History of Chesterfield, (Norfolk (city) County) Virginia United States of America

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Thomas Augustine Claiborne - A Biography

Thomas Augustine Claiborne, physician and naval officer, was born at Chesterfield, Va., 1779; youngest son of William and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne of Manchester, Va. He acquired his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, and was a surgeon in the U.S. navy, 1812-15. He was stationed for some years at the U.S. navy yard at Madisonville, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, at a site still recommended for a new naval depot. He was married to Mary Tennessee Lewis, a sister of Governor Claiborne's first wife, and left two sons, Ferdinand and Micajah, and one daughter, Mary. His second son. Micajah Lewis Claiborne, a ward of Gen. Andrew Jackson, was a lieutenant in the U.S. navy, serving on board the ill-starred U.S. brig Somers at the time of the Mexican war and dying soon after. Dr. Claiborne died in 1816.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor