Father: Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805-1870)
Mother: Henrietta Green Alston (1807 - 1889)
08/07/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan
06/26/1860 - Student, Milledgeville District, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with father, Augustus H. Kenan; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Thomas H. Kenan)
07/04/1861 - Enlisted as 2nd Lt., Phillips Legion, GA Volunteers, in Georgia
09/11/1861 - Mustered in as 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
10/31/1861 - 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
12/10/1861 - "Leave of absence for seven days is grated 2nd Lt. T. H. Kenan, of Capt. Dubignon's Co., Phillips' Legion, Geo. Vols. [S.O. 262/5]
01/02/1862 - Tendered resignation
- Dr. Kenan "was in the West Virginia Campaign and was at Romney when General Rosecrans, of the United States Army, was severely wounded. It was Dr. Kenan who volunteered his services at that time and gave add to the injured man. A letter received years later from the Union surgeon who was in charge of the wounded general expressing his appreciation of the services rendered by Dr. Kenan in now in possession of the Kenan family [In an obituary of Dr. Thomas Holmes Kenan (1910) The Constitution, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 1910, p. 5, c. 4.]
02/01/1862 - Resignation accepted
04/25/1863 - Appointed 1st Lieut., Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 03/15/1863
04/25/1863 - Confirmed as 1st Lieut. from GA by the Confederate States Senate
04/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. W. H. T. Walker
05/03/1863 - 1st Lieut. and Aide de Camp (A.D.C.) to Gen. H. W. Mercer
07/24/1863 - A.D.C. to Gen. W. H. T. Walker who was commanding a division
07/24/1863 - On a Certificate of Disability prepared by Surgeon James A. Bowers, Chief Surgeon, Walker's Div., "Lieut. Thos. H. Kenan of Genl Walkers Staff having applied for a Certificate on which to ground an application for a leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have examined this officer and find him unfit for the duties of his office because of general ill health. He is dyspeptic and very much emaciated. As a change of Climate will be beneficial in his Case, I recommend for him a leave of absence for the period of thirty (30) days. J. A. Bowers, Chief Surg Walkers Div."
07/24/1863 - In a note to Col. W. S. Ewell, Acting Adj. Gen., "Colonel, I have the honor of applying for a leave of absence for thirty (30) days as recommended in the accompanying certificate, Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt., T. H. Kenan, 1st Lt. & A. D. C."
09/19/1863 -1st Lieut. & A.D.C. to Gen. W.H.T. Walker commanding Reserve Corps, Army of Tennessee
07/22/1864 - Position as 1st Lieut. & A.D.C. vacated by the death of Gen. W.H.T. Walker
1868 - M.D. degree, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia College, New York, NY (from: GA; preceptors: Dr. Samuel Gore White and Dr. R. F. Weir)
~1868 - Married, Lucy Henrietta "Hettie" Kirtland (1845-1922)
06/02/1870 - Father, Augustus Holmes Kenan, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #7968154)
06/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with Henrietta, and one child; indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
06/07/1880 - Physician, Georgia State Insane Asylum, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta, and four children; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Thos. H. Kenan)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
01/25/1889 - Mother, Henrietta, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #206901047)
02/14/1889 - Practiced medicine, 178 West Peters St., Atlanta, GA
1890 - Practiced medicine, 42 Walton, Atlanta, GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, 55 E. Cain St., Atlanta, GA
1896 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
06/14/1900 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta K., two sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as Thomas H Kenan)
- Member, Camp Walker, Confederate Veterans
- Freemason
04/07/1910 - Suffered a stroke of paralysis in Atlanta, GA, and never regained consciousness
04/10/1910 - Died from a stroke of paralysis, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #15489630) [Obituary: Augusta Chronicle, Monday, Apr. 11, 1910, p. 1.]
04/21/1910 - Widow, Henrietta, lived with two sons in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
06/27/1922 - Widow, Henrietta, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave # 90745645)
Jack Johnson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/20/2020. Unpublished database.
