Feamster family

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John Mathews

1768, Oct. 30 Born in Virginia 1793 Moved to Greenbriar Co., Va. 1798 Lawyer, Lewisburg, Va. 1804 1798 1802 Member, Virginia legislature 1813 1815; 1817 Member, Virginia legislature 1811 Married Catherine Pope Cary 1849, Nov. 10 Died, Lewisburg, Va.

Cyrus Cary

1794, Oct. 18 Born 1820 1830 Lawyer 1820 Moved to Lewisburg, Va. 1824 Married Mary Skiles Arbuckle 1832, Apr. 1 Died, Lewisburg, Va.

William Cary

1798, July 23 Born, Georgetown, D.C. 1821 Moved to Lewisburg, Va. Moved to Lewisburg, Va. Lawyer 1828 Married Ophelia Mathews 1833 1834 Member, Virginia legislature 1857, Apr. 1 Died, Lewisburg, Va.

Thomas L. Feamster

1829, Nov. 12 Born, "The Meadows," Lewisburg, Va. 1829 1906 Resided in Lewisburg, Va. (became part of West Virginia after the Civil War) 1861 1865 Fought with 14th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States of America, in Civil War 1868 Married Louisa Madden Cary 1893 Appointed postmaster, Lewisburg, W. Va. 1906, Dec. 31 Died, Lewisburg, W. Va.

Claudius Newman Feamster

1876, Apr. 25 Born, Lewisburg, W. Va. 1896 Graduated, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. 1896 1897 Graduate student, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1901 Attended law school, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1901 Moved to Texas 1901 1902 Teacher, West Texas Military Academy, San Antonia, Tex. 1902 Admitted to Texas bar 1903 Commissioned second lieutenant, United States Army 1903 1904 Served in Philippine Islands 1906 Retired from army for medical disability 1907 1910 Practiced law, Texas 1908 Married Maude Inez Simmons 1910 Moved to Washington, D.C. 1911 1913 Employed, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress 1913 1916 Resided in Lewisburg, W. Va. 1916 Reentered United States Army 1918 1922 With army of occupation, Germany 1922 Retired 1923 Moved to St. Petersburg, Fla. 1966 Died, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Felix Claudius Feamster

1914, Apr. 15 Born, Washington, D.C. 1918 Moved with family to Germany 1920 1922 Resided in Germany 1930 1934 Attended Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. 1935 1940 Attended Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 1941 Married Helen Ellet 1941 Commissioned first lieutenant, United States Army 1943 Promoted to lieutenant colonel, United States Army 1944 1945 Served in European Theatre of Operations in command of 327th Medical Battalion, 102nd Infantry Division, 9th Army, and later as Division Surgeon, 4th Armored Division 1945 1947 With army of occupation in Germany 1948 1954 Medical Officer, Fort Benning, Ga. 1954 Resigned from United States Army 1954 Practiced medicine, Chambersburg, Pa.

Robert Cantrell Feamster

1916, Nov. 5 Born, Lewisburg, W. Va. 1913 Moved with family to Germany 1920 1922 Resided in Germany 1934 1936 Attended University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1936 1938 Attended University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1938 1942 Attended University of Texas Medical School, Galveston, Tex. 1943 Commissioned first lieutenant, United States Army 1944 Served in European Theatre of Operations, wounded and returned to United States 1947 Resigned from United States Army 1952 Practiced medicine, Houston, Tex.

From the guide to the Feamster Family Papers, 1794-1967, (bulk 1813-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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