Thomas Gresham Lamar Jr.
Born: May 28, 1826
Father: Thomas Gresham Lamar Sr. 1788 – 1833
(Buried: Lamar Cemetery, Beech Island, South Carolina)
Mother: Martha Leland Cary 1781 – 1863
(Buried: Lamar Cemetery, Beech Island, South Carolina)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Whatley 1825 – 1849
Married: 1846 in Edgefield, South Carolina
2nd Wife: Sarah Adams Dunbar 1828 – 1904
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Married: September 26, 1850 in Edgefield, South Carolina
Children:
Barney Dunbar Lamar 1854 – 1907
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
John Cary Lamar 1858 – 1937
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Matthew Calbraith Butler “Cal” Lamar 1860 – 1924
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Education:
Attended South Carolina Military Academy
Occupation before War:
Planter in Edgefield, South Carolina
Civil War Career:
South Carolina State Representative
1861: Lt. Colonel of South Carolina Troops during Fort Sumter
1861: Captain 2nd South Carolina Artillery Battalion
1861: Major of 2nd South Carolina Artillery Battalion
1861: Lt. Colonel of 2nd South Carolina Artillery Battalion
Colonel of 2nd South Carolina Artillery Battalion
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Secessionville, South Carolina
1862: Some consider him a hero of the Battle of Secessionville
Died: October 17, 1862
Place of Death: Charleston Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Malaria
Age at time of Death: 36 years old
Burial Place: Lamar Cemetery, Beech Island, South Carolina
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