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Thomas Hervieu Messervy

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Thomas Hervieu Messervy

Birth
Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Death
12 Jan 1929 (aged 82)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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He was the son of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Wilkie) Messervy. He married Annie Peoples in 1881. Thomas Messervy spent his final years in the South Carolina Confederate Soldiers Home in Columbia until his death in 1929. His wife Annie spent the remainder of her years living with their daughter, Gertrude Berthelson, in Los Angeles. Annie died in Los Angeles August 16, 1942.

Funeral Notice of T. H. Messervy in the local paper
Messervy - The Relatives and Friends of Mr. T. H. MESSERVY, are invited to attend his Funeral Services today (Tuesday) at 12 o'clock, at St. Paul's Episcopal church, Summerville, S.C.

NOTE: In the Church Burial Registry Records, there is a listing of Unmarked graves. Thomas Hervieu Messervy is listed in this section as "Thos H. Messerve, died January 12, 1929, aged 83." From the Inscription on the stone, Elizabeth Wilkie Messervy is mother buried with her children and a son-in-law.

Kate Kerr is her daughter from her first marriage to James Kerr.

Frances Buford Thompson and Mary Elizabeth Hummell are her daughters from her second marriage to Lawrence James Messervy. Elizabeth Wilkie and Lawrence James are also Thomas Hervieu's parents.

There is no record in the Messervy Family Genealogy of a Thomas William Messervy with a death date of 16 Jan 1928. Thomas Hervieu's death date is 12 Jan 1929 and he was listed as being buried on the grounds in the church records.

There is a chance that whoever got the new stone after the last burial or after the time Thomas was buried, might have gotten the spelling and dates wrong.

We know Thomas Hervieu Messervy is buried on these Holy grounds and maybe with his mom and sisters.
He was the son of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Wilkie) Messervy. He married Annie Peoples in 1881. Thomas Messervy spent his final years in the South Carolina Confederate Soldiers Home in Columbia until his death in 1929. His wife Annie spent the remainder of her years living with their daughter, Gertrude Berthelson, in Los Angeles. Annie died in Los Angeles August 16, 1942.

Funeral Notice of T. H. Messervy in the local paper
Messervy - The Relatives and Friends of Mr. T. H. MESSERVY, are invited to attend his Funeral Services today (Tuesday) at 12 o'clock, at St. Paul's Episcopal church, Summerville, S.C.

NOTE: In the Church Burial Registry Records, there is a listing of Unmarked graves. Thomas Hervieu Messervy is listed in this section as "Thos H. Messerve, died January 12, 1929, aged 83." From the Inscription on the stone, Elizabeth Wilkie Messervy is mother buried with her children and a son-in-law.

Kate Kerr is her daughter from her first marriage to James Kerr.

Frances Buford Thompson and Mary Elizabeth Hummell are her daughters from her second marriage to Lawrence James Messervy. Elizabeth Wilkie and Lawrence James are also Thomas Hervieu's parents.

There is no record in the Messervy Family Genealogy of a Thomas William Messervy with a death date of 16 Jan 1928. Thomas Hervieu's death date is 12 Jan 1929 and he was listed as being buried on the grounds in the church records.

There is a chance that whoever got the new stone after the last burial or after the time Thomas was buried, might have gotten the spelling and dates wrong.

We know Thomas Hervieu Messervy is buried on these Holy grounds and maybe with his mom and sisters.

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