Mother: Henrietta Green Alston (1807 - 1889)
08/07/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan
06/26/1860 - Student, Milledgeville District, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with father, Augustus H. Kenan; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Thomas H. Kenan)
07/04/1861 - Enlisted as 2nd Lt., Phillips Legion, GA Volunteers, in Georgia
09/11/1861 - Mustered in as 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
10/31/1861 - 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
12/10/1861 - "Leave of absence for seven days is grated 2nd Lt. T. H. Kenan, of Capt. Dubignon's Co., Phillips' Legion, Geo. Vols. [S.O. 262/5]
01/02/1862 - Tendered resignation
- Dr. Kenan "was in the West Virginia Campaign and was at Romney when General Rosecrans, of the United States Army, was severely wounded. It was Dr. Kenan who volunteered his services at that time and gave add to the injured man. A letter received years later from the Union surgeon who was in charge of the wounded general expressing his appreciation of the services rendered by Dr. Kenan in now in possession of the Kenan family [In an obituary of Dr. Thomas Holmes Kenan (1910) The Constitution, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 1910, p. 5, c. 4.]
02/01/1862 - Resignation accepted
04/25/1863 - Appointed 1st Lieut., Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 03/15/1863
04/25/1863 - Confirmed as 1st Lieut. from GA by the Confederate States Senate
04/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. W. H. T. Walker
05/03/1863 - 1st Lieut. and Aide de Camp (A.D.C.) to Gen. H. W. Mercer
07/24/1863 - A.D.C. to Gen. W. H. T. Walker who was commanding a division
07/24/1863 - On a Certificate of Disability prepared by Surgeon James A. Bowers, Chief Surgeon, Walker's Div., "Lieut. Thos. H. Kenan of Genl Walkers Staff having applied for a Certificate on which to ground an application for a leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have examined this officer and find him unfit for the duties of his office because of general ill health. He is dyspeptic and very much emaciated. As a change of Climate will be beneficial in his Case, I recommend for him a leave of absence for the period of thirty (30) days. J. A. Bowers, Chief Surg Walkers Div."
07/24/1863 - In a note to Col. W. S. Ewell, Acting Adj. Gen., "Colonel, I have the honor of applying for a leave of absence for thirty (30) days as recommended in the accompanying certificate, Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt., T. H. Kenan, 1st Lt. & A. D. C."
09/19/1863 -1st Lieut. & A.D.C. to Gen. W.H.T. Walker commanding Reserve Corps, Army of Tennessee
07/22/1864 - Position as 1st Lieut. & A.D.C. vacated by the death of Gen. W.H.T. Walker
1868 - M.D. degree, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia College, New York, NY (from: GA; preceptors: Dr. Samuel Gore White and Dr. R. F. Weir)
~1868 - Married, Lucy Henrietta "Hettie" Kirtland (1845-1922)
06/02/1870 - Father, Augustus Holmes Kenan, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #7968154)
06/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with Henrietta, and one child; indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
06/07/1880 - Physician, Georgia State Insane Asylum, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta, and four children; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Thos. H. Kenan)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
01/25/1889 - Mother, Henrietta, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #206901047)
02/14/1889 - Practiced medicine, 178 West Peters St., Atlanta, GA
1890 - Practiced medicine, 42 Walton, Atlanta, GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, 55 E. Cain St., Atlanta, GA
1896 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
06/14/1900 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta K., two sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as Thomas H Kenan)
- Member, Camp Walker, Confederate Veterans
- Freemason
04/07/1910 - Suffered a stroke of paralysis in Atlanta, GA, and never regained consciousness
04/10/1910 - Died from a stroke of paralysis, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #15489630) [Obituary: Augusta Chronicle, Monday, Apr. 11, 1910, p. 1.]
04/21/1910 - Widow, Henrietta, lived with two sons in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
06/27/1922 - Widow, Henrietta, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave # 90745645)
Jack Johnson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/20/2020. Unpublished database.
