Lowndes County AlArchives Biographies.....Traylor, Thomas Geston, Dr. February 
20, 1833 - October 15, 1919
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Source:  Confederate Veteran Vol. XXXII (1924)


THOMAS G. TRAYLOR

Thomas G. Traylor, was born in January 1842, near Benton, Lowndes County, Ala., 
and taps was sounded for him October 3, 1924, in his eighty-third year.  His 
parents were among the pioneers who settled that part of Lowndes County, and 
ranked with the best citizens of their time.  Scarcely had the roar of Sumter's 
guns ceased to reverberate before he became interested in the organization of 
the Jeff Davis Artillery, the first battery of field artillery mustered into 
the service of the Confederate States from the State of Alabama.  He attended 
the first and subsequent meetings held in the interest of its organization and 
the "Muster in Roll," dated July 27, 1861, shows he enlisted July 1, 1861.

The command was delayed in the receipt of guns and other necessary equipment 
and did not reach the scene of activity until about October 1, 1861, when it 
became an integral part of the historic Army of Northern Virginia and was a 
participant in all its campaigns and great battles, and many smaller actions, 
engaged in by that army.  Like a large number of the company, and the entire 
army, Thomas G. Traylor was on the "sick list" during September and October 
1861.  Subsequently he answered "Present" at every roll call until January 
1864, when he was absent "On furlough of indulgence," worthily won.  He then 
answered "Present" at every roll call until Appomattox, April 9, 1865.

As the railroads were nearly all wrecked, he walked the greater part of the way 
to his despoiled home.  He settled down in the community from which he entered 
the army, and soon after his return married Miss Elizabeth Howard, who 
evidently was his boyhood sweetheart, as they had grown from childhood in the 
same community and doubtless attended the same schools.  By industry and 
application, directed by sound judgment, he soon gained a competence, and he 
and his good wife retired from business to enjoy a quiet old age.  His 
neighbors called him by the pet name of "Marse Tom," and his good wife as "Miss 
Batty."  His wife, two daughters, Mrs. John Webster and Mrs. Arthur Hall, and a 
granddaughter survive him.  

Dear Tom, rest in peace until

     "The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound
      Shall through the rending tombs rebound
      And wake the nations under ground."

[This tribute is by his bereaved army comrade, John Purifoy, Montgomery, Ala.]