Washington Carroll Tevis--1828-1900--was a West Point graduate and a second lieutenant. He left to fight with Turkey in the Crimean War, then returned to the US in 1862 to help fight on the Union side in the Civil War, where he was appointed lieutenant colonel. In March of 1865 he was appointed to the rank of brigadier general. He then went to France and joined their army, where he was wounded and captured, but made an escape. He later served as a commander of a military school in Egypt, served another tour of duty in Turkey (1874) and one in Bulgaria (1877). Later in his life he dropped the Washington and replaced it with Charles. In 1870 he became a French citizen. Little is known of his private life, other than he had one daughter, born in the US, and he and his wife divorced. He was later described as a soldier of fortune. He died in Paris on September 29, 1900 at the age of 72, and is buried there.
Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis joined the 4th Delaware Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. He resigned from 4th DE in 1863 to muster in his own Maryland Cavalry Regiment. After the war he participated in the 1866 Fenian invasion of Canada under Fenian General Michael O'Neill. Tevis converted to Catholicism and served in the Papal Army. Also known as "Nassim Bey," there is a portrait of Tevis in the Florida State University Ringling Art Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. A very interesting man and career.
This information is from Mark O'neill
addendum: According to "Lori" another findagrave member.."Your information on the painting of Nessim Bey by Faivre is not correct, the painting hangs in the Appleton Museum located in Ocala, Florida (Marion County). Also, the Ringling Museum is not in St. Petesberg, but in Sarasota. Please correct." I do not know the source of her information but will add it.
Added information from: Michael Gegan (not sourced)
Wife of Washington Carroll Tevis was Blanche Florance of Philadelphia, the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance and Hannah Levy. The Florance family were wealthy merchants with roots in Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob was a son of Zachariah Florance, a Jewish dentist from London, England, who made a fortune in America and died in New Orleans. Blanche was born in 1836 New Orleans, and died in Philadelphia on 20 November 1863. I do not think that Blanche and Charles Tevis divorced, but that she died young during the Civil War. Their daughter was Mary-Adele Florance Tevis. My family is of Florance family descent.
10/24/15--I am so sorry, but the biography will need changing again...
I have started researching the life of Blanche Florance, and found that the Stern's 1941 genealogy of Jewish families has confused Jacob's daughter (Tevis' wife) with Blanche Florance, the three year old daughter of the elder Blanche's brother, Washington Zachariah Florance. It was the three year old who died in 1863, according to Philadelphia records that listed the name of her father (WZ Florance). Which means that Blanche the aunt lived at least past 1885, the year of Tevis' divorce.
I found the West Point obituary for Tevis, a former graduate (my own father was a West Point graduate), and it mentioned Blanche and their daughter. An 1885 newspaper article announced his divorce and went into considerable detail about the marriage. The newspaper article dated 7 July 1885 describes the granting of a divorce for Gen. Charles Carroll Travis on 12 January 1885, noting that both parties were well-known in Philadelphia. It states that the marriage had lasted over 20 years, which would have meant they married in the early 1860s. The article tells how Tevis's first wife died shortly after marriage, but does not give her name. It also tells a brief story about Blanche being the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance, a "Hebrew" who made his wealth in New Orleans, and at that time he was one of the few of his faith to be a part of Philadelphia society. Evidently, Jacob was upset with Blanche for eloping with the Christian Tevis, and disinherited her and never saw her again. It states that the two lived happily on Tevis' income while they were first married. However, the story describes how Blanche inherited money from her father after all (he died in 1867), and then grew distant and cold toward Tevis, leading to the 1885 divorce. However, since the two lived apart for many years, Blanche willingly agreed to an uncontested divorce. The article notes that Blanche had a "spotless reputation."
addendum from Michael Gegan I just want to let you know that I have found the marriage record for Marie-Adele Tevis and Henri Etienne Esperance Gouget in Paris on 1 April 1888. I also found the death certificate for Blance Florance Tevis, who died in Paris on 28 June 1924. Blanche is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. The informants for the record were her daughter and Gen. Henri Gouget (they lived at 11 Rue Chardin, Paris). Solving the mystery...
Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis joined the 4th Delaware Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. He resigned from 4th DE in 1863 to muster in his own Maryland Cavalry Regiment. After the war he participated in the 1866 Fenian invasion of Canada under Fenian General Michael O'Neill. Tevis converted to Catholicism and served in the Papal Army. Also known as "Nassim Bey," there is a portrait of Tevis in the Florida State University Ringling Art Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. A very interesting man and career.
This information is from Mark O'neill
addendum: According to "Lori" another findagrave member.."Your information on the painting of Nessim Bey by Faivre is not correct, the painting hangs in the Appleton Museum located in Ocala, Florida (Marion County). Also, the Ringling Museum is not in St. Petesberg, but in Sarasota. Please correct." I do not know the source of her information but will add it.
