Father: Joseph John Alston
Mother: Margaret B. Thomas
1839 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis: “Remittent Fever”
08/15/1850 - Lived, Halifax Co., NC
02/14/1862 - Recommended for a position as Surgeon or Asst. Surgeon in the Army of the Confederate States by members of the NC State Convention [It appears that when offered an appointment, Dr. Alston declined it]
02/22/1862 - Practiced medicine, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
02/22/1862 – Wrote a letter to Confederate Secretary of War, J.P. Benjamin, applying for a position as a Surgeon, Confederate States Army
- As a private physician, served as a "surgeon", Confederate Gen. Hospital, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
- As a private physician, appears to have treated soldiers of Co B, 30th NC Infantry, Warren Co, NC
03/11/1866 - Married, Laura Cornelia Terrill (a.k.a., Terrell)
1870 - Practiced medicine, Nutbush, Warren Co, North Carolina
1874 - Practiced medicine, Manson, Warren Co, North Carolina
02/09/1878 - Was called to attend a little girl in Raleigh, NC, whose neck accidentally got caught in one of the ropes of a swing, "but before he arrived, she was dead" [Observer, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC, Feb. 12, 1878, p.3, c.1.]
1880 - Practiced medicine, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC
06/23/1881 - Infant son, 13 months old, died near Raleigh, NC
08/25/1888 - Nominated as Coroner at the Wake County Republican Convention, Wake Co., NC [Note: This was derisively called "The Negro Convention" by Raleigh newspapers.]
01/19/1891 - Daughter, Annie L. Alston, married Mr. Chas. H. Burgin at the home of her parents on West Cabarrus St., Raleigh, Wake Co., NC
03/29/1891 - Died "after being in feeble health for sometime", Raleigh, Wake Co, NC [Source: Obituary of Dr. James W. Alston (1891) The Roanoke News, Weldon, NC, April 2, 1891, p. 15.
From: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register
of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/19/2012. Updated 04/18/2019.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Margaret B. Thomas
1839 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis: “Remittent Fever”
08/15/1850 - Lived, Halifax Co., NC
02/14/1862 - Recommended for a position as Surgeon or Asst. Surgeon in the Army of the Confederate States by members of the NC State Convention [It appears that when offered an appointment, Dr. Alston declined it]
02/22/1862 - Practiced medicine, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
02/22/1862 – Wrote a letter to Confederate Secretary of War, J.P. Benjamin, applying for a position as a Surgeon, Confederate States Army
- As a private physician, served as a "surgeon", Confederate Gen. Hospital, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
- As a private physician, appears to have treated soldiers of Co B, 30th NC Infantry, Warren Co, NC
03/11/1866 - Married, Laura Cornelia Terrill (a.k.a., Terrell)
1870 - Practiced medicine, Nutbush, Warren Co, North Carolina
1874 - Practiced medicine, Manson, Warren Co, North Carolina
02/09/1878 - Was called to attend a little girl in Raleigh, NC, whose neck accidentally got caught in one of the ropes of a swing, "but before he arrived, she was dead" [Observer, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC, Feb. 12, 1878, p.3, c.1.]
1880 - Practiced medicine, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC
06/23/1881 - Infant son, 13 months old, died near Raleigh, NC
08/25/1888 - Nominated as Coroner at the Wake County Republican Convention, Wake Co., NC [Note: This was derisively called "The Negro Convention" by Raleigh newspapers.]
01/19/1891 - Daughter, Annie L. Alston, married Mr. Chas. H. Burgin at the home of her parents on West Cabarrus St., Raleigh, Wake Co., NC
03/29/1891 - Died "after being in feeble health for sometime", Raleigh, Wake Co, NC [Source: Obituary of Dr. James W. Alston (1891) The Roanoke News, Weldon, NC, April 2, 1891, p. 15.
From: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register
of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/19/2012. Updated 04/18/2019.
Unpublished database.
