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Dr John Devergie Smith

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Dr John Devergie Smith

Birth
Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Dec 1906 (aged 77)
Ragland, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Father: John Auld Smith
Mother: Leusey "Lucie" M. Williams
1838 - Moved to Henderson Co, TN
1849 - Moved to Sugar Tree, Benton Co, TN
12/08/1850 - Married, Veturia "Vetury" White,
Benton Co, TN
1854 - Moved to Friendship, Crockett Co, TN
1855 - M.D. degree, Memphis Medical College,
Memphis, TN
1860 - Practiced medicine, Dyer Co, TN
04/26/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon,
Provisional Army of the Confederate States,
to rank from 12/16/1861
04/26/1862 - Ordered to report to the
47th TN Infantry as Asst. Surgeon
07/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 47th TN Infantry
Tupelo, MS
10/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 47th TN Infantry
12/31/1862 - Surgeon, 47th TN Infantry
01/00/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
02/28/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
03/15/1863 - Passed Army Board of Medical
Examination (for Surgeon), Shelbyville, TN
03/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
camp near Shelbyville, TN
03/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 12th TN Infantry
& 47th TN Infantry (consolidated), camp
near Shelbyville, TN
05/30/1863 - Appointed Surgeon,
to rank from 12/08/1862
06/30/1863 - Surgeon, Shelbyville, TN
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry,
Missionary Ridge, TN
12/00/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the
Confederate States Senate
05/00/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital,
Greensboro, GA
09/09/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital,
Greensboro, GA
02/00/1865 - Surgeon, Foard Hospital, Auburn, AL
1874,1880 - Practiced medicine, Friendship, Crockett Co, TN
1887 - Moved to Paducah, McCracken Co, KY
1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Paducah,
McCracken Co, KY
12/28/1906 - Died of senile debility

Note: Some sources give a date of death
of 12/29/1906

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/05/2012. Unpublished database.
Father: John Auld Smith
Mother: Leusey "Lucie" M. Williams
1838 - Moved to Henderson Co, TN
1849 - Moved to Sugar Tree, Benton Co, TN
12/08/1850 - Married, Veturia "Vetury" White,
Benton Co, TN
1854 - Moved to Friendship, Crockett Co, TN
1855 - M.D. degree, Memphis Medical College,
Memphis, TN
1860 - Practiced medicine, Dyer Co, TN
04/26/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon,
Provisional Army of the Confederate States,
to rank from 12/16/1861
04/26/1862 - Ordered to report to the
47th TN Infantry as Asst. Surgeon
07/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 47th TN Infantry
Tupelo, MS
10/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 47th TN Infantry
12/31/1862 - Surgeon, 47th TN Infantry
01/00/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
02/28/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
03/15/1863 - Passed Army Board of Medical
Examination (for Surgeon), Shelbyville, TN
03/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
camp near Shelbyville, TN
03/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 12th TN Infantry
& 47th TN Infantry (consolidated), camp
near Shelbyville, TN
05/30/1863 - Appointed Surgeon,
to rank from 12/08/1862
06/30/1863 - Surgeon, Shelbyville, TN
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry,
Missionary Ridge, TN
12/00/1863 - Surgeon, 29th TN Infantry
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the
Confederate States Senate
05/00/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital,
Greensboro, GA
09/09/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital,
Greensboro, GA
02/00/1865 - Surgeon, Foard Hospital, Auburn, AL
1874,1880 - Practiced medicine, Friendship, Crockett Co, TN
1887 - Moved to Paducah, McCracken Co, KY
1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Paducah,
McCracken Co, KY
12/28/1906 - Died of senile debility

Note: Some sources give a date of death
of 12/29/1906

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/05/2012. Unpublished database.

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