Father: Joseph Alston Hemingway
Mother: Eliza Jane Vereen
1850 - Lived, Lower All Saints, Georgetown District, SC
1857 - Graduated, South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel), Charleston, SC (from: Georgetown District, SC)
1860 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of SC, Charleston, SC [from: Williamsburg & Black Mingo, SC; preceptors: Drs. J. F. Pressley and S. L. Lockwood; thesis: "On Cyanosis Neonatorum"]
1860 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg District, SC [not married]
08/00/1861 - Artillery instructor
05/06/1862 - Mustered into service as Surgeon & 1st Lt., 4 Squadron SC Cavalry, SC Volunteers (This unit was later designated as the 12th SC Battalion Cavalry)
07/09/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Georgetown, SC
07/19/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/06/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
12/26/1862 - Charged with being intoxicated, Black Mingo, SC [Dr. Hemingway admitted to being intoxicated - because he was on leave. He apologized and gave his word that it would not happen again. The charges were dropped]
01/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Georgetown, SC
01/27/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Fourth Military District of SC
01/29/1863 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge of Post, Georgetown, SC
02/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Georgetown, SC
03/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Fraser Point [near Georgetown, SC]
05/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Emmanuel's Cavalry (12th SC Battalion Cavalry), Georgetown, SC
05/01/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. Randolph for duty in Florida
05/02/1863 - Ordered to the Military District of East FL (S.O. 97-7)
05/06/1862 - Ordered to report to Major-General Pemberton, commanding the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. {Name given is: "Theodore S. [Thomas S.] Hemingway"} (S. O. 104/19)
05/23/1863 - S.O. 97-7 revoked
08/14/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon R. L. Brodie (Medical Director, Department of SC, GA & FL)
08/15/1863 - Given a certificate of disability with a diagnosis of erysipelas
08/21/1863 - Granted a 30 day furlough
09/30/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. Tripler, commanding the 4th Military Dist. for duty in Georgetown, SC
10/02/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Tucker's Cavalry
11/12/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Georgetown, SC
12/16/1863 - Given a certificate of disability for leave because of a fistula-in-ano
12/18/1863 - Granted leave
01/05/1864 - Leave extended
02/20/1864 - Ordered to care for the sick, Battery White, Dept. of SC, FL & GA
04/27/1864 - Asst. Medical Officer, Tucker's Cavalry, near Georgetown, SC
05/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Tucker's Cavalry, Thomasville, NC
06/25/1864 - Acting Brigade Surgeon, Brig Gen. M. W. Gary's Command
07/09/1864 - Asst. Medical Officer, 7th SC Cavalry, near Richmond, VA
08/09/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 7th SC Cavalry, near Malvern Hill, VA
08/09/1864 - Member, Examining Board, Gen. Martin Witherspoon Gary's Brigade
08/30/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 7th SC Cavalry
08/30/1864 - Patient, Wayside and Receiving (Gen. Hospital . No. 9) Richmond, VA (diagnosis - febris Intermittent)
08/31/1864 - Patient, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA
09/03/1864 - Returned to duty from hospital
09/14/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 7th SC Cavalry
09/24/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Danville, VA
10/07/1864 - Relieved of duty with the 7th SC Cavalry and ordered to report to Surgeon T[homas] L[ouis] Ogier, Jr, Med. Dir., Charleston, SC [S.O. 238/16]
11/02/1864 - Ordered to report to Gen. J.H. Trapier, Dept. of SC, GA & FL
11/22/1864 - Relieved of present duty and ordered to report to Surgeon Ogier in Charleston [S.O. 277/28]
~1866 - Married, Mary Rebecca Scott [a.k.a., Mary B.]
1870,1880 - Farmer, Johnson Township, Williamsburg Co, SC
01/10/1885 - Son born - Theodore Stark Hemingway, Jr. [This son died in Williamsburg Co, SC, 01/26/1973]
1893 - Practiced medicine, Rome, Williamsburg Co, SC
12/05/1898 - Died, near Rome, Williamsburg, Co, SC
1900 - Mary R. Hemingway, widow, was living with some of her children in Williamsburg Co, SC. Her son, Theodore Stark Hemingway, Jr., was a student at Porter Academy, Charleston, SC. He eventually became a physician, like his father.
12/20/1910 - Wife, Mary, died

Note: Dr. Hemingway's obituary states, "His first wife was Miss Mary Blue of Cheraw, who lived but a few years after marriage, leaving him a widower with two boys. He next married Miss Rebecca Scott . . ."

Significant input to this biography was provided by Robert Krick, Robin Moore, and Nancy Huggins Staton.

From: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 06/21/2011. Updated, 02/08/2013.
Unpublished database.