Father: Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805-1870)
Mother: Henrietta Green Alston (1807 - 1889)
08/07/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan
06/26/1860 - Student, Milledgeville District, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with father, Augustus H. Kenan; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Thomas H. Kenan)
07/04/1861 - Enlisted as 2nd Lt., Phillips Legion, GA Volunteers, in Georgia
09/11/1861 - Mustered in as 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
10/31/1861 - 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
12/10/1861 - "Leave of absence for seven days is grated 2nd Lt. T. H. Kenan, of Capt. Dubignon's Co., Phillips' Legion, Geo. Vols. [S.O. 262/5]
01/02/1862 - Tendered resignation
- Dr. Kenan "was in the West Virginia Campaign and was at Romney when General Rosecrans, of the United States Army, was severely wounded. It was Dr. Kenan who volunteered his services at that time and gave add to the injured man. A letter received years later from the Union surgeon who was in charge of the wounded general expressing his appreciation of the services rendered by Dr. Kenan in now in possession of the Kenan family [In an obituary of Dr. Thomas Holmes Kenan (1910) The Constitution, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 1910, p. 5, c. 4.]
02/01/1862 - Resignation accepted
04/25/1863 - Appointed 1st Lieut., Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 03/15/1863
04/25/1863 - Confirmed as 1st Lieut. from GA by the Confederate States Senate
04/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. W. H. T. Walker
05/03/1863 - 1st Lieut. and Aide de Camp (A.D.C.) to Gen. H. W. Mercer
07/24/1863 - A.D.C. to Gen. W. H. T. Walker who was commanding a division
07/24/1863 - On a Certificate of Disability prepared by Surgeon James A. Bowers, Chief Surgeon, Walker's Div., "Lieut. Thos. H. Kenan of Genl Walkers Staff having applied for a Certificate on which to ground an application for a leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have examined this officer and find him unfit for the duties of his office because of general ill health. He is dyspeptic and very much emaciated. As a change of Climate will be beneficial in his Case, I recommend for him a leave of absence for the period of thirty (30) days. J. A. Bowers, Chief Surg Walkers Div."
07/24/1863 - In a note to Col. W. S. Ewell, Acting Adj. Gen., "Colonel, I have the honor of applying for a leave of absence for thirty (30) days as recommended in the accompanying certificate, Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt., T. H. Kenan, 1st Lt. & A. D. C."
09/19/1863 -1st Lieut. & A.D.C. to Gen. W.H.T. Walker commanding Reserve Corps, Army of Tennessee
07/22/1864 - Position as 1st Lieut. & A.D.C. vacated by the death of Gen. W.H.T. Walker
1868 - M.D. degree, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia College, New York, NY (from: GA; preceptors: Dr. Samuel Gore White and Dr. R. F. Weir)
~1868 - Married, Lucy Henrietta "Hettie" Kirtland (1845-1922)
06/02/1870 - Father, Augustus Holmes Kenan, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #7968154)
06/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with Henrietta, and one child; indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
06/07/1880 - Physician, Georgia State Insane Asylum, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta, and four children; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Thos. H. Kenan)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
01/25/1889 - Mother, Henrietta, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #206901047)
02/14/1889 - Practiced medicine, 178 West Peters St., Atlanta, GA
1890 - Practiced medicine, 42 Walton, Atlanta, GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, 55 E. Cain St., Atlanta, GA
1896 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
06/14/1900 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta K., two sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as Thomas H Kenan)
- Member, Camp Walker, Confederate Veterans
- Freemason
04/07/1910 - Suffered a stroke of paralysis in Atlanta, GA, and never regained consciousness
04/10/1910 - Died from a stroke of paralysis, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #15489630) [Obituary: Augusta Chronicle, Monday, Apr. 11, 1910, p. 1.]
04/21/1910 - Widow, Henrietta, lived with two sons in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
06/27/1922 - Widow, Henrietta, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave # 90745645)
Jack Johnson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/20/2020. Unpublished database.
