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Dr John Franklin Bethea

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Birth	:	2 Jul 1837 South Carolina, USA
Death	:	15 Nov 1907 Dillon County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9891663, -105.1958313
Description	:	Father: William Walker Bethea Mother: Mary Bethea 1850 - Lived, Marion Co., SC 1860 - Lived, Marion, Marion Co., SC 1860-1861 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, but did not graduate (from: Little Rock, Marion Co., SC; preceptor: Dr. A.W. Bethea) 04/13/1861 - Enlisted, Marion C.H., SC 04/13/1862 - Re-enlisted 05/29/1862 - On extra duty in the Medical Department 10/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. L, 8th SC Infantry 12/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. L, 8th SC Infantry 01/16/1863 - Granted a 30 day furlough 02/15/1863 - Pvt., Co. L, 8th SC Infantry 05/25/1863 - Received, near Fredericksburg, VA, extra pay for 5 months duty as Ward... Read More	Father: William Walker Bethea Mother: Mary Bethea 1850 - Lived, Marion Co., SC 1860 - Lived, Marion, Marion Co., SC 1860-1861 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, but did not graduate (from: Little Rock, Marion Co., SC; preceptor: Dr. A.W. Bethea) 04/13/1861 - Enlisted, Marion C.H., SC 04/13/1862 - Re-enlisted 05/29/1862 - On extra duty in the Medical Department 10/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. L, 8th SC Infantry 12/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. L, 8th SC Infantry 01/16/1863 - Granted a 30 day furlough 02/15/1863 - Pvt., Co. L, 8th SC Infantry 05/25/1863 - Received, near Fredericksburg, VA, extra pay for 5 months duty as Ward Master 07/17/1863 -Pvt. Co. L, 8th SC Infantry, in camp 08/14/1863 - Appointed Hospital Steward and detailed to Howard's Grove Hospital, Division 2, Richmond, VA [S.O. 193/8] 08/18/1863 - Transferred to the 50th GA Infantry as Hospital Steward by order of the Secretary of War 09/12/1864 - Hospital Steward, 50th GA Infantry 09/12/1864 - Wrote a letter to Confederate Secretary of War, James Seddon, requesting a transfer to serve in a hospital in Richmond so that he could attend a course of medical school lectures at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 12/15/1864 - Assigned to duty as a Medical Student, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA, by Surgeon General Samuel Preston Moore 12/15/1864 - Attended lectures, Small Pox Hospital, Richmond, VA, and was registered as a "White Attendant" 1865 - M.D. degree, Medical College of VA, Richmond, VA (from: SC) 03/17/1865 - Considered as an able bodied supernumerary Hospital Steward, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA 03/22/1865 - Relieved from duty by the Secretary of War and ordered to report to Surgeon William Henry Geddings, Medical Purveyor, Army of Northern Virginia [S.O. 67/8] ~1869 - Married, Hannah Jane Bethea (she died in 1926 - ?a relative) 1870 - Practiced medicine, Harleeville Township, Marion Co., SC 1874 - Practiced medicine, Reedy Creek, Marion Co., SC 1880 - Farmer, Harleeville, Marion Co., SC 1900 - Farmer, Harleeville Township, Marion Co., SC 11/15/1907 - Died, Dillon Co., SC (buried: Dothan Methodist Church Cemetery; cause of death: acute gastritis) Thanks to Anna O'Quinn Richter for discovering this previously unrecognized Confederate physician. This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 09/10/2013. Unpublished database.

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Where is Dr John Franklin Bethea's memorial?
Dr John Franklin Bethea's memorial is located at: Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder County, USA.
When did Dr John Franklin Bethea death?
Dr John Franklin Bethea death on 15 Nov 1907 in Dillon County, South Carolina, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Dr John Franklin Bethea's memorial?
Latitude: 39.9891663
Longitude: -105.1958313

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Hannah Jane Bethea Bethea

(1846 - 1926)

Children

Flora Emma Bethea Thompson

(1866 - 1898)

(1868 - 1869)

(1870 - 1944)

(1874 - 1918)

(1876 - 1951)

Charlie Benbow Bethea

(1877 - 1895)

Julia Franklin Bethea

(1879 - 1888)

Archie McKay Bethea

(1881 - 1917)

Ethel May Bethea Cooper

(1884 - 1947)

Janie Austin Bethea Rogers

(1885 - 1919)

Alpheus Victor Bethea

(1886 - 1954)

Mary Omega Bethea

(1888 - 1889)

Fitzhugh Lee Bethea

(1889 - 1971)

Flowers:

Left by Anonymous on 01 Sep 2007

Deo Vindice

Left by Anonymous on 20 Jun 2011

Left by Anonymous on 06 Sep 2013

Left by Anonymous on 12 Apr 2015

Remembering and Honoring a True Southern Hero. A Confederate Soldier who Bravely and Proudly Fought for Southern Independence During the War of Northern Aggression. Deo Vindice.

Left by Anonymous on 16 Apr 2015

Tell it as you may, It never can be told Sing it as you will, It never can be sung, The story of the glory Of the men who wore the Gray.

Left by Anonymous on 14 Mar 2022

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