Thomas Holmes Timmons was the son of Rev. William Timmons and Mary Butler Cato Timmons; brother of Jeremiah Norman, Robert Abigah, Zadock Norman, Hammil Cato, Benson (Ben) Ellison Lane, and Floyd Clark Timmons; half brother of William John Collingsworth and Mary Raiford Timmons. He was the husband of 1. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Booth; 2.Georgia Vaughn, and 3. Sumter Elizabeth Arnold McCorkle. Thomas Timmons was the dad (with wife #1)of Mary Eunice, Andrew Miller, Lovick Myer, T. Paul, Herbert Fletcher, and Annie Booth Timmons; (with wife #2) George Vaughn Timmons; and (with wife #3) Thomas Hezekiah Timmons.
He was a Methodist minister coming from a family with a long line of ministers of that faith. In 1861 he volunteered for service in the 56th Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army. He served in the Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia campaigns. He was captured and sent as a P.O.W. on December 16th, 1864 to Johnson's Island (Camp Chase), Ohio. He was a chaplain while in army life, and while a prisoner on Johnson's Island, was Lieutenant of Company C, 5th Georgia Regiment of Gen. D. S. Lee's Corps.
He was a Methodist minister coming from a family with a long line of ministers of that faith. In 1861 he volunteered for service in the 56th Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army. He served in the Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia campaigns. He was captured and sent as a P.O.W. on December 16th, 1864 to Johnson's Island (Camp Chase), Ohio. He was a chaplain while in army life, and while a prisoner on Johnson's Island, was Lieutenant of Company C, 5th Georgia Regiment of Gen. D. S. Lee's Corps.
Thomas Holmes Timmons was the son of Rev. William Timmons and Mary Butler Cato Timmons; brother of Jeremiah Norman, Robert Abigah, Zadock Norman, Hammil Cato, Benson (Ben) Ellison Lane, and Floyd Clark Timmons; half brother of William John Collingsworth and Mary Raiford Timmons. He was the husband of 1. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Booth; 2.Georgia Vaughn, and 3. Sumter Elizabeth Arnold McCorkle. Thomas Timmons was the dad (with wife #1)of Mary Eunice, Andrew Miller, Lovick Myer, T. Paul, Herbert Fletcher, and Annie Booth Timmons; (with wife #2) George Vaughn Timmons; and (with wife #3) Thomas Hezekiah Timmons.
He was a Methodist minister coming from a family with a long line of ministers of that faith. In 1861 he volunteered for service in the 56th Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army. He served in the Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia campaigns. He was captured and sent as a P.O.W. on December 16th, 1864 to Johnson's Island (Camp Chase), Ohio. He was a chaplain while in army life, and while a prisoner on Johnson's Island, was Lieutenant of Company C, 5th Georgia Regiment of Gen. D. S. Lee's Corps.
He was a Methodist minister coming from a family with a long line of ministers of that faith. In 1861 he volunteered for service in the 56th Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army. He served in the Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia campaigns. He was captured and sent as a P.O.W. on December 16th, 1864 to Johnson's Island (Camp Chase), Ohio. He was a chaplain while in army life, and while a prisoner on Johnson's Island, was Lieutenant of Company C, 5th Georgia Regiment of Gen. D. S. Lee's Corps.
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Buried on Oct 12, 1914
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