Louis Trezevant Wigfall
Born: April 21, 1816
Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina
Father: Levi Durant Wigfall – 1818
(Buried: Wigfall Family Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
Mother: Eliza Thomson Wigfall
Wife: Charlotte Maria Cross Wigfall
(Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland)
Children:
Frances Halsey Wigfall 1844 – 1897
(Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland)
Louise Sophie Wigfall Wright 1846 – 1915
(Buried: Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Owings Mills, Maryland)
Mary Frances “Fannie” Wigfall Taylor 1852 – 1924
(Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland)
Education:Attended University of Virginia
1837: Graduated from South Carolina College
Occupation before War:Served in the Third Seminole War rising to the rank of Lt.
Attorney in Edgefield, South Carolina
Participated in Duels over Political Issues
Aide and Lt. Colonel on Staff of Governor of South Carolina
1844: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
Attorney in Nacogdoches, Texas
1849 – 1850: Texas State Representative
1857 – 1860: Texas State Senator
Staunch Political Opponent of General Sam Houston
1859 – 1861: United States Senator from Texas
Civil War Career:
Advocated an attack on Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens
1861: Aide to General P. G. T. Beauregard
1861: Colonel of 1st Texas Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Confederate States Army, Infantry
1862: Resigned as Brigadier General on February of 1862
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Texas
Close Friend of General Joseph E. Johnston
Challenged President Davis on Military Related Policies
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1872: Lived in London, England
Owner of a Mine in Clear Creek, Colorado
Died: February 18, 1874
Place of Death: Galveston, Texas
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Burial Place: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas
Grave Location: Near Center – South Side – 40 feet from fence
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