Vincent Tapp Churchman

• Sex: M
• Born: February 11, 1824 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia
• Died: January 24, 1872 of lobar pneumonia in Augusta County, Virginia
• Buried:
• Notes: Vincent Tapp was a graduate of VMI in 1845. He then received his Doctorate of Medicine from University of Virginia and graduated as "Physician of considerable prominence" from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Vincent Tapp Churchman was one of the organizers of the state Medical Society of Virginia in 1858 and was elected as its first Vice-President. He was tendered the Chair of Anatomy at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, but declined the offer on account of the War between the North and the South.
  
  According to Henry Jouette Churchman, "Vincent was not in any command (in the Civil War). He organized and equipped Company E 5th Virginia, and was going to take command, when the citizens of Staunton and Greenville petitioned him to stay at home. He then gave the command to Captain Newton. This command is what is known today as Stonewall Brigade."

Father: John Knight Churchman, b. May 31, 1792

Mother: Ann Cosby Tapp

Family 1: Mary Jane Taylor Graham -- daughter of Benjamin F. and Susan Graham

• Married: August 26, 1851 in Greenville, Virginia

1. John Franklin Churchman, b. September 16, 1853 -- d. July 18, 1909 -- married Myra Eldred on January 7, 1882 in PA
2. Margaret Susan Clarke Churchman, b. December 18, 1862 -- d. ca 1863
3. Ann Louisa Churchman, b. March 18, 1856 -- d. January 22, 1892 -- married John A. Kegler
4. Alice Clark Churchman, b. July 1, 1865 -- married James C. Matthews, then married John W. Petit
5. Vincent T. Churchman, b. August 31, 1867
6. Henry Jouette Churchman, b. September 18, 1869
7. Graham Churchman, d. in infancy

Sources:

1. Virginia Military Institute Class of 1845 Roster
2. Research by Patricia Churchman
3. "The Churchman Family (From notes and Court House Records)" compiled by L. J. Churchman 1976 -- contributed by Mary Gilchrist