Father: George Fant
Mother: Elizabeth Sewell
1836 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Winnsborough, Fairfield District, SC; preceptor: Dr. William Cathcart; thesis: "On Puerperal Fever")
01/26/1837 - Married (wife 1), Elizabeth Otison Stark [she died in 1872]
1850 - Practiced medicine, Noxubee Co., MS
1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 5, Noxubee Co., MS
04/20/1862 - Surgeon, 5th MS Infantry
05/25/1862 - Resigned, 5th MS Infantry
09/08/1863 - Member, Confederate Army Board for Examination of Conscripts, (paid $5/day)
11/30/1863 - Surgeon, Macon, MS
05/04/1865 - Surrendered as Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry, Citronelle, Mobile Co., AL
05/26/1865 - Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry
05/26/1865 - Paroled, Selma, AL
1870 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
10/24/1872 - Wife, Elizabeth Otison Stark, died, West Point, Clay Co., MS
1874 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Noxubee Co., MS
~1878 - Married (wife 2), Martha "Mattie" Talliaferro (a.k.a., Tallaiferro; Tallaferro; Talliferro)
1880 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Clay Co., MS
- Editor of a newspaper, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
12/18/1883 - Died, MS
Note: Dr. Abner Elkin Fant is the brother of Col. Albert Elkin Fant (5th MS Infantry)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/10/2014. Unpublished database.
Mother: Elizabeth Sewell
1836 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Winnsborough, Fairfield District, SC; preceptor: Dr. William Cathcart; thesis: "On Puerperal Fever")
01/26/1837 - Married (wife 1), Elizabeth Otison Stark [she died in 1872]
1850 - Practiced medicine, Noxubee Co., MS
1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 5, Noxubee Co., MS
04/20/1862 - Surgeon, 5th MS Infantry
05/25/1862 - Resigned, 5th MS Infantry
09/08/1863 - Member, Confederate Army Board for Examination of Conscripts, (paid $5/day)
11/30/1863 - Surgeon, Macon, MS
05/04/1865 - Surrendered as Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry, Citronelle, Mobile Co., AL
05/26/1865 - Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry
05/26/1865 - Paroled, Selma, AL
1870 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
10/24/1872 - Wife, Elizabeth Otison Stark, died, West Point, Clay Co., MS
1874 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Noxubee Co., MS
~1878 - Married (wife 2), Martha "Mattie" Talliaferro (a.k.a., Tallaiferro; Tallaferro; Talliferro)
1880 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Clay Co., MS
- Editor of a newspaper, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
12/18/1883 - Died, MS
Note: Dr. Abner Elkin Fant is the brother of Col. Albert Elkin Fant (5th MS Infantry)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/10/2014. Unpublished database.
Father: George Fant
Mother: Elizabeth Sewell
1836 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Winnsborough, Fairfield District, SC; preceptor: Dr. William Cathcart; thesis: "On Puerperal Fever")
01/26/1837 - Married (wife 1), Elizabeth Otison Stark [she died in 1872]
1850 - Practiced medicine, Noxubee Co., MS
1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 5, Noxubee Co., MS
04/20/1862 - Surgeon, 5th MS Infantry
05/25/1862 - Resigned, 5th MS Infantry
09/08/1863 - Member, Confederate Army Board for Examination of Conscripts, (paid $5/day)
11/30/1863 - Surgeon, Macon, MS
05/04/1865 - Surrendered as Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry, Citronelle, Mobile Co., AL
05/26/1865 - Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry
05/26/1865 - Paroled, Selma, AL
1870 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
10/24/1872 - Wife, Elizabeth Otison Stark, died, West Point, Clay Co., MS
1874 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Noxubee Co., MS
~1878 - Married (wife 2), Martha "Mattie" Talliaferro (a.k.a., Tallaiferro; Tallaferro; Talliferro)
1880 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Clay Co., MS
- Editor of a newspaper, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
12/18/1883 - Died, MS
Note: Dr. Abner Elkin Fant is the brother of Col. Albert Elkin Fant (5th MS Infantry)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/10/2014. Unpublished database.
Mother: Elizabeth Sewell
1836 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Winnsborough, Fairfield District, SC; preceptor: Dr. William Cathcart; thesis: "On Puerperal Fever")
01/26/1837 - Married (wife 1), Elizabeth Otison Stark [she died in 1872]
1850 - Practiced medicine, Noxubee Co., MS
1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 5, Noxubee Co., MS
04/20/1862 - Surgeon, 5th MS Infantry
05/25/1862 - Resigned, 5th MS Infantry
09/08/1863 - Member, Confederate Army Board for Examination of Conscripts, (paid $5/day)
11/30/1863 - Surgeon, Macon, MS
05/04/1865 - Surrendered as Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry, Citronelle, Mobile Co., AL
05/26/1865 - Surgeon, 1st MS Cavalry
05/26/1865 - Paroled, Selma, AL
1870 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
10/24/1872 - Wife, Elizabeth Otison Stark, died, West Point, Clay Co., MS
1874 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Noxubee Co., MS
~1878 - Married (wife 2), Martha "Mattie" Talliaferro (a.k.a., Tallaiferro; Tallaferro; Talliferro)
1880 - Practiced medicine, West Point, Clay Co., MS
- Editor of a newspaper, West Point, Lowndes Co., MS
12/18/1883 - Died, MS
Note: Dr. Abner Elkin Fant is the brother of Col. Albert Elkin Fant (5th MS Infantry)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/10/2014. Unpublished database.
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