Francis Asbury Shoup
Born: March 22, 1834
Birth Place: Laurel, Indiana
Father: George Grove Shoup 1810 – 1853
Mother: Joan Shoup 1814 – 1860
Wife: Esther Shoup 1846 – 1918
(Buried: University of South Sewanee, Tennessee)
Children:
Francis Elliott Shoup 1872 – 1936
(Buried: Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas)
Charlotte Barnell Shoup Nichol 1874 – 1901
Mary Conwell Shoup 1878 – 1878
Stephen Elliott Shoup 1885 – 1952
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri)
Education:
1855: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (15th in class)
Career before War:
1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States, Army Artillery
1855 – 1860: 2nd Lt. United States, Army 1st Artillery
1860: Resigned from United States Army on January 10th
1860 – 1861: Attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana
Leader of Indianapolis Zouave Militia
Civil War Career:
1862: Chief of Artillery for Major General William J. Hardee at Shiloh
1862: Inspector General for Major General Thomas C. Hindman in Arkansas
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
1863: Captured during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1864: Participated in the Battle of Atlanta, Designer of Shoupade
1864 – 1865: Advocate for Letting Blacks Join Confederate Army
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1868: Mathematics & Engineering Professor University of Mississippi
1868 – 1870: Logic & Metaphysics Professor University of Mississippi
1870 – 1875: Mathematics Professor, University of Mississippi
Minister in the Episcopal Church Religion
Metaphysics Professor at University of the South
1880: Delegate to Episcopal Convention
Died: September 4, 1896
Place of Death: Columbia, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: University of South Sewanee, Tennessee
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