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Confederate Soldier Dr. Thomas Benjamin Amiss, M.D.

Male 1839 - 1913  (74 years)


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  • Name Thomas Benjamin Amiss 
    Title Confederate Soldier 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Suffix M.D. 
    Born 4 Jul 1839  Amissville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Nov 1913  Luray, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Green Hill Cemetery Luray, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5731  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Elijah Amiss,   b. 21 May 1792,   d. 2 Jan 1852, Rappahannock, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Ann Elizabeth Leavell,   b. 8 May 1806, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1852, Viewtown, Rappahannock County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 20 Nov 1833  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Miller,   b. 5 Sep 1838, Rappahannock, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1910, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 16 Jul 1861  Rappahannock County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Jackson Amiss,   b. 22 Jan 1864, Amissville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1928, Jasper, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +2. Frederick Taylor Amiss,   b. 1 Nov 1866, Amissville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1942, Luray, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Nannie Mary Amiss,   b. 5 Feb 1871, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1962, Luray, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F4397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death Record-Thomas Benjamin Amiss
    Death Record-Thomas Benjamin Amiss
    amiss-thomas benjamin.jpg
    Dr Thomas B Amiss-Obit
    Dr Thomas B Amiss-Obit
    The Baltimore Sun
    Nov 10, 1913
    Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Amiss-Obit
    Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Amiss-Obit
    The Baltimore Sun
    Feb 24, 1910
    Dr Thomas B Amiss-Obit Likely the Surgeon who attended Wm Thomas Edwards, 1st husband of Sarah Frances Powell.
    Dr Thomas B Amiss-Obit Likely the Surgeon who attended Wm Thomas Edwards, 1st husband of Sarah Frances Powell.
    Mountain Eagle (Jasper, ALA)
    Nov 12, 1913

    Headstones
    Dr Thomas Benjamin Amiss
    Dr Thomas Benjamin Amiss

    Histories
    Dr Thomas B Amiss-Home Burglary
    Dr Thomas B Amiss-Home Burglary
    Staunton Spectator
    Mar 21, 1882

  • Notes 
    • Name: Thomas Benjamin Amiss
      Death Date: 9 Nov 1913
      Death Place: Luray, VA
      Type Practice: Allopath
      JAMA Citation: 61:1996
      Thomas Benjamin Amiss
      in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8946044&ref=acom.
      Dr Thomas Benjamin Amiss VVeteran
      Birth: 4 Jul 1839
      Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia
      Death: 9 Nov 1913 (aged 74)
      Luray, Page County, Virginia
      Burial: Green Hill Cemetery
      Luray, Page County, Virginia

      Parents
      Elijah Amiss, 1792?1852
      Mrs Ann Elizabeth Leavell Amiss, 1806?1852

      Spouse
      Mary Elizabeth Miller Amiss, 1838?1910

      Siblings
      Dr John Burwell Amiss, 1834?1903
      Ann Letitia "Nannie" Amiss, 1838?1860
      Dr Joseph Minor Amiss, 1843?1886
      Edmund Leavell Amiss, 1844?1914
      Eliza Amiss Holloway, 1845?1928
      Fannie Amiss Farish, 1846?1928

      Half Siblings
      Louisa Mildred Amiss Leavell, 1827?1901
      Dr William H Amiss, 1829?1903

      Children
      Frederick Taylor Amiss, 1866?1942
      Nannie Mary Amiss Martin, 1871?1962


      Father: Elijah Amiss (1792-1852)
      Mother: Ann Elizabeth "Eliza" Leavell (1806-1852)]
      07/02/1860 - Practiced medicine, Rappahannock Co, VA (living with sibs and the family of John M. Leavell - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Thos. B. Amiss)
      03/14/1861 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA [from: VA; thesis: "Typhoid Fever"]
      ~1861 - Married, Mary Elizabeth Miller (1838-1910)
      07/18/1861 - Pvt., Co D, 34th VA Militia
      04/01/1862 - Enlisted in the Confederate Army as 3rd Cpl., Co. B, 6th VA Cavalry
      06/02/1862 - On detached service from the 6th VA Cavalry while serving in the Medical Department in Richmond, VA
      07/28/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 31st GA Infantry (paid $80/mo.)
      02/28/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 31st GA Infantry (paid $80/mo.)
      10/29/1864 - Assigned to duty as Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #9, Salisbury, NC
      11/05/1864 - "Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas B. Annis [sic - Amiss] is relieved from hospital duty in North Carolina, and will report without delay to Webb's battery light artillery, Camp Gaillard, Weldon, North Carolina troops, for duty." [S.O. 264/19]
      11/14/1864 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Co A, 13th Battalion, NC Light Artillery
      07/15/1870 - Practiced medicine, Stonewall, Rappahannock Co., VA (living with wife, Mary E., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas B. Amiss)
      1874 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co, VA
      06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine, Marshall, Page Co., VA (living with wife, Mary E., two sons, and one daughter - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Thos. B. Amiss)
      1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co, VA
      06/02/1900 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co., VA (living with his wife, Mary E., - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Thos. B. Amiss)
      02/23/1910 - Wife, Mary, died in Virginia (buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Page Co., VA)
      04/22/1910 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co., VA (living with son-in-law, daughter, and granddaughter - indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Thomas B. Amiss)
      11/09/1913 - Died of "senile debility" at his home, Luray, Page Co, VA

      This biographical sketch is from:
      Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
      register of physicians who served the
      Confederacy in a medical capacity.
      01/07/2009. Updated 09/30/2016.
      Unpublished database.

    2. [S211] State Select Marriages, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1VirginiaMarriages&h=374985&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=5757.
      Thomas Benjamin Amiss, in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
      Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

      Name: Thomas Benjamin Amiss
      Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1861
      Marriage Place: Rappahannock County, Virginia
      Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Miller
      FHL Film Number: 33674
      Reference ID: 140