Gainesville, Texas 1862: Photo of Eli Sigler Thomas & wife, Susan Mary Hedenberg Thomas

Monday, August 24, 2009

Photo of Eli Sigler Thomas & wife, Susan Mary Hedenberg Thomas

This is a photo of Doctor Eli Sigler Thomas and his wife, Susan Mary Hendenburg Thomas.

Doctor Eli Sigler Thomas was one of the men killed in the Gainesville Hanging. He was hanged on 19 Oct 1862, along with nineteen other men. He left behind a wife and two children.

Information on Eli Sigler Thomas can be found in several earlier posts:
http://gainesvilletx1862.blogspot.com/2008/11/doctor-eli-sigler-thomas.html

http://gainesvilletx1862.blogspot.com/2008/11/more-on-eli-s-thomas-family.html

Many thanks to the Dr. Eli Sigler Thomas descendant who sent this photo to the blog. This is one of two known photos of a victim of the Great Hanging.

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Let their stories be told

In what some call "one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War", at least 40 men, suspected of Union sympathies, were hanged in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas during the month of October 1862. Several others were lynched in neighboring communities.
Each family of a Gainesville Hanging victim has a story that needs to be told and shared.
Our goal is to remember all the men who died in the 'Great Hanging' and find their families – spouse, children, parents, siblings.
Please add to this blog any stories about your 'Great Hanging' ancestor.

Sources

Please refer to Richard McCaslin's book "Tainted Breeze" for information on the Hanging or refer to the Source Category in this blog. The posts in the Source Category contain links to some online articles.
DISCLAIMER:
The information shared in these blog posts was gathered from family descendants or researched from sources I felt were reliable. As new research and new records become available, corrections may need to be made to previous research. Blog authors reserve the right to correct or edit any previous post.