John Wayles Jefferson

(1835-1892)

Union Army colonel

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John Wayles Jefferson (né Hemings; May 8, 1835 – June 12, 1892), was an American businessman, and during the American Civil War, a soldier in the Union Army who was promoted to the rank of colonel. Jefferson owned a hotel in Madison, Wisconsin, in the 1850s. After the Civil War, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he achieved wealth as a cotton broker. Jefferson is believed to be a grandson of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States; his paternal grandmother was Sarah (Sally) Hemings, the president's mixed-race slave and half-sister to his late wife.

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Born	8 May 1835 Charlottesville, Virginia
Died	12 July 1892 (aged 57) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Zodiac	Taurus
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Eston Hemings · Father · 1808-1856 · Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings edit info

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Thomas Jefferson · Grandfather · 1743-1826 · American President edit info

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Sally Hemings · Grandmother · 1773-1835 · Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773-1835) edit info

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