Added information from: Michael Gegan (not sourced)
Wife of Washington Carroll Tevis was Blanche Florance of Philadelphia, the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance and Hannah Levy. The Florance family were wealthy merchants with roots in Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob was a son of Zachariah Florance, a Jewish dentist from London, England, who made a fortune in America and died in New Orleans. Blanche was born in 1836 New Orleans, and died in Philadelphia on 20 November 1863. I do not think that Blanche and Charles Tevis divorced, but that she died young during the Civil War. Their daughter was Mary-Adele Florance Tevis. My family is of Florance family descent.
10/24/15--I am so sorry, but the biography will need changing again...
I have started researching the life of Blanche Florance, and found that the Stern's 1941 genealogy of Jewish families has confused Jacob's daughter (Tevis' wife) with Blanche Florance, the three year old daughter of the elder Blanche's brother, Washington Zachariah Florance. It was the three year old who died in 1863, according to Philadelphia records that listed the name of her father (WZ Florance). Which means that Blanche the aunt lived at least past 1885, the year of Tevis' divorce.
I found the West Point obituary for Tevis, a former graduate (my own father was a West Point graduate), and it mentioned Blanche and their daughter. An 1885 newspaper article announced his divorce and went into considerable detail about the marriage. The newspaper article dated 7 July 1885 describes the granting of a divorce for Gen. Charles Carroll Travis on 12 January 1885, noting that both parties were well-known in Philadelphia. It states that the marriage had lasted over 20 years, which would have meant they married in the early 1860s. The article tells how Tevis's first wife died shortly after marriage, but does not give her name. It also tells a brief story about Blanche being the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance, a "Hebrew" who made his wealth in New Orleans, and at that time he was one of the few of his faith to be a part of Philadelphia society. Evidently, Jacob was upset with Blanche for eloping with the Christian Tevis, and disinherited her and never saw her again. It states that the two lived happily on Tevis' income while they were first married. However, the story describes how Blanche inherited money from her father after all (he died in 1867), and then grew distant and cold toward Tevis, leading to the 1885 divorce. However, since the two lived apart for many years, Blanche willingly agreed to an uncontested divorce. The article notes that Blanche had a "spotless reputation."
addendum from Michael Gegan I just want to let you know that I have found the marriage record for Marie-Adele Tevis and Henri Etienne Esperance Gouget in Paris on 1 April 1888. I also found the death certificate for Blance Florance Tevis, who died in Paris on 28 June 1924. Blanche is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. The informants for the record were her daughter and Gen. Henri Gouget (they lived at 11 Rue Chardin, Paris). Solving the mystery...
Washington Carroll Tevis--1828-1900--was a West Point graduate and a second lieutenant. He left to fight with Turkey in the Crimean War, then returned to the US in 1862 to help fight on the Union side in the Civil War, where he was appointed lieutenant colonel. In March of 1865 he was appointed to the rank of brigadier general. He then went to France and joined their army, where he was wounded and captured, but made an escape. He later served as a commander of a military school in Egypt, served another tour of duty in Turkey (1874) and one in Bulgaria (1877). Later in his life he dropped the Washington and replaced it with Charles. In 1870 he became a French citizen. Little is known of his private life, other than he had one daughter, born in the US, and he and his wife divorced. He was later described as a soldier of fortune. He died in Paris on September 29, 1900 at the age of 72, and is buried there.
Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis joined the 4th Delaware Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. He resigned from 4th DE in 1863 to muster in his own Maryland Cavalry Regiment. After the war he participated in the 1866 Fenian invasion of Canada under Fenian General Michael O'Neill. Tevis converted to Catholicism and served in the Papal Army. Also known as "Nassim Bey," there is a portrait of Tevis in the Florida State University Ringling Art Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. A very interesting man and career.
This information is from Mark O'neill
addendum: According to "Lori" another findagrave member.."Your information on the painting of Nessim Bey by Faivre is not correct, the painting hangs in the Appleton Museum located in Ocala, Florida (Marion County). Also, the Ringling Museum is not in St. Petesberg, but in Sarasota. Please correct." I do not know the source of her information but will add it.
Added information from: Michael Gegan (not sourced)
Wife of Washington Carroll Tevis was Blanche Florance of Philadelphia, the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance and Hannah Levy. The Florance family were wealthy merchants with roots in Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob was a son of Zachariah Florance, a Jewish dentist from London, England, who made a fortune in America and died in New Orleans. Blanche was born in 1836 New Orleans, and died in Philadelphia on 20 November 1863. I do not think that Blanche and Charles Tevis divorced, but that she died young during the Civil War. Their daughter was Mary-Adele Florance Tevis. My family is of Florance family descent.
10/24/15--I am so sorry, but the biography will need changing again...
I have started researching the life of Blanche Florance, and found that the Stern's 1941 genealogy of Jewish families has confused Jacob's daughter (Tevis' wife) with Blanche Florance, the three year old daughter of the elder Blanche's brother, Washington Zachariah Florance. It was the three year old who died in 1863, according to Philadelphia records that listed the name of her father (WZ Florance). Which means that Blanche the aunt lived at least past 1885, the year of Tevis' divorce.
