Lt. Summerfield T. Thomas

Lt. Summerfield T. Thomas

Male 1840 - 1923  (82 years)

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  • Name Summerfield T. Thomas 
    Prefix Lt. 
    Born 29 Jun 1840  Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Feb 1923  Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Springhill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Find-A-Grave:

      "Son of James & Narcissa (Collins) Thomas. Summerfield was Union Army Officer in the "70th Indiana Infantry," which was under General William T. Sherman. Lt. Thomas was wounded at the battle of Resaca, GA and was transported to a hospital in Tennessee.

      Following the war, James returned to Indiana where he married Cindarella Smith. They moved to Kansas where their four children were born:

      Edgar Morton, Hattie, Myrta and John Worthington Thomas"
    Notes 
    • U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 6th Cong District, Perry, Marion County, IN, 1863-1865: "Summerfield Thomas, age 22 b. Abt. 1841 Kentucky, unmarried."
    Person ID I13895  Complete
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2018 

    Father James Thomas,   b. 9 Jan 1800, Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1876, Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Narcissa Collins,   b. 9 Jan 1798, Mason County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1889, Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1825  Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850: "James Thomas & Nerississa [sic] Collins, m. 10 Mar 1825 Nicholas County."
    Family ID F6137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cinderella Smith,   b. Abt. 1851, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1928  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Hattie Thomas,   b. Kansas, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Myrta Thomas,   b. Kansas, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Worthington Thomas,   b. Kansas, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Edgar Morton Thomas,   b. 25 Dec 1880, Chanute, Nesho County, Kansas, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1954, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F8765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jun 1840 - Nicholas County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Feb 1923 - Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Springhill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923)
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923)

    Lieutenant, Union Army, 1862-1865

    Indiana Civil War Soldiers:

    "Enrollment 14 Jul 1862 Marion County, IN, Sergeant. Ordnance Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Mar 28, 1865. Wounded in forehead at Battle Resaca, GA (May 13-15, 1864, 'hallowed ground where much of the heaviest fighting occurred at the start of General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign']. Mustered out 18 Jun 1865 near Washington D.C."

    Census Records
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923) & Edgar Morton Thomas (1840-1954)
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923) & Edgar Morton Thomas (1840-1954)

    U.S. Census Ripley, Jackson County, WV 1910:
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923) & Edgar Morton Thomas (1880-1954)
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923) & Edgar Morton Thomas (1880-1954)

    U.S. Census Ripley, Jackson County, WV 1900:
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923)
    Summerfield T. Thomas (1840-1923)

    U.S. Census Colfax, Wilson County, KS 1880: