Thomas Jefferson Page
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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