I92989: Mary Elizabeth BOBO (ABT 1729

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The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume III
Crittenden, Thomas Theodore, page 42

Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas, soldier, was born in Russellville, Ky., May 15, 1819; son of the Hon. John Jordan and Sallie O. (Lee) Crittenden; and brother of Maj.-Gen. George Bibb Crittenden, C.S.A. He attended Centre college but was not graduated; studied law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. In 1842 he was elected commonwealth attorney for his district. He recruited a regiment for the Mexican war and was made its lieutenant-colonel, serving through the war, and being for a time a member of the staff of General Taylor, who was his cousin. He carried to the President [p.42] and congress the news of the victory at Buena Vista. In 1849 President Taylor appointed him U.S. consul to Liverpool and he returned from the mission at the close of Fillmore's administration in 1853.

He was opposed to secession and in 1861 entered the Union army, where he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, Oct. 27, 1861. For gallantry at Shiloh, where he commanded a division, he was promoted major-general of volunteers, July 17, 1862. He was given command of the 2d corps, army of the Tennessee, which formed the left wing of Buell's army. He engaged in the battle of Stone's river, and at Chickamauga commanded the left wing of Rosecrans's army. He was afterward given command of a division of the 9th corps, army of the Potomac, and operated with that corps during the campaign of 1864. He resigned his commission Dec. 13, 1864, and served as a volunteer aid on the staff of General Williams until the close of the war. In 1865 he was commissioned by President Johnson colonel of the 32d U.S. infantry and in 1869 was transferred to the 17th infantry. On March 2, 1867, he was brevetted brigadier-general for gallantry at Stone's River. He was transferred from the West to New York harbor in 1877 and was retired in May, 1881, by reason of his age. His son, John J. Crittenden, was a cadet at the U.S. military academy, 1873-76, and as lieutenant accompanied General Custer in his expedition against the Sioux Indians, June 25, 1876, sharing the fate of the commander. General Crittenden died at Annandale, Staten Island, N.Y., Oct. 23, 1893.

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"Colonel Strother Jones((2)) was educated at William and Mary College; was commissioned as a Captain in the Colonial Army, resigned in 1774, to marry Mary Frances Thornton, of "Tall Hill," near Fredericksburg, daughter of Frances Thornton, who married Miss Innis. Her pedigree is traced to the Duke of Ormond. He was commissioned as a colonel of militia. At the age of thirty-two he died at "Vaucluse." Issue:" ^[S2329]

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Mary Elizabeth BOBO

ABT 1729 - 1789

ID Number: I92989

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Brig. Gen. Thomas Leonidas CRITTENDEN

15 May 1819 - 23 Oct 1893

ID Number: I90619

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MAUD de FIENNES

1252 - 1298

ID Number: I26719

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Mary "Polly" GRAY

ABT 1787 - 1833

ID Number: I78019

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Elmo Lynn HIGGINBOTHAM

16 May 1902 - ____

ID Number: I21352

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Elijah Dupuy HUNDLEY

4 Sep 1798 - ____

ID Number: I67785

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Capt. William Strother JONES

21 Mar 1756 - 1788

ID Number: I17436

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Carter LESTER

ABT 1806 - ____

ID Number: I52811

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Ann MAXEY

ABT 1673 - ____

ID Number: I65415

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Thomas TAYLOR

ABT 1754 - ____

ID Number: I102976

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Thomas Jefferson TURK

27 Nov 1860 - ____

ID Number: I6821

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