Henry E. Peyton
Born: Around 1834
Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Braden 1836 – 1878
(Buried: Catoctin Free Church Cemetery, Paeonian Springs, Virginia)
Married: May 12, 1859 in Loudoun County, Virginia
Children:
Henry Braden Peyton 1860 – 1860
Winston Beauregard Peyton 1862 –
Cabell Yelverton Peyton 1878 – 1950
(Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Kingsville, Maryland)
Education:
1852 – 1853: Attended Randolph Macon College
Civil War Career:
1861: Volunteer Aide to Beauregard First Battle of Bull Run Virginia
1861 – 1862: Volunteer Aide on General Beauregard’s Staff
1862: Major and Assistant Adjutant on Beauregard’s Staff
1862 – 1864: Major Assistant Adjutant Inspector Gen. Lee’s Staff
1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel Assistant Adjutant Inspector on Lee’s Staff
Occupation after War:
1865: Went west
Secretary of Texas State Democratic Committee
Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and possibly Northern Virginia
Lived in Saint Louis, Missouri, Homeless and penniless
Died: September 14, 1900
Place of Death: Saint Louis, Missouri
Buried: Unmarked Pauper’s Grave, Saint Louis, Missouri
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