Major, James Patrick
Life span
05/14/1836—05/07/1877
Dickinson Connection:
Served a year at Carlisle Barracks, 1856-57Life Summary
Full name
James Patrick Major
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
2
Family
Samuel Collier Major (father), Eliza Chalmers (first wife), Emily Schiff (second wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Farmer or Planter
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
