Theo (as he was known) graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1858. He enlisted on 1 May 1861 in the 1st Company, Richmond Howitzers Light Artillery, as Sergeant Major. He was promoted 2nd Lt. in June 1861. He transferred and became Surgeon of the 3rd Virginia Infantry on 18 November 1862.
Captured at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, Theo was detained at various federal POW camps for several months. He was eventually exchanged and served to the end of the War.
After the end of hostilities, he resumed his career as a doctor. He died at his mother's house at 1002 E. Broad Street of "Congestion of the Brain", per Cemetery records, and is buried in his father's plot next to his brother Willie, a veteran of the 3rd Company, Richmond Howitzers. A commemorative marker was placed at his grave in 2016, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross.
Theo was the nephew of Richmond's wartime mayor, Joseph Mayo (d. 1872). Joseph is buried about fifty yards from Theo.
Captured at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, Theo was detained at various federal POW camps for several months. He was eventually exchanged and served to the end of the War.
After the end of hostilities, he resumed his career as a doctor. He died at his mother's house at 1002 E. Broad Street of "Congestion of the Brain", per Cemetery records, and is buried in his father's plot next to his brother Willie, a veteran of the 3rd Company, Richmond Howitzers. A commemorative marker was placed at his grave in 2016, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross.
Theo was the nephew of Richmond's wartime mayor, Joseph Mayo (d. 1872). Joseph is buried about fifty yards from Theo.
Theo (as he was known) graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1858. He enlisted on 1 May 1861 in the 1st Company, Richmond Howitzers Light Artillery, as Sergeant Major. He was promoted 2nd Lt. in June 1861. He transferred and became Surgeon of the 3rd Virginia Infantry on 18 November 1862.
Captured at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, Theo was detained at various federal POW camps for several months. He was eventually exchanged and served to the end of the War.
After the end of hostilities, he resumed his career as a doctor. He died at his mother's house at 1002 E. Broad Street of "Congestion of the Brain", per Cemetery records, and is buried in his father's plot next to his brother Willie, a veteran of the 3rd Company, Richmond Howitzers. A commemorative marker was placed at his grave in 2016, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross.
Theo was the nephew of Richmond's wartime mayor, Joseph Mayo (d. 1872). Joseph is buried about fifty yards from Theo.
Captured at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, Theo was detained at various federal POW camps for several months. He was eventually exchanged and served to the end of the War.
After the end of hostilities, he resumed his career as a doctor. He died at his mother's house at 1002 E. Broad Street of "Congestion of the Brain", per Cemetery records, and is buried in his father's plot next to his brother Willie, a veteran of the 3rd Company, Richmond Howitzers. A commemorative marker was placed at his grave in 2016, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross.
Theo was the nephew of Richmond's wartime mayor, Joseph Mayo (d. 1872). Joseph is buried about fifty yards from Theo.
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