Thomas Gammon
Sgt. 1st Tennessee Mounted Inf.    Co. "E"

Thomas Gammon was the Great, Great, Great Grandfather of Patricia Latham. Thomas was born August 3, 1820 in Smith county, TN. His father was Jeremiah Gammon and his mother was Susan Lovelady Gammon. Thomas married Mary Parker August 29, 1838, they had 8 children.

Thomas enlisted in the Union Army November 16, 1863. He was 43 years old when he enlisted. He and Mary already had 3 sons in the Union Army. One son John Simpson Gammon had already died of typhoid fever January 18, 1862 after enlisting in 1861. Another son was Marquis Dero Lafayette Gammon, and another was my Great Great Grandfather William Mitchell Gammon.

Thomas was a Sergeant in Company E 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. He was Honorably Discharged January 22, 1865. After the death of his wife Mary in 1874, he remarried and moved to Texas. He died in 1905 and is buried in Brownwood,Texas.

Thomas Gammom was the Great-Great-Grandfather of
Pat Latham

1ST Tennessee Mounted Infantry

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