Confederate Soldier Dr. Thomas Benjamin Amiss, M.D.

1839 - 1913  (74 years)

• Name	Thomas Benjamin Amiss
  Title	Confederate Soldier
  Prefix	Dr.
  Suffix	M.D.
  Born	4 Jul 1839	Amissville, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Nov 1913	Luray, Virginia
  Buried	Green Hill Cemetery Luray, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I5731	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Elijah Amiss,   b. 21 May 1792,   d. 2 Jan 1852, Rappahannock, Virginia  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Ann Elizabeth Leavell,   b. 8 May 1806, Spotsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Jul 1852, Viewtown, Rappahannock County, Virginia  (Age 46 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1833	Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F2171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Miller,   b. 5 Sep 1838, Rappahannock, Virginia ,   d. 23 Feb 1910, Baltimore, Maryland  (Age 71 years)
  Married	16 Jul 1861	Rappahannock County, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Jackson Amiss,   b. 22 Jan 1864, Amissville, Virginia ,   d. 20 Nov 1928, Jasper, Alabama  (Age 64 years) + 2. Frederick Taylor Amiss,   b. 1 Nov 1866, Amissville, Virginia ,   d. 24 Mar 1942, Luray, Virginia  (Age 75 years)   3. Nannie Mary Amiss,   b. 5 Feb 1871, Virginia ,   d. 14 May 1962, Luray, Virginia  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F4397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Death Record-Thomas Benjamin Amiss amiss-thomas benjamin.jpg
  		Dr Thomas B Amiss-Obit The Baltimore Sun Nov 10, 1913
  		Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Amiss-Obit The Baltimore Sun Feb 24, 1910
  		Dr Thomas B Amiss-Obit Likely the Surgeon who attended Wm Thomas Edwards, 1st husband of Sarah Frances Powell. Mountain Eagle (Jasper, ALA) Nov 12, 1913

  
  

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  Dr Thomas B Amiss-Home Burglary Staunton Spectator Mar 21, 1882

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Thomas Benjamin Amiss Death Date: 9 Nov 1913 Death Place: Luray, VA Type Practice: Allopath JAMA Citation: 61:1996 Thomas Benjamin Amiss in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8946044&ref=acom. Dr Thomas Benjamin Amiss VVeteran Birth: 4 Jul 1839 Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia Death: 9 Nov 1913 (aged 74) Luray, Page County, Virginia Burial: Green Hill Cemetery Luray, Page County, Virginia Parents Elijah Amiss, 1792?1852 Mrs Ann Elizabeth Leavell Amiss, 1806?1852 Spouse Mary Elizabeth Miller Amiss, 1838?1910 Siblings Dr John Burwell Amiss, 1834?1903 Ann Letitia "Nannie" Amiss, 1838?1860 Dr Joseph Minor Amiss, 1843?1886 Edmund Leavell Amiss, 1844?1914 Eliza Amiss Holloway, 1845?1928 Fannie Amiss Farish, 1846?1928 Half Siblings Louisa Mildred Amiss Leavell, 1827?1901 Dr William H Amiss, 1829?1903 Children Frederick Taylor Amiss, 1866?1942 Nannie Mary Amiss Martin, 1871?1962 Father: Elijah Amiss (1792-1852) Mother: Ann Elizabeth "Eliza" Leavell (1806-1852)] 07/02/1860 - Practiced medicine, Rappahannock Co, VA (living with sibs and the family of John M. Leavell - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Thos. B. Amiss) 03/14/1861 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA [from: VA; thesis: "Typhoid Fever"] ~1861 - Married, Mary Elizabeth Miller (1838-1910) 07/18/1861 - Pvt., Co D, 34th VA Militia 04/01/1862 - Enlisted in the Confederate Army as 3rd Cpl., Co. B, 6th VA Cavalry 06/02/1862 - On detached service from the 6th VA Cavalry while serving in the Medical Department in Richmond, VA 07/28/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 31st GA Infantry (paid $80/mo.) 02/28/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 31st GA Infantry (paid $80/mo.) 10/29/1864 - Assigned to duty as Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #9, Salisbury, NC 11/05/1864 - "Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas B. Annis [sic - Amiss] is relieved from hospital duty in North Carolina, and will report without delay to Webb's battery light artillery, Camp Gaillard, Weldon, North Carolina troops, for duty." [S.O. 264/19] 11/14/1864 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Co A, 13th Battalion, NC Light Artillery 07/15/1870 - Practiced medicine, Stonewall, Rappahannock Co., VA (living with wife, Mary E., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Thomas B. Amiss) 1874 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co, VA 06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine, Marshall, Page Co., VA (living with wife, Mary E., two sons, and one daughter - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Thos. B. Amiss) 1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co, VA 06/02/1900 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co., VA (living with his wife, Mary E., - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Thos. B. Amiss) 02/23/1910 - Wife, Mary, died in Virginia (buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Page Co., VA) 04/22/1910 - Practiced medicine, Luray, Page Co., VA (living with son-in-law, daughter, and granddaughter - indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Thomas B. Amiss) 11/09/1913 - Died of "senile debility" at his home, Luray, Page Co, VA This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 01/07/2009. Updated 09/30/2016. Unpublished database. [S211] State Select Marriages, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1VirginiaMarriages&h=374985&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=5757. Thomas Benjamin Amiss, in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Thomas Benjamin Amiss Gender: Male Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1861 Marriage Place: Rappahannock County, Virginia Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Miller FHL Film Number: 33674 Reference ID: 140