Tennent Lomax Sr.
Born: September 20, 1820
Birthplace: Abbeville, South Carolina
Father: William M. Lomax 1782 – 1834
(Buried: Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)
Mother: Eliza Tennent 1798 – 1820
(Buried: Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)
1st Wife: Sophia Herndon Shorter 1830 – 1850
(Buried: Shorter Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama)
2nd Wife: Caroline A. Billingslea Shorter 1826 – 1907
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Children:
Caroline Elizabeth Lomax 1858 – 1860
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
William Tennent Lomax 1858 – 1902
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)
Education:
1840: Graduated from Randolph Macon College
Occupation before War:
Planter & Attorney in Eufaula, Alabama
Civil War Career:
Colonel of 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Received notice of Promotion to Brigadier General while in battle
1862: Killed in Battle leading his troops Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
Died: June 1, 1862
Place of Death: Henrico County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 41 years old
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama
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