Thomas Scales Plowman

1843 - 1919  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Scales Plowman
  Birth	8 Jun 1843	Talladega Co, Alabama, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Thomas Scales Plowman was a Representative from Alabama; born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., June 8, 1843; attended the common schools; joined the Confederate Army in May 1862 as a member of Company F, Fifty-first Alabama Cavalry; engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Talladega, Ala.; elected mayor [of Talladega] in 1872 and served three terms; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888; for a number of years president of the First National Bank of Talladega; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1897, to February 9, 1898, when he was succeeded by William F. Aldrich, who contested his election; member and chairman of the Talladega County Jury Commission in 1910 and 1911; member of the State Senate in 1912; first president of the Bankhead Highway; died in Talladega, Ala., July 26, 1919; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
  	Andrew R. Dodge, et.al. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005). Online at http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000388
  Military	1861-1865	Civil War - Confederate
  	Private, Co F, 51st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, C.S.A.
  Death	26 Jul 1919	Talladega Co, Alabama, USA
  Burial	Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA
  		Thomas Scales Plowman Husband of (1) Magnolia Vinton McClellan (2) Annie Martha Montgomery. Son of George Parish & Agatha Tennessee (Scales) Plowman.
  		Thomas Scales Plowman Private, Co F, 51st Alabama Cavalry Regiment Civil War - C.S.A.
  Person ID	I32533	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	George Parish Plowman,   b. 4 Jul 1808, Buncombe Co, North Carolina, USA d. 26 Nov 1878, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Agatha Tennessee Scales,   b. ca 1814, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Aug 1863, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	ca 1835	Talladega Co, Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F12660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Magnolia Vinton McClellan,   b. 28 Apr 1847, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA d. 13 Jan 1874, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1873	Talladega Co, Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F9632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Annie Martha Montgomery,   b. 9 Feb 1854, Lincoln, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA d. 9 Aug 1920, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1877	Talladega Co, Alabama, USA
  Children	1. Maggie Plowman,   b. 20 Nov 1878, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA d. 12 Oct 1886, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA (Age 7 years)   2. Claude Montgomery Plowman,   b. 9 Aug 1880, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA d. 2 Sep 1961, Tuscaloosa Co, Alabama, USA (Age 81 years) + 3. Thomas Scales Plowman, Jr.,   b. 15 Sep 1881, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA d. 18 Oct 1962, Arlington Co, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)   4. Olive Plowman,   b. 7 Aug 1886, Talladega, Talladega Co, Alabama, USA d. 3 Jan 1978, Bexar Co, Texas, USA (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F12335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2018