Theodore Stanford GARNETT, Jr.

1844 - 1915  (70 years)

• Name	Theodore Stanford GARNETT
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	28 Oct 1844	Richmond City, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  CWSV	15 May 1863  [2]
  	Theodore enlisted as a Private in the Virginia Light Artillery on 15 May 1863. By the end of the war, he had been promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant. He served as aide-de-camp to Major-General J.E.B. Stuart, commander of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
  anecdote	30 May 1907	Richmond, VA
  	On 30 May 1907, Theodore delivered the address at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of General J.E.B. Stuart on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.
  Death	27 Apr 1915	Norfolk City, VA   [2, 3]
  	Theodore died on 27 April 1915. He was 70 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [3]
  	His body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I62606	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Theodore Stanford GARNETT
  Mother	Florintina MORENO
  Family ID	F7079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emily Eyre BAKER,   b. 21 Jan 1846   d. 23 Feb 1876 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1873  [4]
  Children	1. Lelia Barraud GARNETT,   b. 13 Sep 1875, Norfolk City, VA d. 5 May 1937 (Age 61 years)   2. Theodore Stanford GARNETT,   b. 8 Sep 1875, Norfolk City, VA d. 14 Jan 1948, Norfolk City, VA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F7058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Louisa SMITH,   b. Aug 1845, Virginia d. 20 Jun 1927 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1885
  	The couple was married on 28 July 1885. Louisa was the Widow Bowdoin, with two children, at the time of the marriage.
  Family ID	F7078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2402] Theodore S. Garnett Jr, US passport application no. 5511 (1878). [S2401] Theodore Stanford Garnett entry, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861 - 1865.. [S1314] Elmwood Cemetery burial registers, Norfolk, VA. [S2938] George A. Hanson, Hanson, Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland, ((1876, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 2002)), p. 173., ISBN 0-8063-4632-9.