Mother: Henrietta Green Alston (1807 - 1889)
08/07/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan
06/26/1860 - Student, Milledgeville District, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with father, Augustus H. Kenan; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Thomas H. Kenan)
07/04/1861 - Enlisted as 2nd Lt., Phillips Legion, GA Volunteers, in Georgia
09/11/1861 - Mustered in as 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
10/31/1861 - 2nd Lt., Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, Lynchburg, VA
12/10/1861 - "Leave of absence for seven days is grated 2nd Lt. T. H. Kenan, of Capt. Dubignon's Co., Phillips' Legion, Geo. Vols. [S.O. 262/5]
01/02/1862 - Tendered resignation
- Dr. Kenan "was in the West Virginia Campaign and was at Romney when General Rosecrans, of the United States Army, was severely wounded. It was Dr. Kenan who volunteered his services at that time and gave add to the injured man. A letter received years later from the Union surgeon who was in charge of the wounded general expressing his appreciation of the services rendered by Dr. Kenan in now in possession of the Kenan family [In an obituary of Dr. Thomas Holmes Kenan (1910) The Constitution, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 1910, p. 5, c. 4.]
02/01/1862 - Resignation accepted
04/25/1863 - Appointed 1st Lieut., Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 03/15/1863
04/25/1863 - Confirmed as 1st Lieut. from GA by the Confederate States Senate
04/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. W. H. T. Walker
05/03/1863 - 1st Lieut. and Aide de Camp (A.D.C.) to Gen. H. W. Mercer
07/24/1863 - A.D.C. to Gen. W. H. T. Walker who was commanding a division
07/24/1863 - On a Certificate of Disability prepared by Surgeon James A. Bowers, Chief Surgeon, Walker's Div., "Lieut. Thos. H. Kenan of Genl Walkers Staff having applied for a Certificate on which to ground an application for a leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have examined this officer and find him unfit for the duties of his office because of general ill health. He is dyspeptic and very much emaciated. As a change of Climate will be beneficial in his Case, I recommend for him a leave of absence for the period of thirty (30) days. J. A. Bowers, Chief Surg Walkers Div."
07/24/1863 - In a note to Col. W. S. Ewell, Acting Adj. Gen., "Colonel, I have the honor of applying for a leave of absence for thirty (30) days as recommended in the accompanying certificate, Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt., T. H. Kenan, 1st Lt. & A. D. C."
09/19/1863 -1st Lieut. & A.D.C. to Gen. W.H.T. Walker commanding Reserve Corps, Army of Tennessee
07/22/1864 - Position as 1st Lieut. & A.D.C. vacated by the death of Gen. W.H.T. Walker
1868 - M.D. degree, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia College, New York, NY (from: GA; preceptors: Dr. Samuel Gore White and Dr. R. F. Weir)
~1868 - Married, Lucy Henrietta "Hettie" Kirtland (1845-1922)
06/02/1870 - Father, Augustus Holmes Kenan, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #7968154)
06/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with Henrietta, and one child; indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas Kenan)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
06/07/1880 - Physician, Georgia State Insane Asylum, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta, and four children; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Thos. H. Kenan)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
01/25/1889 - Mother, Henrietta, died in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #206901047)
02/14/1889 - Practiced medicine, 178 West Peters St., Atlanta, GA
1890 - Practiced medicine, 42 Walton, Atlanta, GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, 55 E. Cain St., Atlanta, GA
1896 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
06/14/1900 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (lived with wife, Henrietta K., two sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as Thomas H Kenan)
- Member, Camp Walker, Confederate Veterans
- Freemason
04/07/1910 - Suffered a stroke of paralysis in Atlanta, GA, and never regained consciousness
04/10/1910 - Died from a stroke of paralysis, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave #15489630) [Obituary: Augusta Chronicle, Monday, Apr. 11, 1910, p. 1.]
04/21/1910 - Widow, Henrietta, lived with two sons in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
06/27/1922 - Widow, Henrietta, died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, McIntosh Co., GA; FindAGrave # 90745645)
Jack Johnson provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/20/2020. Unpublished database.
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