Son of Col. John Hume of Culpepper County VA and Margaret Jane Smith.
According to his death certificate, he was a Lawyer and died of pneumonia.
The following information was submitted by contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Francis Hume married Miss Belle Harlan in 1867 in Sumter County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joseph Harlan. She died at her father's house in 1870. No children were born to this union.
Francis Hume married Marie Kate Lea on 3 July 1873 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Three children were born into this union.
The following was requested to be added from - Source: Texans Who Wore The Gray Vol. 1, Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Tex, 1907:
HUME, F. CHARLES
F. Charles Hume, of Houston, was born in the Republic of Texas, in Walker county, Feb. 17, 1843, the son of John Hume a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, who came to the Texan Republic in 1839 and resided in Walker county until his death in 1864. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, being graduated from the University of Virginia. At the age of eighteen he left Texas, immediately after the first battle of Manassas, in an organization of volunteers that was mustered in service in Richmond, Va., as Co. "D", 5th Texas Infantry, under command of Col. J. J. Archer. This was one of the regiments that constituted the famous "Hood's Texas Brigade", of which Gen. Louis T. Wigfall was the first, Gen. John B. Hood the second, and Gen. Jerome B. Robertson the third commander. Mr. Hume was wounded in the right leg at Seven Pines, and in the second battle of Manassas, while acting as flag-bearer, received a bullet in the left thigh. After the battle of Fredericksburg he was promoted first lieutenant, and assigned as adjutant of the 32nd battalion of Virginia cavalry. When General Martin W. Gary of South Carolina in 1864 assumed command of the cavalry in the Peninsula he attached Lieu tenant Hume to his staff and in this position he participated in many bloody fights. In the battle of Tilgheman's Farm on James river he received his third and last wound being shot through the body. The Richmond papers published his name in the list of the dead of that action. Before his recovery he was placed on the staff of Gen. Bagley as assistant adjutant-general with the rank of Major and served as such until the close of the war. Returning to Huntsville, Texas, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. When only twenty-three years old, he was in 1866 elected to the eleventh Texas legislature, and a few years later removed to Galveston where in 1877 he became city attorney. For a quarter of a century Major Hume was one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Galveston bar. In 1900 he removed to the City of Houston where he enjoys a highly lucrative practice. He married July 3, 1873 Marie Kate Lea, daughter of Col. Vernal Lea and grand-daughter of Gen. James Davis. Their son, Hon. F. Charles Hume, Jr., is an attorney, and as representative from Harris county is one of the leaders in the present (30th) legislature of Texas.
According to his death certificate, he was a Lawyer and died of pneumonia.
The following information was submitted by contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Francis Hume married Miss Belle Harlan in 1867 in Sumter County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joseph Harlan. She died at her father's house in 1870. No children were born to this union.
Francis Hume married Marie Kate Lea on 3 July 1873 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Three children were born into this union.
The following was requested to be added from - Source: Texans Who Wore The Gray Vol. 1, Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Tex, 1907:
HUME, F. CHARLES
F. Charles Hume, of Houston, was born in the Republic of Texas, in Walker county, Feb. 17, 1843, the son of John Hume a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, who came to the Texan Republic in 1839 and resided in Walker county until his death in 1864. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, being graduated from the University of Virginia. At the age of eighteen he left Texas, immediately after the first battle of Manassas, in an organization of volunteers that was mustered in service in Richmond, Va., as Co. "D", 5th Texas Infantry, under command of Col. J. J. Archer. This was one of the regiments that constituted the famous "Hood's Texas Brigade", of which Gen. Louis T. Wigfall was the first, Gen. John B. Hood the second, and Gen. Jerome B. Robertson the third commander. Mr. Hume was wounded in the right leg at Seven Pines, and in the second battle of Manassas, while acting as flag-bearer, received a bullet in the left thigh. After the battle of Fredericksburg he was promoted first lieutenant, and assigned as adjutant of the 32nd battalion of Virginia cavalry. When General Martin W. Gary of South Carolina in 1864 assumed command of the cavalry in the Peninsula he attached Lieu tenant Hume to his staff and in this position he participated in many bloody fights. In the battle of Tilgheman's Farm on James river he received his third and last wound being shot through the body. The Richmond papers published his name in the list of the dead of that action. Before his recovery he was placed on the staff of Gen. Bagley as assistant adjutant-general with the rank of Major and served as such until the close of the war. Returning to Huntsville, Texas, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. When only twenty-three years old, he was in 1866 elected to the eleventh Texas legislature, and a few years later removed to Galveston where in 1877 he became city attorney. For a quarter of a century Major Hume was one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Galveston bar. In 1900 he removed to the City of Houston where he enjoys a highly lucrative practice. He married July 3, 1873 Marie Kate Lea, daughter of Col. Vernal Lea and grand-daughter of Gen. James Davis. Their son, Hon. F. Charles Hume, Jr., is an attorney, and as representative from Harris county is one of the leaders in the present (30th) legislature of Texas.
