★★★ Rhett, Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith Rhett​

Born: February 25, 1827

Birthplace: Beaufort, South Carolina

Father: Thomas Moore Smith Rhett 1794 – 1860

Mother: Caroline Barnwell 1805 – 1876

Wife: Eliza Parkman Eckley 1828 – 1908

(Buried: Cedar Cemetery, Jamestown, Rhode Island)​

Children:

Helen Rhett Pearson 1857 – 1896​

(Buried: Cedar Cemetery, Jamestown, Rhode Island)​

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Mabel Rhett 1860 – 1925​

(Buried: Cedar Cemetery, Jamestown, Rhode Island)​

Education:

1848: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (14th​ in class)

Occupation before War:

1848 – 1849: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1849 – 1853: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Artillery​

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1853 – 1855: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Artillery​

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1855: Resigned from United States Army on February 20th​​

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1855 – 1861: Bank Clerk Union Bank of Baltimore, Maryland​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain, Confederate Provisional Army Artillery​

1862: Temporarily Colonel, Confederate Army Artillery​

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Commander of Artillery Batteries Richmond, Virginia Defenses​

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Ordnance Inspector in Richmond, Virginia Defenses

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Confederate Purchaser of Arms abroad​

Occupation after War:

Engineer of Mexico National Railroad​

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Insurance Company President in Baltimore, Maryland​

Died: December 26, 1893

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Age at time of Death: 66 years old

 

[Pollaco]

I'm guessing he was a nephew of Robert Barnwell Rhett the "Father of Secession".