Dr. John Martin Weekley:
Born: May 7, 1837
Birthplace: Barnwell County South Carolina
Father: Washington Kearse Weekley 1805 – 1878
Mother: Catherine "Katie" Platts Brant 1796 – 1870
Wife: Alice Zorayda Johnson 1852 – 1932
(Buried: Mizpah Methodist Church Bufords Bridge South Carolina)
Children:
John Francis Weekley 1864 – 1934
(Buried: Great Saltkehatchie Cemetery Ulmer South Carolina)
Daisy Zorayda Weekley Blount 1873 – 1964
(Buried: Cedardale Cemetery Mullins South Carolina)
Lillian Pearl Weekley 1876 – 1959
(Buried: Mizpah Methodist Church Bufords Bridge South Carolina)
Viola Florella Weekley Deer 1879 – 1965
(Buried: Fairfax Cemetery Fairfax South Carolina)
Thomas Johnson Weekley 1881 – 1962
(Buried: Mizpah Methodist Church Bufords Bridge South Carolina)
Carrie Eulalee Weekley 1883 – 1962
(Buried: Mizpah Methodist Church Bufords Bridge South Carolina)
Dr. Augustine Smythe Weekley 1893 – 1970
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Tampa Florida)
Education:
1860: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in Barnwell South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1864: Private 3rd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
1864: Acting Hospital Steward for 3rd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
1864: Appointed Assistant Surgeon Provisional Army of Confederacy
1864 – 1865: Assistant Surgeon 3rd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
1865: Confirmed as Assistant Surgeon by Confederate States Senate
1865: Assistant Surgeon General Hospital No. 3 Goldsboro North Carolina
1865: Assistant Surgeon General Hospital No. 11 Charlotte North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Medical Doctor in Barnwell County South Carolina
Medical Doctor in Allendale County South Carolina
Died: January 25, 1932
Place of Death: Sycamore Allendale County South Carolina
Cause of Death: Pneumonia and Embolism in vessel of leg
Age at time of Death: 94 years old
Burial Place: Mizpah Methodist Church Bufords Bridge South Carolina
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