★★★ Lamar, Thomas Gresham Jr.

Thomas Gresham Lamar Jr.
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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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Below are photos of Thomas Gresham Lamar (one of 9 Lamar cousins who were Colonels or Lt. Colonels), his plantation and a marker at the fort.

Anybody wishing to read the stories about him and his cousins can find them in a book I've written, "Rebels in my Tree". Just "Google the title ad you'll find it.

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It seems Col. Lamar was buried initially at the Lamar Cemetery in South Carolina but was later exhumed and reburied at the Magnolia Cemetery. I couldn't figure out why this was done until I read that his children had it done and they placed a large monument over his grave. It seems his children were from his second wife who is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. These children were later buried near their mother and father.
 
His plantation house lives on. It's the only house still standing of the 61 plantations owned by Lamar cousins.
https://south-carolina-plantations.com/aiken/woodlawn.html
At the bottom of the page on that link, the last item is "Pictures" which takes you to "finding Sarah Lamar", a story about the slave ship Wanderer and pictures of the plantation.
 
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