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Dr Albert Berry Clanton

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Dr Albert Berry Clanton Veteran

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
17 Feb 1910 (aged 81)
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Burial
De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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02/11/1829 - Born, Quaker Springs, Columbia Co., GA [Father: Lt. Nathaniel Holt Clanton (1802-1855); Mother: Mary Ann Clayton (1809-1842)]
1832 - Lived near Quaker Springs, GA
1834 - Lived in Harris Co., GA
1835 - Moved to Macon Co., AL
12/08/1842 - Mother, Mary Ann, died in Macon Co., AL (buried: Clanton Cemetery, Macon Co., AL; FindAGrave #15913031)
10/01/1847 - Enlisted, 1st Battalion Alabama Infantry, U. S. Army for the Mexican War
04/01/1848 - Discharged from the U. S. Army
11/06/1850 - Medical student, Macon Co., AL (lived with father and sibs; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Albert B. Clanton)
1850-1851 - Attended, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1851-1852 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1852 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Tuskegee, Macon Co., AL; preceptors: Dr. J. Marion Sims & Dr. John K. Mitchell; thesis: "Scarlatina")
08/06/1856 - Married, Annie Meriwether Gilmer (1838AL-1881), Tallapoosa Co, AL
11/27/1856 - Father, Nathaniel, died in Montgomery Co., AL (buried: Clanton Cemetery, Macon Co., AL; FindAGrave #73360600)
07/04/1860 - Practiced medicine, Jasper Co., MS (lived with his wife, A. M., and two children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as A. B. Clanton)
12/01/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., 1st (Patton's) Infantry (Army of 10,000), Corinth, MS, "with one double barrel shotgun"
05/08/1863 - "Know all men by these presents that we, F. W. Jordan and A.B. Clanton of Jasper County, Miss do hereby Constitute & Appointed C. A. Pattison to be our true, sufficient, and Lawful attorney for and in our names and for our use to collect any and all money due us for hire of negroes in the ordinance department at Enterprise, Miss, and receipt for same. In testimony hereof, we have hereunto set our hand seals the 8th day of May, 1863. (signed) F. W. Jordan A B Clanton"
05/30/1863 - "Rec'd Selma Ala May 30/63 of Jno E. Logwood, Paymaster, Twenty Eight Doll & Ten Cents in full for hire of my two boys Peter & Lot in Jany1863 (per slave Pay Roll sent to Richmond) $28 10/100 (signed) A. B. Clanton"
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Baldwin Co. AL
12/12/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry and "Surgeon of Post", Camp Powell, Shell Island, Grant's Pass, in Mobile Bay, AL
02/02/1864 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/19/1863
02/02/1864 - Confirmed as an Asst. Surgeon from MS by the Confederate States Senate
04/30/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Danville, AL
05/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Powder Springs, GA [Near Marietta, GA]
08/24/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Talladega, AL
05/11/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, P. A. C. S., paroled by the U. S. Army, Meridian, MS
06/05/1865 - As "Surgeon", paroled by the U. S. Army at the Headquarters, 16th Army Corps, Montgomery, AL (Description - height: 6 ft, 0 in.; hair: black; eyes: green; complexion: fair)
00/00/1866 - Practiced medicine, Jasper Co., MS (lived alone; indexed in the 1866 Mississippi Census Collection as Dr. A. B. Clanton)
08/04/1870 - Wife, "A", lived with children James, George, & Besse (Elmore Co., AL; indexed as "A B Calanton") [There is no mention of her husband, nor could he be found elsewhere in the 1870 U. S. Census.]
06/29/1880 - Practiced medicine, Washington, Greene Co., MS (lived alone; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "A. D. Clanton")
1881 - Wife, Annie, died in Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS
06/01/1900 - "Physician", National House for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville Township, Vermilion Co., IL (lived with other disabled soldiers; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Albert B. Clayton")
~1908 - Lived, Hattiesburg, Forrest Co., MS
