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Thomas Jefferson Strait

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Thomas Jefferson Strait Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Chester County, South Carolina, USA
Death
18 Apr 1924 (aged 77)
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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US Congressman, At the age of 16, he joined the Confederate army reaching the rank of Sergeant. After the war he graduated from South Carolina Medical College at Charleston in 1885 and practiced medicine periodically throughout his life. He served as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1890 to 1893 before being elected to represent South Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives. He served in Congress from 1893 to 1899.
US Congressman, At the age of 16, he joined the Confederate army reaching the rank of Sergeant. After the war he graduated from South Carolina Medical College at Charleston in 1885 and practiced medicine periodically throughout his life. He served as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1890 to 1893 before being elected to represent South Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives. He served in Congress from 1893 to 1899.


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  • Added: Jan 15, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5142788/thomas_jefferson-strait: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Jefferson Strait (25 Dec 1846–18 Apr 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5142788, citing West Side Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.