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Wigfall</b></font><p><b>AKA</b> Louis Trezevant Wigfall<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/629/000106311/" class=proflink>21-Apr</a>-<a href="/lists/815/000105500/" class=proflink>1816</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/041/000081795/" class=proflink>Edgefield, SC</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/932/000106614/" class=proflink>18-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/384/000106066/" class=proflink>1874</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/518/000069311/" class=proflink>Galveston, TX</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/328/000069121/" class=proflink>Stroke</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, Galveston, TX<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Politician<br><b>Party Affiliation:</b> Democratic<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> US Senator from Texas, 1859-61<p><b>Military service:</b> Confederate Army (Brigadier General, Texas Brigade 21-Oct-1861 to 20-Feb-1862)<p><blockquote> "What would be the effect of dissolution of the Union? Their spindles would cease to turn; their looms would cease to move. Their ships would be laid up at their wharves. Their operatives and their sailors, turned out to starve, to steal, or to burn, would turn upon them; and when they gathered together in the town of Boston, to say what should be done for their starving families, the Senator from New York and the Senator from New Hampshire would have their heads taken off close to their shoulders; they would be stuck on poles and carried around. Sir, that is the truth, and they know it. They dare not dissolve this Union. Their people would starve if they did. They know it. But they are going on blindly supposing it is a farce we are playing. Farce! I tell you the day is past when farces are played. I do not believe that a <a href="/people/332/000024260/">Black Republican</a> can ever be inaugurated President of these United States." [Mar-1860] </blockquote> <p><b>Father:</b> Levi Durand Wigfall (merchant, d. 1818)<br><b>Mother:</b> Eliza Trezevant Thompson<br><b>Brother:</b> Arthur Wigfall (Episcopal bishop)<br><b>Brother:</b> Hamden Wigfall (d. duel)<br><b>Wife:</b> Charlotte Maria Cross (b. 1818, m. 1841)<br><b>Son:</b> John Manning Wigfall (b. 1843, d. 1846)<br><b>Son:</b> Francis Halsey (b. 1845)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Fanny<br><b>Daughter:</b> Louise Sophie Wigfall Wright ("Lulie", b. 8-Dec-1846, d. 7-Mar-1915 heart failure)<br><p> Military School: Rice Creek Springs School, Columbia, SC<br> University: <a href="/edu/551/000068347/">University of Virginia</a><br> University: South Carolina College (1837)<br> Law School: <a href="/edu/551/000068347/">University of Virginia</a><br><p> <u>Provisional Congress of the Confederacy</u> 1862-65<br> <a href="/gov/232/000052076/">US Senator, Texas</a> (5-Dec-1859 to 11-Jul-1861), expelled<br> <a href="/gov/162/000121796/">Texas State Senate</a> 1857-60<br> <a href="/gov/161/000121795/">Texas State House of Representatives</a> 1849-50<br> <a href="/crime/301/000043172/">Murder</a> of Thomas Butler Bird, Edgefield, SC (30-Oct-1840), charge dropped<br> <a href="/event/901/000164409/">Duel: Pistols</a> with James Carroll, Sand Bar Ferry, GA (4-Nov-1840)<br> <a href="/event/901/000164409/">Duel: Pistols</a> with <a href="/people/541/000122175/">Preston S. Brooks</a>, Sand Bar Ferry, GA (4-Nov-1840)<br> <a href="/event/227/000118870/">Shot: Dueling</a> in the thigh<br> <a href="/event/146/000048999/">Bankruptcy</a> Edgefield, SC (c. 1840)<br> <a href="/event/146/000048999/">Bankruptcy</a> Edgefield, SC (May-1846)<br> <a href="/event/921/000084669/">Exiled</a> to London, England (1866-72)<br> <a href="/lists/419/000107098/">Slaveowners</a> <br> <a href="/lists/516/000044384/">English Ancestry</a> Paternal<br> <a href="/lists/975/000164483/">Huguenot Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a><br> <p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=364625"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=364625">Louis T. 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