His first wife, Mary Bedell whom he married in 1830 was unwell and being cared for by her best friend, Eliza Mays in his absence during the war.
Eliza Glascock Mays was the widow of Judge Thomas Mays who died in February of 1853, leaving her a widow with several small children. Their youngest son Samuel was only a little more than a month old when he died.
The tragedy of her life was not her passing. It was that she, having given him three sons and thirty-two years of her youth, been faithful unto death died June 22, 1862 having no idea that her husband and friend were lovers.
Exactly one month and sixteen days after her death, on August 7, 1862 her husband and Eliza Glascock Mays were married in Montgomery, Alabama.
Shortly after, they moved to Georgia where their daughter Vann was born in March of 1863.
Eliza Glascock Mays was the widow of Judge Thomas Mays who died in February of 1853, leaving her a widow with several small children. Their youngest son Samuel was only a little more than a month old when he died.
The tragedy of her life was not her passing. It was that she, having given him three sons and thirty-two years of her youth, been faithful unto death died June 22, 1862 having no idea that her husband and friend were lovers.
Exactly one month and sixteen days after her death, on August 7, 1862 her husband and Eliza Glascock Mays were married in Montgomery, Alabama.
Shortly after, they moved to Georgia where their daughter Vann was born in March of 1863.
His first wife, Mary Bedell whom he married in 1830 was unwell and being cared for by her best friend, Eliza Mays in his absence during the war.
Eliza Glascock Mays was the widow of Judge Thomas Mays who died in February of 1853, leaving her a widow with several small children. Their youngest son Samuel was only a little more than a month old when he died.
The tragedy of her life was not her passing. It was that she, having given him three sons and thirty-two years of her youth, been faithful unto death died June 22, 1862 having no idea that her husband and friend were lovers.
Exactly one month and sixteen days after her death, on August 7, 1862 her husband and Eliza Glascock Mays were married in Montgomery, Alabama.
Shortly after, they moved to Georgia where their daughter Vann was born in March of 1863.
Eliza Glascock Mays was the widow of Judge Thomas Mays who died in February of 1853, leaving her a widow with several small children. Their youngest son Samuel was only a little more than a month old when he died.
The tragedy of her life was not her passing. It was that she, having given him three sons and thirty-two years of her youth, been faithful unto death died June 22, 1862 having no idea that her husband and friend were lovers.
Exactly one month and sixteen days after her death, on August 7, 1862 her husband and Eliza Glascock Mays were married in Montgomery, Alabama.
Shortly after, they moved to Georgia where their daughter Vann was born in March of 1863.
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