... Dr. Thomas Lawson, late Surgeon General of the United States Army, b. 29th Aug. 1789, who was commissioned, 14th Feb'y 1811, Surgeon mate, by James Madison, President of the United States ; commissioned 7th Sept. 1816, Surgeon in sixth regiment of Infantry, "to rank as such from the 21st of May 1813" ; commissioned 1st Feb'y 1837, Surgeon General by Andrew Jackson, "to rank as such from 20th Nov. 1836," and "for distinguished and meritorious services in the field before and during the Mexican War" was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by Brevet, by commission dated 3d March 1849, "to rank as such from 30th May 1848," and d. at the residence of Dr. Daniel Cary Barraud, in Norfolk, Va., 14th of May 1861, unm., ...