Thomas Jefferson McCamant1
b. 27 November 1873, d. 2 September 1956
Birth | 27 Nov 1873 | Thomas Jefferson McCamant was born on 27 Nov 1873 in Glen Rose, (now) Somervell County, Texas.3 |
Education | | Thomas attended Glen Rose Collegiate Institute and received his medical degree in 1902 from Ft. Worth University.4 |
Marriage | 13 May 1901 | He married Helen Livermore on 13 May 1901.1 |
| | Thomas practiced medicine in Stonewell County, Texas until 1910 at which time he moved to El Paso. He served in the Spanish American War as a member of the Army Medical Corps and organized a National Guard hospital in El Paso during World War I. In WWII he organized the assignment of physicians for the Armed Forces and in 1956 was made a Colonel in the Army Reserve.4 |
Marriage | 28 Oct 1913 | He married Essie Laura Killough on 28 Oct 1913.1,5 |
Death | 2 Sep 1956 | Thomas died on 2 Sep 1956 in El Paso, Texas, at age 82.3 |
Burial | 5 Sep 1956 | He was buried on 5 Sep 1956 at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso.3 |
| | Dr. McCamant lived at 603 Gregory Way in El Paso at the time of his death.3 |
Citations
- [S2945] Robert Gardner research, 2881 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, California, 95051, email to: e-mail address.
- [S1554] G. W. McCamant household, 1880 U.S. cens., Somervell Co., Texas, pop sched., Justice precinct 1, ED 146, page 351 C (stamped), dwelling 127, family 127, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2005, image 15 of 25. Enumeration includes: G.W. McCamant, 40, marr, farmer, b. VA, father b. PA, mother b. VA; Susan W., 40, wife, b. VA, father b. NY, mother b. VA; Iola, dau, 17, b. TX, at school, parents b. VA; Margie, dau, 15, b. TX, at school, b. VA; Thomas, 8, son, b. TX, parents b. VA; Walter Gardner, 33, bros-in-law, works on farm, b. VA, father b. NY, mother b. VA.
- [S2250] "Texas State Death Certificates", database with digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed March 2013). Thomas Jefferson McCamant certificate #47404; family information provided by Mrs. T.J. McCamant.
- [S1644] Mary Taylor, "William Graham McCamant" in History and Families of Somvervell Co., Texas, 1875-2001, p. 374.
- [S3118] Membership application, Thomas Jefferson McCamant, number 75002/914 (national/state), Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Database with images. (Ancestry.com : viewed March 2013). Application dated 30 Nov. 1951 at El Paso, Texas based on service of ancestor James McCamant (provides marriage date).
- [S3118] Membership application, Thomas Jefferson McCamant, number 75002/914 (national/state), Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Database with images. (Ancestry.com : viewed March 2013). Application dated 30 Nov. 1951 at El Paso, Texas based on service of ancestor James McCamant.