Thomas West Gary (1839 - 1869)

Born 24 Sep 1839 in Gary, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 1869 at age 30 in Gary, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Thomas was a captain in the Confederate Army.^[1]

"Obituary: Col. Thomas West Gary died at his father's residence near Gary's Lane in Newberry District on 21st ult after a brief illness with pneumonia, aged 30 years, 1 month and 27 days. It is seldom that tidings of death strikes the ear so unexpectedly and so painfully as in the above instance. He appeared in fine health only a few days before he died. Col. Gary, tho a young man, filled a deservedly high place in the appreciative respect and regard of our people. His manliness of character, incorruptible integrity and staunch devotion to principle under all circumstances… but he remembered as one of our gallant defenders in the time of war. While in the senior class of South Carolina College, at the call of his State (which was his country) he took up arms in her defense. As Orderly Sgt. of Company B in the 3rd S.C. Regt. he began military life. At the first opportunity he was elected Lt. and a few weeks afterward, at the death of lamented S.N. Davison, he was promoted to the Captaincy serving until October 1864 throughout most of the memorable campaigns of Lee's Army in Virginia. The writer well remembers his gallantry at Chancellorsville. In 1864 when the death of the veteran leaders — Col. Nance and Rutherford — developed the command upon other hands he acted as Major. So great were his abilities he was commission by Govern Orr as Colonel of the 38th Regt. of Militia. His body was buried in the graveyard of the Bush River Baptist Church where so many of his family sleep the last sleep." ^[2]

• Fact: Burial Bush River Baptist Church Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA ^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z5-MFSP?cc=2145147&wc=M61M-KTY%3A369434301 : 6 September 2019), Fud-Gib > image 1937 of 3108; Military Order of the Stars and Bars, Springfield, Tennessee.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Capt. Thomas West Gary (1839-1869) on Find A Grave: Memorial #37211659, retrieved 03 October 2018
3. ↑ Bush River Baptist Church Cemetery records

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QK-L5T : Fri Oct 06 12:02:36 UTC 2023), Entry for J K Gary and Rebecca Gary, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT6-7DG : Wed Oct 04 03:03:00 UTC 2023), Entry for John K Gary and Rebecca Gary, 1860.