I found the West Point obituary for Tevis, a former graduate (my own father was a West Point graduate), and it mentioned Blanche and their daughter. An 1885 newspaper article announced his divorce and went into considerable detail about the marriage. The newspaper article dated 7 July 1885 describes the granting of a divorce for Gen. Charles Carroll Travis on 12 January 1885, noting that both parties were well-known in Philadelphia. It states that the marriage had lasted over 20 years, which would have meant they married in the early 1860s. The article tells how Tevis's first wife died shortly after marriage, but does not give her name. It also tells a brief story about Blanche being the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance, a "Hebrew" who made his wealth in New Orleans, and at that time he was one of the few of his faith to be a part of Philadelphia society. Evidently, Jacob was upset with Blanche for eloping with the Christian Tevis, and disinherited her and never saw her again. It states that the two lived happily on Tevis' income while they were first married. However, the story describes how Blanche inherited money from her father after all (he died in 1867), and then grew distant and cold toward Tevis, leading to the 1885 divorce. However, since the two lived apart for many years, Blanche willingly agreed to an uncontested divorce. The article notes that Blanche had a "spotless reputation."
addendum from Michael Gegan I just want to let you know that I have found the marriage record for Marie-Adele Tevis and Henri Etienne Esperance Gouget in Paris on 1 April 1888. I also found the death certificate for Blance Florance Tevis, who died in Paris on 28 June 1924. Blanche is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. The informants for the record were her daughter and Gen. Henri Gouget (they lived at 11 Rue Chardin, Paris). Solving the mystery...
Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis joined the 4th Delaware Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. He resigned from 4th DE in 1863 to muster in his own Maryland Cavalry Regiment. After the war he participated in the 1866 Fenian invasion of Canada under Fenian General Michael O'Neill. Tevis converted to Catholicism and served in the Papal Army. Also known as "Nassim Bey," there is a portrait of Tevis in the Florida State University Ringling Art Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. A very interesting man and career.
This information is from Mark O'neill
addendum: According to "Lori" another findagrave member.."Your information on the painting of Nessim Bey by Faivre is not correct, the painting hangs in the Appleton Museum located in Ocala, Florida (Marion County). Also, the Ringling Museum is not in St. Petesberg, but in Sarasota. Please correct." I do not know the source of her information but will add it.
Added information from: Michael Gegan (not sourced)
Wife of Washington Carroll Tevis was Blanche Florance of Philadelphia, the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance and Hannah Levy. The Florance family were wealthy merchants with roots in Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob was a son of Zachariah Florance, a Jewish dentist from London, England, who made a fortune in America and died in New Orleans. Blanche was born in 1836 New Orleans, and died in Philadelphia on 20 November 1863. I do not think that Blanche and Charles Tevis divorced, but that she died young during the Civil War. Their daughter was Mary-Adele Florance Tevis. My family is of Florance family descent.
10/24/15--I am so sorry, but the biography will need changing again...
I have started researching the life of Blanche Florance, and found that the Stern's 1941 genealogy of Jewish families has confused Jacob's daughter (Tevis' wife) with Blanche Florance, the three year old daughter of the elder Blanche's brother, Washington Zachariah Florance. It was the three year old who died in 1863, according to Philadelphia records that listed the name of her father (WZ Florance). Which means that Blanche the aunt lived at least past 1885, the year of Tevis' divorce.
I found the West Point obituary for Tevis, a former graduate (my own father was a West Point graduate), and it mentioned Blanche and their daughter. An 1885 newspaper article announced his divorce and went into considerable detail about the marriage. The newspaper article dated 7 July 1885 describes the granting of a divorce for Gen. Charles Carroll Travis on 12 January 1885, noting that both parties were well-known in Philadelphia. It states that the marriage had lasted over 20 years, which would have meant they married in the early 1860s. The article tells how Tevis's first wife died shortly after marriage, but does not give her name. It also tells a brief story about Blanche being the daughter of Jacob Levy Florance, a "Hebrew" who made his wealth in New Orleans, and at that time he was one of the few of his faith to be a part of Philadelphia society. Evidently, Jacob was upset with Blanche for eloping with the Christian Tevis, and disinherited her and never saw her again. It states that the two lived happily on Tevis' income while they were first married. However, the story describes how Blanche inherited money from her father after all (he died in 1867), and then grew distant and cold toward Tevis, leading to the 1885 divorce. However, since the two lived apart for many years, Blanche willingly agreed to an uncontested divorce. The article notes that Blanche had a "spotless reputation."
addendum from Michael Gegan I just want to let you know that I have found the marriage record for Marie-Adele Tevis and Henri Etienne Esperance Gouget in Paris on 1 April 1888. I also found the death certificate for Blance Florance Tevis, who died in Paris on 28 June 1924. Blanche is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. The informants for the record were her daughter and Gen. Henri Gouget (they lived at 11 Rue Chardin, Paris). Solving the mystery...
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