Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC) Wed, 25 Sept 1889
The first of last week, Col W J Lomas had several chills and was quite sick.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC) Sat, 22 Dec 1945 to 9 Mar 1946
Col James William Lomax was born in Abbeville County on Oct 19, 1816 and died in 1888 in Lowndesville. He married 1st____Lynch. They had no children. He married 2nd Mary Calhoun, grandniece of John C Calhoun. Their children: John Calhoun, Mary E, Kate McGregor, Jennie and Maud Lomax.
Col James William Lomax was one of the largest planters in his section of Abbeville County before the War Between the States. He was elected to the State Legislature from Abbeville County despite the fact that he was known to have opposed “Secession.” When war was declared, he took a leading part in raising a company for Confederate service and was offered the captaincy of the company but declined because of his age. He agreed to accept the place of first lieutenant and served as such through the war. He lost the greater part of his estate by the war. He was said to have saved one large plantation and, in 1888, there were fifty of his former slaves still living with him on this place.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, South Carolina) · Sat, Mar 2, 1946
Children of Col James William (William James) Lomax and Mary Calhoun Lomax (their home near Lowndesville) who married were:
1) - Mary E Lomax married Alston Pringle, Charleston
2) - Kate Gregory Lomax born in 1860, married R Buckley Bryan of Columbia
3) - Mary Lomax married ____Lee of Alabama
4) - John Calhoun Lomax, married Annie Watkins of Lowndesville. They removed to Augusta and had one son, James Watkins Lomax.
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Note: If Mary died in 1856, the other children listed must have been from wife #3 for Col William James Lomax.
The 1860 Census for Abbeville shows
James Lomax Age 38 and his wife, Cathrine Age 24
Children are: John Age 6 and Mary Age 4 (from 2nd wife Mary Calhoun Lomax who died in 1856)
Catharine Lomax Age 1 month
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The 1870 Census for Lowndesville, Abbeville Co, SC
W J Lomax Age 53 (1817) and his wife, Catherine Age 37 (1833)
Children listed: John (1854), Mary (1856), Kate (1861), James (1863), Laureat Tennent (1864) Middleton (1866), Jane (1867) and Calvin (1869) (Maud Lomax was born in 1872)
The first of last week, Col W J Lomas had several chills and was quite sick.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC) Sat, 22 Dec 1945 to 9 Mar 1946
Col James William Lomax was born in Abbeville County on Oct 19, 1816 and died in 1888 in Lowndesville. He married 1st____Lynch. They had no children. He married 2nd Mary Calhoun, grandniece of John C Calhoun. Their children: John Calhoun, Mary E, Kate McGregor, Jennie and Maud Lomax.
Col James William Lomax was one of the largest planters in his section of Abbeville County before the War Between the States. He was elected to the State Legislature from Abbeville County despite the fact that he was known to have opposed “Secession.” When war was declared, he took a leading part in raising a company for Confederate service and was offered the captaincy of the company but declined because of his age. He agreed to accept the place of first lieutenant and served as such through the war. He lost the greater part of his estate by the war. He was said to have saved one large plantation and, in 1888, there were fifty of his former slaves still living with him on this place.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, South Carolina) · Sat, Mar 2, 1946
Children of Col James William (William James) Lomax and Mary Calhoun Lomax (their home near Lowndesville) who married were:
1) - Mary E Lomax married Alston Pringle, Charleston
2) - Kate Gregory Lomax born in 1860, married R Buckley Bryan of Columbia
3) - Mary Lomax married ____Lee of Alabama
4) - John Calhoun Lomax, married Annie Watkins of Lowndesville. They removed to Augusta and had one son, James Watkins Lomax.
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Note: If Mary died in 1856, the other children listed must have been from wife #3 for Col William James Lomax.
The 1860 Census for Abbeville shows
James Lomax Age 38 and his wife, Cathrine Age 24
Children are: John Age 6 and Mary Age 4 (from 2nd wife Mary Calhoun Lomax who died in 1856)
Catharine Lomax Age 1 month
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The 1870 Census for Lowndesville, Abbeville Co, SC
W J Lomax Age 53 (1817) and his wife, Catherine Age 37 (1833)
Children listed: John (1854), Mary (1856), Kate (1861), James (1863), Laureat Tennent (1864) Middleton (1866), Jane (1867) and Calvin (1869) (Maud Lomax was born in 1872)
Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC) Wed, 25 Sept 1889
The first of last week, Col W J Lomas had several chills and was quite sick.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC) Sat, 22 Dec 1945 to 9 Mar 1946
Col James William Lomax was born in Abbeville County on Oct 19, 1816 and died in 1888 in Lowndesville. He married 1st____Lynch. They had no children. He married 2nd Mary Calhoun, grandniece of John C Calhoun. Their children: John Calhoun, Mary E, Kate McGregor, Jennie and Maud Lomax.
