★★★ Page, Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Page
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Born: January 4, 1808

Birthplace: Shelley Plantation, Glouchester County, Virginia

Father: Mann Page 1766 – 1813

Mother: Elizabeth Nelson 1770 – 1853

Wife: Benjamina Price 1818 – 1904

(Buried: Campo Cestio, Rome, Italy)​

Children:

Major Thomas Jefferson Page Jr. 1839 – 1864​

(Buried: Campo Cestio Rome Italy)​

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Philip Nelson Page 1847 – 1941​

(Buried: Protestant Cemetery Parana Argentina)​

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Mary Belle Page 1849 – 1871​

(Buried: Campo Cestio Rome Italy)​

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Captain Frederick Mann Page 1852 – 1900​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia)​

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George Blunt Page 1857 – 1930​

(Buried: Campo Cestio Rome Italy)​

Occupation before War:

1827 – 1861: Served in the United States Navy rising to rank of Officer​

Civil War Career:

1861: Commander in the Confederate States Navy​

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1862: Battery Commander at Glouchester Point, Virginia​

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1862: Colonel of Provisional Army of the Confederate States​

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1862 – 1863: Battery Commander at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia​

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1863 - 1865: Captain in the Confederate States Navy​

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Purchasing Agent for Navy Department in Europe​

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1865: Commander of CSS Stonewall​

Occupation after War:

Cattle Rancher in Argentina​

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Lived in Florence and Rome, Italy​

Died: October 25, 1899

Place of Death: Rome, Italy

Age at time of Death: 91 years old

Burial Place: Camp Cestio Cemetery, Rome, Italy

 

[Pollaco]

While in the U.S. Navy in 1855 his ship the USS Water Witch was fired on by a Paraguayan fort.

 

[Pollaco]

He was colonel of artillery and commanded batteries defending Richmond.

 

[Pollaco]

Usually gentlemanrob has a photo of the person's headstone. Page's happens to be in Rome, and on it is inscribed "Thomas Jefferson Page of Virginia;Captain, U.S.N. and C.S.N.,Explorer, Christian Gentleman".

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy belated birthday Commander/ Colonel Thomas Jefferson Page! Salutes remembering Commander Page on the week of his birthday.

 

[ErnieMac]

Page was a grandson of Thomas Nelson, Jr., a Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia.

 

[Pollaco]

He saw no combat as commander of the C.S.S. Stonewall, the ship arrived after the close of hostilities. It was turned over to Spanish authorities in Havana.