Gates Phillips Thruston, Sr
Birth: 11 Jun 1835 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death: 9 Dec 1912 (aged 77) Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 162
Memorial #: 20008
Bio: Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as a Captain on the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was then detailed to staff work, first as a Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff to Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook, then as Acting Judge Advocate on the staff of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services generally during the war, and particularly for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Stone's River, Tenn., and Chickamauga, Ga.". He was the nephew of Union Brig. Gen. Charles M. Thruston.
Family Members
Parents
Robert Alexander Thruston 1806-1839
Marianna Louise Phillips Thruston-Lowe 1814-1896
Spouse
Ida Hamilton Thruston 1844-1893
Siblings
Eliza Phillips Thruston Houk 1833-1914
Jeanette J Thruston 1836-1866
Dickinson Phillips Thruston 1838-1873
Half Siblings
Frances Kemper Lowe Newbold 1844-1915
Elizabeth W. Lowe Stoddard 1846-1917
Henry Clay Lowe 1848-1909
Houston Lowe 1849-1920
Infant Lowe 1851-1851
Mary Davies Lowe Gaddis 1856-1919
Children
Gates Phillips Thruston 1884-1912
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Added: 29 Jan 2001
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20008/gates-phillips-thruston
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2019), memorial page for Gates Phillips Thruston, Sr (11 Jun 1835–9 Dec 1912), Find A Grave Memorial no. 20008, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