Col James William Lomax was one of the largest planters in his section of Abbeville County before the War Between the States. He was elected to the State Legislature from Abbeville County despite the fact that he was known to have opposed “Secession.” When war was declared, he took a leading part in raising a company for Confederate service and was offered the captaincy of the company but declined because of his age. He agreed to accept the place of first lieutenant and served as such through the war. He lost the greater part of his estate by the war. He was said to have saved one large plantation and, in 1888, there were fifty of his former slaves still living with him on this place.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, South Carolina) · Sat, Mar 2, 1946
Children of Col James William (William James) Lomax and Mary Calhoun Lomax (their home near Lowndesville) who married were:
1) - Mary E Lomax married Alston Pringle, Charleston
2) - Kate Gregory Lomax born in 1860, married R Buckley Bryan of Columbia
3) - Mary Lomax married ____Lee of Alabama
4) - John Calhoun Lomax, married Annie Watkins of Lowndesville. They removed to Augusta and had one son, James Watkins Lomax.
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Note: If Mary died in 1856, the other children listed must have been from wife #3 for Col William James Lomax.
The 1860 Census for Abbeville shows
James Lomax Age 38 and his wife, Cathrine Age 24
Children are: John Age 6 and Mary Age 4 (from 2nd wife Mary Calhoun Lomax who died in 1856)
Catharine Lomax Age 1 month
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The 1870 Census for Lowndesville, Abbeville Co, SC
W J Lomax Age 53 (1817) and his wife, Catherine Age 37 (1833)
Children listed: John (1854), Mary (1856), Kate (1861), James (1863), Laureat Tennent (1864) Middleton (1866), Jane (1867) and Calvin (1869) (Maud Lomax was born in 1872)
The first of last week, Col W J Lomas had several chills and was quite sick.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC) Sat, 22 Dec 1945 to 9 Mar 1946
Col James William Lomax was born in Abbeville County on Oct 19, 1816 and died in 1888 in Lowndesville. He married 1st____Lynch. They had no children. He married 2nd Mary Calhoun, grandniece of John C Calhoun. Their children: John Calhoun, Mary E, Kate McGregor, Jennie and Maud Lomax.
Col James William Lomax was one of the largest planters in his section of Abbeville County before the War Between the States. He was elected to the State Legislature from Abbeville County despite the fact that he was known to have opposed “Secession.” When war was declared, he took a leading part in raising a company for Confederate service and was offered the captaincy of the company but declined because of his age. He agreed to accept the place of first lieutenant and served as such through the war. He lost the greater part of his estate by the war. He was said to have saved one large plantation and, in 1888, there were fifty of his former slaves still living with him on this place.
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The Index-Journal (Greenwood, South Carolina) · Sat, Mar 2, 1946
Children of Col James William (William James) Lomax and Mary Calhoun Lomax (their home near Lowndesville) who married were:
1) - Mary E Lomax married Alston Pringle, Charleston
2) - Kate Gregory Lomax born in 1860, married R Buckley Bryan of Columbia
3) - Mary Lomax married ____Lee of Alabama
4) - John Calhoun Lomax, married Annie Watkins of Lowndesville. They removed to Augusta and had one son, James Watkins Lomax.
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Note: If Mary died in 1856, the other children listed must have been from wife #3 for Col William James Lomax.
The 1860 Census for Abbeville shows
James Lomax Age 38 and his wife, Cathrine Age 24
Children are: John Age 6 and Mary Age 4 (from 2nd wife Mary Calhoun Lomax who died in 1856)
Catharine Lomax Age 1 month
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The 1870 Census for Lowndesville, Abbeville Co, SC
W J Lomax Age 53 (1817) and his wife, Catherine Age 37 (1833)
Children listed: John (1854), Mary (1856), Kate (1861), James (1863), Laureat Tennent (1864) Middleton (1866), Jane (1867) and Calvin (1869) (Maud Lomax was born in 1872)
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