William James Lumsden
(Pasquotank County)
Featured Character – 1864 Confederate
Decline
Dr.
William J. Lumsden
Courtesy of Dr. Brandon Peters
William James Lumsden was born in Greensboro,
North Carolina
on April 10, 1846. He attended the Crenshaw and Hardy
Academy
in Blackstone,
Virginia,
and the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). It was while attending VMI that
Lumsden served as a cadet in the Confederate Army at the Battle of New Market
on May 15, 1864. He was a surgeon of the 1st Regiment North Carolina
Troops, eventually joining with General Joseph E. Johnston’s army in Greensboro.
After the war, Lumsden reunited with his family at their new home in Pasquotank
County.
He apprenticed under doctors in South Mills and Hertford before enrolling at
the University of Maryland Medical School. He graduated in 1869 and
opened a practice in Elizabeth
City
a year later. On June 29, 1874, Lumsden married Sarah Kennedy, the
grandniece of Lovey Pool. William James Lumsden died from a stroke on
October 14, 1914.
.