciaux Brooke Forman 1864 – 1865
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation before War:
Planter at Nonchalance Plantation, Wilmington Island, Georgia
1831: Sold his family plantation on Wilmington Island, Georgia
Owner of Broughton Island in McIntosh County, Georgia
1846: His last name was changed to Forman due to his grandfather's will
1847: Georgia State Senator
Owner of Plantation in Savannah, Georgia worth more than $3,000.00
Civil War Career:
1861: Replaced Francis S. Bartow in Confederate Provisional Congress
1861 – 1862: Georgia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1861 – 1862: Worked for to insure Confederate Independence
1861 – 1862: Proposed free trade with countries agreeing with C.S.A
1861: Wanted the Confederate Government to buy entire cotton crop
1861: Against bribes of furloughs and right to reelect Army officers
1861: He feared bribes would make the army become disorganized
1861 – 1862: He felt the Refusal to vote money for railroad construction was bad
1862: Unsuccessful Candidate for Confederate States Congressman
Occupation after War:
1862 – 1875: Planter in Brunswick, Georgia
Died: September 27, 1875
Place of Death: Brunswick, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Georgia
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