Person:Thomas Hereford (2)

Dr. Thomas P. Hereford, P. O., Elmwood. Son of Sydenham Hereford, M. D., of Putnam county, West Virginia; was born July 20, 1836, in Fauquier county, Virginia. His early life was spent at Red House Shoals, and was educated at Kanawha, West Virginia. He graduated in medicine at the Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia, March 12, 1860, and practiced in Kanawha county, West Virginia, for ten years. In 1870 he came to Saline county and settled in Elmwood, where he practiced for about ten years; and then gave up the practice and engaged in the mercantile business, in Elmwood. He carries a large stock, and is also postmaster at Elmwood. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, under W. H. F. Lee, in Virginia, and fought under him through the whole war, being an officer in Lee’s division, except a few days imprisonment in Camp Chase, Ohio. In February, 1865, he married Miss Ruth Jameson, of Pulaski county, Virginia, and has one son Sydenham. His first wife died, and in July, 1875, he married Miss Maggie Fitzpatrick, of Pulaski county, Kentucky.

07/04/1850 - Lived with parents, 46th District, Putnam Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Thos. P. Hereford)
1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Carbonvale, Kanawha Co., VA; preceptor: Dr. Sydenham Hereford; thesis: "Intermittent Fever")
08/09/1860 - Practiced medicine, Kanawha Co., VA (lived with the Joshua Terry family - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Thomas E. Hereford")
- Postmaster, Buckland, Prince William Co., VA
05/13/1862 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. G, 8th VA Cavalry
09/10/1862 - As Sgt., Co. G, 8th VA Cavalry, captured by U.S. Army, Putnam Co., VA
09/18/1862 - As a P.O.W., received from Gallipolis, Ohio, by order of Col. Jas. Washburn; in chg. of Capt. Green, 88 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, U.S. Army
09/18/1862 - Received as a Prisoner of War, Camp Chase, OH ([Description - age: 26; height: 5 ft. 8 in.; eyes: Dk; hair: Blk; complexion: Dk)
09/29/1862 - As a P.O.W., transferred from Camp Chase, OH, to Cairo, IL, for exchange
11/01/1862 - Name appears on a receipt given by Lt., T. J. Beall, Agent, to Capt. J. B. Sample, Agent for Exchange, for prisoners received near Vicksburg, MS, on board steamer "Emerald"
11/05/1862 - Signature appears on a petition prepared at a Camp near Jackson, MS, to U.S. Brig. Gen. Gregg, commanding paroled prisoners by P.O.W.s requesting that they be allowed to return to their homes as paroles or sent to a camp for paroled prisoners in Richmond, VA. [This document is in the Confederate CSR of Sgt. George H. Houchins, Co. A, 30th VA Battalion Sharp Shooters.]
01/13/1863 - Mother, Lavinia, died in Putnam Co., VA
03/31/1863 - Pvt., Co. G, 8th VA Cavalry
04/10/1863 - "Asst Surgn Thos. P. Hereford, Jr will report to Surgeon Jno A. Hunter, Medical Director &c. for assignment to duty" [S.O. 87/7]
07/11/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/08/1863
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 14th VA Cavalry, Greenbrier Co., WV [Note: After June 20, 1863, the United States Government considered Greenbrier Co., to be in the new state of West Virginia, United States of America.]
11/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 14th VA Cavalry
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
12/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 14th VA Cavalry
01/13/1865 - Asst. Surgeon, 14th VA Cavalry
01/30/1865 - Married, Ruth M. Jameson (1847-1875), Pulaski Co., VA
04/09/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, 14th VA Cavalry, paroled by the U.S. Army, Appomattox Court House, VA
08/08/1870 - Practiced medicine, Elmwood Township, Saline Co., MO (lived with wife, Ruth, and one child - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas P. Hereford)
07/01/1875 - Wife, Ruth, died in Coalburg, Kanawha Co., WV
1875 - Married, Margaret A, "Maggie" Fitzgerald (1848-1923)
06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine - Elmwood Township, Saline Co., MO (lived with wife, Margaret, and one son - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Thomas Hereford)
02/08/1881 - Lived, Elmwood Township, Saline Co., MO
12/21/1883 - Father, Sydenham, died in West Virginia (buried: Robinson Cemetery, Red House, Putnam Co., WV Find A Grave # 107277021)
06/01/1900 - Practiced medicine, Elmwood Township, Saline Co., MO (lived with wife, Maggie - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Thomas Hereford)
03/04/1906 - Died at his home, Elmwood Township, Saline Co., MO (buried: Pisgah Cemetery, Elmwood, MO)

Note: This is not the Thomas Patterson Hereford (1826-1878) who lived in Prince William Co., VA, and was the father of Lelia Steadman Hereford Utterback.

Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/25/2018. Unpublished database.

The following was added by Jack Johnson, the creator of this memorial:

Raised Claud W. Bales, 3 Oct 1880-27 Feb 1899, who is also buried at Pisgah Church Cemetery.