Thomas Fentress Toon
Born: June 10, 1840
Birth Place: Columbus County, North Carolina
Father: Anthony Fentress Toon 1803 – 1853
(Buried: Western Prong Baptist Church, Whiteville, North Carolina)
Mother: Mary McMillian Kelly 1818 – 1884
(Buried: Western Prong Baptist Church, Whiteville, North Carolina)
1st Wife: Carrie E. Smith 1845 – 1880
(Buried: Fair Bluff United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fair Bluff, North Carolina)
2nd Wife: Rebecca Elizabeth Ann Cobb 1852 – 1934
(Buried: Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, North Carolina)
Children:
Caroline Augustus Toon Rowland 1867 – 1953
(Buried: Greenmount Cemetery Wendell, North Carolina)
Mamie Toon Irby 1875 – 1955
(Buried: Old Brick Church Cemetery Monticello, South Carolina)
M. Roberta Toon 1878 – 1968
(Buried: Greenmount Cemetery Wendell, North Carolina)
Education:
1861: Graduated from Wake Forest College
Civil War Career:
1862 – 1863: Captain of 20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Served in the Army of Northern Virginia
1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
1862: Served in the Seven Days Campaign in Virginia
1862: Participated in the Battle of South Mountain
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Regimental Commander during Battle of Chancellorsville Virginia
1863: Regimental Commander during Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Regimental Commander during Battle of Mine Run, Virginia
1864: Regimental Commander during Overland Campaign in Virginia
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Brigade Commander during Early’s Raid on Washington, D.C.
1864: Brigade Commander during Valley Campaigns in Virginia
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander during Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1865: Severely wounded during the Battle of Fort Stedman
Occupation after War:
Principal of Fair Bluff School
Vocal Advocate of Public Education in North Carolina
Worked for the Atlantic Coast Railroad Company
County School Examiner in North Carolina
Mayor of Fair Bluff, North Carolina
1881 – 1882: North Carolina State Representative
1883 – 1884: North Carolina State Senator
1900 – 1902: Superintendent of Public Instruction for North Carolina
Died: February 19, 1902
Place of Death: Raleigh, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Acute Indigestion
Age at time of Death: 61 years old
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina
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