Son of Col. John Hume of Culpepper County VA and Margaret Jane Smith.
According to his death certificate, he was a Lawyer and died of pneumonia.
The following information was submitted by contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Francis Hume married Miss Belle Harlan in 1867 in Sumter County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joseph Harlan. She died at her father's house in 1870. No children were born to this union.
Francis Hume married Marie Kate Lea on 3 July 1873 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Three children were born into this union.
The following was requested to be added from - Source: Texans Who Wore The Gray Vol. 1, Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Tex, 1907:
HUME, F. CHARLES
F. Charles Hume, of Houston, was born in the Republic of Texas, in Walker county, Feb. 17, 1843, the son of John Hume a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, who came to the Texan Republic in 1839 and resided in Walker county until his death in 1864. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, being graduated from the University of Virginia. At the age of eighteen he left Texas, immediately after the first battle of Manassas, in an organization of volunteers that was mustered in service in Richmond, Va., as Co. "D", 5th Texas Infantry, under command of Col. J. J. Archer. This was one of the regiments that constituted the famous "Hood's Texas Brigade", of which Gen. Louis T. Wigfall was the first, Gen. John B. Hood the second, and Gen. Jerome B. Robertson the third commander. Mr. Hume was wounded in the right leg at Seven Pines, and in the second battle of Manassas, while acting as flag-bearer, received a bullet in the left thigh. After the battle of Fredericksburg he was promoted first lieutenant, and assigned as adjutant of the 32nd battalion of Virginia cavalry. When General Martin W. Gary of South Carolina in 1864 assumed command of the cavalry in the Peninsula he attached Lieu tenant Hume to his staff and in this position he participated in many bloody fights. In the battle of Tilgheman's Farm on James river he received his third and last wound being shot through the body. The Richmond papers published his name in the list of the dead of that action. Before his recovery he was placed on the staff of Gen. Bagley as assistant adjutant-general with the rank of Major and served as such until the close of the war. Returning to Huntsville, Texas, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. When only twenty-three years old, he was in 1866 elected to the eleventh Texas legislature, and a few years later removed to Galveston where in 1877 he became city attorney. For a quarter of a century Major Hume was one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Galveston bar. In 1900 he removed to the City of Houston where he enjoys a highly lucrative practice. He married July 3, 1873 Marie Kate Lea, daughter of Col. Vernal Lea and grand-daughter of Gen. James Davis. Their son, Hon. F. Charles Hume, Jr., is an attorney, and as representative from Harris county is one of the leaders in the present (30th) legislature of Texas.
According to his death certificate, he was a Lawyer and died of pneumonia.
The following information was submitted by contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Francis Hume married Miss Belle Harlan in 1867 in Sumter County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joseph Harlan. She died at her father's house in 1870. No children were born to this union.
Francis Hume married Marie Kate Lea on 3 July 1873 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Three children were born into this union.
The following was requested to be added from - Source: Texans Who Wore The Gray Vol. 1, Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Tex, 1907:
HUME, F. CHARLES
F. Charles Hume, of Houston, was born in the Republic of Texas, in Walker county, Feb. 17, 1843, the son of John Hume a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, who came to the Texan Republic in 1839 and resided in Walker county until his death in 1864. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, being graduated from the University of Virginia. At the age of eighteen he left Texas, immediately after the first battle of Manassas, in an organization of volunteers that was mustered in service in Richmond, Va., as Co. "D", 5th Texas Infantry, under command of Col. J. J. Archer. This was one of the regiments that constituted the famous "Hood's Texas Brigade", of which Gen. Louis T. Wigfall was the first, Gen. John B. Hood the second, and Gen. Jerome B. Robertson the third commander. Mr. Hume was wounded in the right leg at Seven Pines, and in the second battle of Manassas, while acting as flag-bearer, received a bullet in the left thigh. After the battle of Fredericksburg he was promoted first lieutenant, and assigned as adjutant of the 32nd battalion of Virginia cavalry. When General Martin W. Gary of South Carolina in 1864 assumed command of the cavalry in the Peninsula he attached Lieu tenant Hume to his staff and in this position he participated in many bloody fights. In the battle of Tilgheman's Farm on James river he received his third and last wound being shot through the body. The Richmond papers published his name in the list of the dead of that action. Before his recovery he was placed on the staff of Gen. Bagley as assistant adjutant-general with the rank of Major and served as such until the close of the war. Returning to Huntsville, Texas, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. When only twenty-three years old, he was in 1866 elected to the eleventh Texas legislature, and a few years later removed to Galveston where in 1877 he became city attorney. For a quarter of a century Major Hume was one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Galveston bar. In 1900 he removed to the City of Houston where he enjoys a highly lucrative practice. He married July 3, 1873 Marie Kate Lea, daughter of Col. Vernal Lea and grand-daughter of Gen. James Davis. Their son, Hon. F. Charles Hume, Jr., is an attorney, and as representative from Harris county is one of the leaders in the present (30th) legislature of Texas.
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