★★★ CSN 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)​
Philip Nelson Page 1847 – 1941​
(Buried: Protestant Cemetery Parana Argentina)​
Mary Belle Page 1849 – 1871​
(Buried: Campo Cestio Rome Italy)​
Captain Frederick Mann Page 1852 – 1900​
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia)​
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​
1862: Battery Commander at Glouchester Point, Virginia​
1862: Colonel of Provisional Army of the Confederate States​
1862 – 1863: Battery Commander at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia​
1863 - 1865: Captain in the Confederate States Navy​
Purchasing Agent for Navy Department in Europe​
1865: Commander of CSS Stonewall​

Occupation after War:

Cattle Rancher in Argentina​
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
 
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