Dumas, Thomas-Alexandre b. March 25, 1762 d. February 26, 1806 French Army General. Father of Alexandre Dumas (père) and grandfather of Alexandre Dumas (fils). The son of Alexandre-Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie and a Haitian slave, he enlisted in the French army in 1786 under the name Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. In 1789 his regiment was sent to Villers-Cotterêts, where he met Marie-Louise Labouret; they married in 1792. Dumas showed tremendous courage as a soldier during the French Revolution and he was made a general at age 31, though his outspokeness...[Read More] (Bio by: Shalom, Rivka) Communal Cemetery of Villers-Cotterêts, Villers-Cotterets, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
b. March 25, 1762 d. February 26, 1806