Of the four sons of Benjamin H. Lamkin and his wife Permelia A. Niblack, James Thomas Lamkin was the only one to live a long life.
As a young single man, James volunteered for the CSA on 14 August 1861 in Atlanta, where he was a private in Cobb's Legion Infantry, as were his brothers William and Robert. James later became a 2nd corporal.
In 1864, James lost both his brothers, one to disease, one on a battlefield. Then, on 28 October 1864, James was shot in the leg by a minnie ball at the Battle of Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia. His right leg had to be amputated below the knee. While he was in the hospital in Richmond, he was captured and not released to travel home until 7 July 1865, when he signed an oath of allegiance to the United States.
Back in Lawrenceville, James worked as a general merchant and did well. He was elected county commissioner three times, and he was the county ordinary for many years.
James married his first cousin, Louisa C. Niblack. Unfortunately their first two children, Benjamin F. and Mary A., both died young; Louisa died at age 40; and their third child, Sarah Elizabeth, died soon after her marriage. Only their son Hugh lived a long life.
James married as his second wife widow Frances R. (Reeves) Odum, a lady who was considerably younger, and had a son, James T. Lamkin, when he was 67.
There is no stone for James T. Lamkin, but according to his obituary, he was buried in the "old cemetery." Considering that all of his family was buried in Lawrenceville Town Cemetery, the oldest cemetery of the town, it must be what the newspaper meant.
As a young single man, James volunteered for the CSA on 14 August 1861 in Atlanta, where he was a private in Cobb's Legion Infantry, as were his brothers William and Robert. James later became a 2nd corporal.
In 1864, James lost both his brothers, one to disease, one on a battlefield. Then, on 28 October 1864, James was shot in the leg by a minnie ball at the Battle of Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia. His right leg had to be amputated below the knee. While he was in the hospital in Richmond, he was captured and not released to travel home until 7 July 1865, when he signed an oath of allegiance to the United States.
Back in Lawrenceville, James worked as a general merchant and did well. He was elected county commissioner three times, and he was the county ordinary for many years.
James married his first cousin, Louisa C. Niblack. Unfortunately their first two children, Benjamin F. and Mary A., both died young; Louisa died at age 40; and their third child, Sarah Elizabeth, died soon after her marriage. Only their son Hugh lived a long life.
James married as his second wife widow Frances R. (Reeves) Odum, a lady who was considerably younger, and had a son, James T. Lamkin, when he was 67.
There is no stone for James T. Lamkin, but according to his obituary, he was buried in the "old cemetery." Considering that all of his family was buried in Lawrenceville Town Cemetery, the oldest cemetery of the town, it must be what the newspaper meant.
Of the four sons of Benjamin H. Lamkin and his wife Permelia A. Niblack, James Thomas Lamkin was the only one to live a long life.
As a young single man, James volunteered for the CSA on 14 August 1861 in Atlanta, where he was a private in Cobb's Legion Infantry, as were his brothers William and Robert. James later became a 2nd corporal.
In 1864, James lost both his brothers, one to disease, one on a battlefield. Then, on 28 October 1864, James was shot in the leg by a minnie ball at the Battle of Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia. His right leg had to be amputated below the knee. While he was in the hospital in Richmond, he was captured and not released to travel home until 7 July 1865, when he signed an oath of allegiance to the United States.
Back in Lawrenceville, James worked as a general merchant and did well. He was elected county commissioner three times, and he was the county ordinary for many years.
James married his first cousin, Louisa C. Niblack. Unfortunately their first two children, Benjamin F. and Mary A., both died young; Louisa died at age 40; and their third child, Sarah Elizabeth, died soon after her marriage. Only their son Hugh lived a long life.
James married as his second wife widow Frances R. (Reeves) Odum, a lady who was considerably younger, and had a son, James T. Lamkin, when he was 67.
There is no stone for James T. Lamkin, but according to his obituary, he was buried in the "old cemetery." Considering that all of his family was buried in Lawrenceville Town Cemetery, the oldest cemetery of the town, it must be what the newspaper meant.
As a young single man, James volunteered for the CSA on 14 August 1861 in Atlanta, where he was a private in Cobb's Legion Infantry, as were his brothers William and Robert. James later became a 2nd corporal.
In 1864, James lost both his brothers, one to disease, one on a battlefield. Then, on 28 October 1864, James was shot in the leg by a minnie ball at the Battle of Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia. His right leg had to be amputated below the knee. While he was in the hospital in Richmond, he was captured and not released to travel home until 7 July 1865, when he signed an oath of allegiance to the United States.
Back in Lawrenceville, James worked as a general merchant and did well. He was elected county commissioner three times, and he was the county ordinary for many years.
James married his first cousin, Louisa C. Niblack. Unfortunately their first two children, Benjamin F. and Mary A., both died young; Louisa died at age 40; and their third child, Sarah Elizabeth, died soon after her marriage. Only their son Hugh lived a long life.
James married as his second wife widow Frances R. (Reeves) Odum, a lady who was considerably younger, and had a son, James T. Lamkin, when he was 67.
There is no stone for James T. Lamkin, but according to his obituary, he was buried in the "old cemetery." Considering that all of his family was buried in Lawrenceville Town Cemetery, the oldest cemetery of the town, it must be what the newspaper meant.
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