Father: Joseph John Alston
Mother: Margaret B. Thomas
1839 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis: “Remittent Fever”
08/15/1850 - Lived, Halifax Co., NC
02/14/1862 - Recommended for a position as Surgeon or Asst. Surgeon in the Army of the Confederate States by members of the NC State Convention [It appears that when offered an appointment, Dr. Alston declined it]
02/22/1862 - Practiced medicine, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
02/22/1862 – Wrote a letter to Confederate Secretary of War, J.P. Benjamin, applying for a position as a Surgeon, Confederate States Army
- As a private physician, served as a "surgeon", Confederate Gen. Hospital, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
- As a private physician, appears to have treated soldiers of Co B, 30th NC Infantry, Warren Co, NC
03/11/1866 - Married, Laura Cornelia Terrill (a.k.a., Terrell)
1870 - Practiced medicine, Nutbush, Warren Co, North Carolina
1874 - Practiced medicine, Manson, Warren Co, North Carolina
02/09/1878 - Was called to attend a little girl in Raleigh, NC, whose neck accidentally got caught in one of the ropes of a swing, "but before he arrived, she was dead" [Observer, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC, Feb. 12, 1878, p.3, c.1.]
1880 - Practiced medicine, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC
06/23/1881 - Infant son, 13 months old, died near Raleigh, NC
08/25/1888 - Nominated as Coroner at the Wake County Republican Convention, Wake Co., NC [Note: This was derisively called "The Negro Convention" by Raleigh newspapers.]
01/19/1891 - Daughter, Annie L. Alston, married Mr. Chas. H. Burgin at the home of her parents on West Cabarrus St., Raleigh, Wake Co., NC
03/29/1891 - Died "after being in feeble health for sometime", Raleigh, Wake Co, NC [Source: Obituary of Dr. James W. Alston (1891) The Roanoke News, Weldon, NC, April 2, 1891, p. 15.
From: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register
of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/19/2012. Updated 04/18/2019.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Margaret B. Thomas
1839 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis: “Remittent Fever”
08/15/1850 - Lived, Halifax Co., NC
02/14/1862 - Recommended for a position as Surgeon or Asst. Surgeon in the Army of the Confederate States by members of the NC State Convention [It appears that when offered an appointment, Dr. Alston declined it]
02/22/1862 - Practiced medicine, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
02/22/1862 – Wrote a letter to Confederate Secretary of War, J.P. Benjamin, applying for a position as a Surgeon, Confederate States Army
- As a private physician, served as a "surgeon", Confederate Gen. Hospital, Warrenton, Warren Co, NC
- As a private physician, appears to have treated soldiers of Co B, 30th NC Infantry, Warren Co, NC
03/11/1866 - Married, Laura Cornelia Terrill (a.k.a., Terrell)
1870 - Practiced medicine, Nutbush, Warren Co, North Carolina
1874 - Practiced medicine, Manson, Warren Co, North Carolina
02/09/1878 - Was called to attend a little girl in Raleigh, NC, whose neck accidentally got caught in one of the ropes of a swing, "but before he arrived, she was dead" [Observer, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC, Feb. 12, 1878, p.3, c.1.]
1880 - Practiced medicine, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC
06/23/1881 - Infant son, 13 months old, died near Raleigh, NC
08/25/1888 - Nominated as Coroner at the Wake County Republican Convention, Wake Co., NC [Note: This was derisively called "The Negro Convention" by Raleigh newspapers.]
01/19/1891 - Daughter, Annie L. Alston, married Mr. Chas. H. Burgin at the home of her parents on West Cabarrus St., Raleigh, Wake Co., NC
03/29/1891 - Died "after being in feeble health for sometime", Raleigh, Wake Co, NC [Source: Obituary of Dr. James W. Alston (1891) The Roanoke News, Weldon, NC, April 2, 1891, p. 15.
From: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register
of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/19/2012. Updated 04/18/2019.
Unpublished database.
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