02/17/1910 - Died of pneumonia at the home of his daughter, 1747 Preston, St. Louis, MO, (buried: City Cemetery, De Soto, Jefferson Co., MO; FindAGrave #41995036)
Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/16/2022. Unpublished database.
02/11/1829 - Born, Quaker Springs, Columbia Co., GA [Father: Lt. Nathaniel Holt Clanton (1802-1855); Mother: Mary Ann Clayton (1809-1842)]
1832 - Lived near Quaker Springs, GA
1834 - Lived in Harris Co., GA
1835 - Moved to Macon Co., AL
12/08/1842 - Mother, Mary Ann, died in Macon Co., AL (buried: Clanton Cemetery, Macon Co., AL; FindAGrave #15913031)
10/01/1847 - Enlisted, 1st Battalion Alabama Infantry, U. S. Army for the Mexican War
04/01/1848 - Discharged from the U. S. Army
11/06/1850 - Medical student, Macon Co., AL (lived with father and sibs; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Albert B. Clanton)
1850-1851 - Attended, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1851-1852 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1852 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Tuskegee, Macon Co., AL; preceptors: Dr. J. Marion Sims & Dr. John K. Mitchell; thesis: "Scarlatina")
08/06/1856 - Married, Annie Meriwether Gilmer (1838AL-1881), Tallapoosa Co, AL
11/27/1856 - Father, Nathaniel, died in Montgomery Co., AL (buried: Clanton Cemetery, Macon Co., AL; FindAGrave #73360600)
07/04/1860 - Practiced medicine, Jasper Co., MS (lived with his wife, A. M., and two children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as A. B. Clanton)
12/01/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., 1st (Patton's) Infantry (Army of 10,000), Corinth, MS, "with one double barrel shotgun"
05/08/1863 - "Know all men by these presents that we, F. W. Jordan and A.B. Clanton of Jasper County, Miss do hereby Constitute & Appointed C. A. Pattison to be our true, sufficient, and Lawful attorney for and in our names and for our use to collect any and all money due us for hire of negroes in the ordinance department at Enterprise, Miss, and receipt for same. In testimony hereof, we have hereunto set our hand seals the 8th day of May, 1863. (signed) F. W. Jordan A B Clanton"
05/30/1863 - "Rec'd Selma Ala May 30/63 of Jno E. Logwood, Paymaster, Twenty Eight Doll & Ten Cents in full for hire of my two boys Peter & Lot in Jany1863 (per slave Pay Roll sent to Richmond) $28 10/100 (signed) A. B. Clanton"
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Baldwin Co. AL
12/12/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry and "Surgeon of Post", Camp Powell, Shell Island, Grant's Pass, in Mobile Bay, AL
02/02/1864 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/19/1863
02/02/1864 - Confirmed as an Asst. Surgeon from MS by the Confederate States Senate
04/30/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Danville, AL
05/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Powder Springs, GA [Near Marietta, GA]
08/24/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th AL Cavalry, Talladega, AL
05/11/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, P. A. C. S., paroled by the U. S. Army, Meridian, MS
06/05/1865 - As "Surgeon", paroled by the U. S. Army at the Headquarters, 16th Army Corps, Montgomery, AL (Description - height: 6 ft, 0 in.; hair: black; eyes: green; complexion: fair)
00/00/1866 - Practiced medicine, Jasper Co., MS (lived alone; indexed in the 1866 Mississippi Census Collection as Dr. A. B. Clanton)
08/04/1870 - Wife, "A", lived with children James, George, & Besse (Elmore Co., AL; indexed as "A B Calanton") [There is no mention of her husband, nor could he be found elsewhere in the 1870 U. S. Census.]
06/29/1880 - Practiced medicine, Washington, Greene Co., MS (lived alone; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "A. D. Clanton")
1881 - Wife, Annie, died in Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS
06/01/1900 - "Physician", National House for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville Township, Vermilion Co., IL (lived with other disabled soldiers; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Albert B. Clayton")
~1908 - Lived, Hattiesburg, Forrest Co., MS
02/17/1910 - Died of pneumonia at the home of his daughter, 1747 Preston, St. Louis, MO, (buried: City Cemetery, De Soto, Jefferson Co., MO; FindAGrave #41995036)
Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/16/2022. Unpublished database.


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