I1615: Mary Courtney CHERRY (ABT 1700

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Bio: "Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Confederate Army officer, was born on October 15, 1836, in Campbell County, Virginia, the son of John and Martha Melvina (Johnson) Rosser. In 1849 the family moved to a 640-acre farm in Panola County, Texas, some forty miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana. As his father was compelled by business to remain for a while in Virginia, Tom Rosser, at age thirteen, led the wagon train bearing his mother and younger siblings to Texas. For four years he attended the Mount Enterprise school in Rusk County. Upon the nomination of Congressman Lemuel D. Evans, Rosser entered the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1856; he resigned on April 22, 1861, only two weeks before graduation, when Texas left the Union.

Among his fellows in the class of 1861 was George A. Custer, who graduated dead last in a field of thirty-four cadets.

Rosser was commissioned a first lieutenant in the regular Confederate States Army and assigned as an instructor of artillery. He commanded a company of the New Orleans Washington Artillery battalion at the first battle of Manassas (Bull Run) and was wounded at the battle of Mechanicsville. He returned to the army after recovering and was appointed colonel and commander of the Fifth Virginia Cavalry at the instigation of Gen. James E. B. (Jeb) Stuart. Rosser was promoted to brigadier general on September 28, 1863, and given command of one of Stuart's divisions. He was given command of the Confederate cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley in October 1864 and promoted to major general on November 1. In 1865 he rejoined Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg and took part in the Appomattox campaign. Refusing to surrender, he cut his way out of the federal lines and attempted to lead his division to a junction with the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina. He was intercepted and captured, however, and paroled in May. After the war he returned to Virginia, where he became chief engineer of the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific railroads. He later became a planter in Charlottesville. On June 10, 1898, President William McKinley appointed Rosser a brigadier general of United States volunteers for the Spanish-American War. He was honorably discharged on October 31, 1898. He died at Charlottesville on March 29, 1910, and is buried at Ridgeview Cemetery." From: See: The Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley http://www.angelfire.com/va3/valleywar/people/rosser.html

"ROSSER, Thomas Lafayette, soldier, born in Campbell county, Virginia. 15 October, 1836. He entered the United States military academy in 1856, but when Virginia seceded from the Union, although in the graduating class and about to receive a commission in the United States army, he resigned and entered the Confederate army as 1st lieutenant of artillery. His services soon gained him promotion, and he was made captain in October, 1861, and lieutenant-colonel of artillery in June, 1862. During the same month he was given command of a regiment of cavalry and attached to the Army of Northern Virginia. He attained the rank of brigadier-general on 10 October, 1863, and was given command of the Virginia cavalry in the Shenandoah valley. In this capacity he served under General Jubal A. Early when the latter was ordered to command the Confederate forces in the valley of the Shenandoah, and was present at the battle of Cedar Creek. General Rosser was conspicuous for his services in this campaign, and was constantly opposed by General George A. Custer, who had been his classmate at the military academy. In November, 1864, he was made a major-general of cavalry.

After the war he turned his attention to engineering, and had charge of the Dakota, Yellowstone, and Missouri divisions of the Northern Pacific railway from 1870 till 1879. He held the office of chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific railroad in 1881-'2, and is now (1888) president and general manager of the New South raining and improvement company, and consulting engineer of the Charleston, Cincinnati, and Chicago railroad company." From: Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM

Borther in law, Philip Winston was his courier.

Household Record 1880 United States Census

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace OccupationFat her's Birthplace moth er's Birthplace
Thomas L. ROSSER Self M Male W 43 Virginia EngineerVirginia Virginia
Bettie W. ROSSER Wife M Female W 35 Virginia Keeping HouseVirginia Virginia
Sallie O. ROSSER Dau S Female W 16 Virginia At SchoolVirginia Virginia
Thomas L. ROSSER Son S Male W 12 Virginia At SchoolVirginia Virginia
William ROSSER Son S Male W 11 MD At School VirginiaVirginia
Eliza F. ROSSER Dau S Female W 6 MN At School Virginia Virginia
Margarritt ROSSER Dau S Female W 6M MN Virginia Virginia
Sarah WINSTON Mother M Female W 55 Virginia Virginia
Mary PETERSON Other S Female W 20 NOR Servant NOR NOR
Lowisa EXTRIM Other S Female W 23 SWE Servant SWE SW E
Hannah JOHNSON Other S Female W 25 SWE Servant SWE SWE
John RHONE Other S Male W 24 MA Hired Man IRE IRE
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Source Information: Census Place Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Family History Library Film 1254622 NA Film Number T9-0622
Page Number 365D

Children:
1. Sallie O. Rosser b. 1864 in Virginia
2. Thomas L. Rosser b. 1868 in Virginia
3. William Rosser b. 1869 in Maryland
4. Eliza F. Rosser b. 1874 in Minnesota
5. Marguerite Rosser b. About 1879 in Minnesota

their dau md Almond Blow ELLIOT, Minn. MN.

My Southern Family

Mary Courtney CHERRY

ABT 1700 - 1720

ID Number: I1615

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William GRAVES Jr.

ABT 1760 - ____

ID Number: I41291

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Elizabeth GWYNN

31 Dec 1692 - 24 Sep 1734

ID Number: I60209

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Catherine HOUX

ABT 1805 - ____

ID Number: I85354

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Mary Addie LOCKARD

11 Feb 1873 - ____

ID Number: I37375

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Gen. Thomas Lafayette ROSSER C.S.A.

15 Oct 1836 - 29 Mar 1910

ID Number: I104624

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Catherine TALIAFERRO

ABT 1720 - ____

ID Number: I72750

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Mildred A. UPSHAW

ABT 1826 - ____

ID Number: I3985

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Julia WARE

8 Nov 1813 - ____

ID Number: I46658

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Fletcher WATERS

1829 - ____

ID Number: I35005

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Valentine Long WHARTON

ABT 1750 - ____

ID Number: I24771

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John Clark WRIGHT Sr.

1873 - 1949

ID Number: I62579

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