Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790 - 1870)

Born 22 Sep 1790 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Eliza (Parke) Longstreet — married 3 Mar 1817 in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1870 at age 79 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

Lawyer, Judge, Politician, Reverend, Academic, Author, Journalist

Biography

September 22, 1790 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was born on Reynolds Street, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. ^{[1] [2]}

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was a son of William Longstreet and Hannah Randolph. ^[3]

He was a lawyer, minister and author. He wrote "Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc, in the First Half Century of the Republic."

1813 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet graduated from Yale University. ^[4]

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet studied law at the law school, Lichtfield, Connecticut. ^[5]

1815 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was admitted to the Bar at Richmond County (Augusta), Georgia. ^[6]

After 1815 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet moved to Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. ^[7]

March 3, 1817 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet and Frances Eliza Parke married at Georgia. Frances Eliza Parke was from Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. ^[8]

1820 -- U. S. Census

1821 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected to represent Greene County the Georgia State Legislature. ^[9]

1822 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected a Judge of the Ocmulgee Judicial District, Georgia. ^[10]

1830 -- U. S. Census

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet moved from Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia to Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia where he founded the newspaper, "Augusta Sentinel." ^[11]

1838 -- the newspaper, "Augusta Sentinel" merged with the "Chronicle." ^[12]

1838 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was ordained a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. ^[13]

1839 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected President of Emory College, Oxford, Newton County, Georgia. ^[14]

1840 -- U. S. Census

1840 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet'a "Georgia Scenes, Characters, and Incidents, etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic by a Native Georgian," a series of newspaper articles were collected together and published as a book. Reportedly, Longstreet disavowed the book and tried to have it suppressed. ^[15]

1844 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was a member of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ^[16]

1848 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected President of Centenary College of Louisiana, Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (now part of Baton Rouge). ^[17]

1850 -- U. S. Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi

Circa 1850 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected President of the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. He held that post for six years then resigned to pursue agricultural interests. ^[18]

1857 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected President of the South Carolina College, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina (now the University of South Caroline at Columbia). ^[19]

Circa 1860 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was elected President of the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. ^[20]

1860 --

1864 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet published at Macon, Georgia, the story "Master William Mittens." ^[21]

1867 -- second edition of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet'a "Georgia Scenes, Characters, and Incidents, etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic by a Native Georgian," was published as a book. ^[22]

September 9, 1870 -- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet died at Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. ^{[23] [24]}

Sources

• Edward Mayes. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Edward Mayes. Circa 1935. Privately published. Reprinted 2009. Page 27 - 35.

• Jeffry D. Wert. General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier. Simon and Schuster: New York. 1993, 2005.

• William Longstreet & Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Wikipedia. Accessed by Michael Boynton on February 22, 2017 at 5:00 AM. Available at https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclopædia_of_American_Biography/Longstreet,_William

• GEDCOM Import by Audrey Kern through the import of deRos2.ged on May 23, 2015.

• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Wikipedia. Accessed by Michael Boynton on February 22, 2017 st 5:12 AM. Available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Baldwin_Longstreet.

• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc, in the First Half Century of the Republic.

• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Find A Grave. Memorial #15898160. Find A Grave: Memorial #15898160

Footnotes

1. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 27.
2. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
3. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 27.
4. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
5. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
6. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
7. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
8. ↑ General James Longstreet, page 23.
9. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
10. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
11. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
12. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
13. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
14. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
15. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
16. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
17. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
18. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
19. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
20. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
21. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
22. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
23. ↑ Family of Longstreet, page 28
24. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.