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- U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Name: Thomas Nye
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_135
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
Name: Thomas Nye
Enlistment Date: Jul 1861
Record Type: Civil War Index- Abstracts of Muster Rolls
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas C Nye
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1870: Matagorda, Matagorda, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Matagorda
Thomas C Nye 26
Frances E Nye 22
Walter H Nye 2
Henry F Shultz 12
Elizabeth Harvey 76
I have also seen a marriage date of 17 May 1871. (But see 1870 Census above!)
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas Nye
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1880: Matagorda, Matagorda, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Francis Nye
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Stock Raiser
Thomas Nye 36
Francis Nye 31
Frank Nye 8
Bessie Nye 6
Henry Nye 4
Peirce Nye 2
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank C Nye [Franke C Nye]
Age: 56
Birth Date: May 1844
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 2, Webb, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Fanny E Nye
Marriage Year: 1866
Years Married: 34
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Frank C Nye 56
Fanny E Nye 52
Albert P Nye 22
Fanny Nye 17
Grover C Nye 14
Chester W Nye 9
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: T C Nye
Age in 1910: 66
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 1, Webb, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: F E Nye
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 42
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
T C Nye 66
F E Nye 62
Chester Nye 19
Grover C Nye 25
Evelyn Bishop Nye 21
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Thomas Carter Nye
Birth Date: 17 May 1844
Birth Place: Matagorda, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Father: William N Nye
Mother: Eliza Dinman
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 25 Aug 1917
Death Place: Laredo, Webb, Texas, USA
Thomas Carter "Tom" Nye
Birth: May 16, 1844
Matagorda County
Texas, USA
Death: Aug. 29, 1917
Laredo
Webb County
Texas, USA
Son of William N Nye and Elizabeth Duncan
Married Frances Elizabeth Schultz on July 22, 1866.
Served Company D, Sixth Texas Regiment of the Matagorda Coast Guard.
Prisoner of War, held at Rock Island, Illinois under Appomattox surrender
"Father of the onion industry"
Family links:
Spouse:
Frances E Schultz Nye (1848 - 1912)
Children:
Walter Hasbrook Nye (1867 - 1874)*
Thomas Nye (1870 - 1870)*
Frank Williamson Nye (1871 - 1938)*
Henry Nye (1875 - 1881)*
Abel Pierce Nye (1878 - 1952)*
Florence Nye (1880 - 1882)*
Grover Cleveland Nye (1885 - 1960)*
Chester Wilkinson Nye (1890 - 1987)*
Burial:
Laredo City Cemetery
Laredo
Webb County
Texas, USA
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1844 - 1917 (73 years)
