Thomas Grimke Rhett

1821 - 1878  (56 years)

• Name	Thomas Grimke Rhett  [1]
  Birth	2 Aug 1821	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jul 1878	Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland   [1]
  Burial	Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore [independent city], Maryland   [2]
  Person ID	I1733	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	James Henry Smith Rhett,   b. 6 Jun 1797, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina d. 9 Apr 1855, Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Haskell,   b. 14 Jul 1793, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina d. 10 May 1871, Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1818  [3, 4, 5]
  Alt. Marriage	20 Jun 1818  [6]
  Family ID	F1508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Graham Florence Mason,   b. 1806   d. 1883 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1846	Alexandria, Virginia   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Charles Hart Rhett   2. Sharon Rhett   3. Thomas Mason Rhett,   b. 7 Oct 1849   d. 18 Jan 1853 (Age 3 years)   4. James Hervey Rhett,   b. 3 Mar 1852   d. 10 May 1852 (Age 0 years)   5. Frank Rhett,   b. 25 Apr 1853   d. 3 Sep 1856 (Age 3 years)   6. Florence Rhett,   b. 27 Nov 1854   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Grimke Rhett was born August 2, 1821 in Charleston, S.C., the son of James Smith Rhett (1797-1855) and Charlotte Haskell Rhett (1794-1871). On June 10, 1846 he married Ann Graham Mason, the daughter of Thompson Francis Mason (1785-1838). Rhett graduated from West Point in 1845 and served in the Mexican-American war where he was promoted to first lieutenant in April 1846 and brevet captain in September following the defense of Peubla, Mexico. After the war he was assigned to a succession of posts, including Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory (Wyoming), 1849-1852; Corpus Christi, Texas, 1852-1855; Fort McIntosh, Texas, 1855; Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, 1857; Fort Union, New Mexico, 1858; Fort Bliss, Texas, 1859-1860. He was promoted to Major in 1858 and served as an army paymaster. In 1861 he resigned and joined the Confederate army, was commissioned a major and served in various posts throughout the war. After the war, in 1870, Rhett served as a colonel of ordinance for the Khedive of Egypt. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 28, 1878. Source Biographical notes from The Gunston Hall Plantation (http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/rhett_papers.htm)

  
  

• Sources

  [S76058] Biographical notes from The Gunston Hall Plantation, ((http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/rhett_papers.htm)). [S9875] Cemetery index, Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore [independent city], Maryland, (Find-a-Grave). [S42945] RootsWeb.com, Ogden (John Schneider). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S27243] Family records and notes courtesy of Preston Hampton Haskell III. [S42954] RootsWeb.com, Our Family Circle (Joe Groom). [S64563] Ancestry.com, John Mason Family Tree.