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Munford was born in Richmond, Virginia March 29, 1831, to Colonel George Wythe Munford and Lucy Singleton Taylor. On July 30, 1849, Munford enrolled at Virginia Military Institute and was graduated in July 1854, standing 14th in a class of 24. He married Elizabeth Henrietta Tayloe, daughter of Mary Langhorne and George Plater Tayloe, in 1853. Prior to the Civil War, Munford was a cotton planter in Mississippi and farmer in Bedford County, Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_T._Munford

Brigadier-General Thomas Taylor Munford, a distinguished cavalry officer of the army of Northern Virginia, was born at the city of Richmond, in 1831, the son of Col. George Wythe Munford, for twenty-five years secretary of the commonwealth. He was graduated at the Virginia military institute in 1852, and until the outbreak of the war, was mainly engaged as a planter.
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Biographical Information
Early Life
Thomas Taylor Munford, born March 29, 1831 at Richmond, Virginia. Parents: George Wythe Munford and Lucy Singleton Taylor.
VMI record
Enrolled at VMI on July 30, 1849; was graduated in July 1852, standing 14th in a class of 24.
Marriage
1st- In 1853, Henrietta Tayloe (died 1863)
2nd- In 1866, Emma Tayloe
Pre-Civil War
Cotton planter in Mississippi; farmer in Bedford Co. VA.
http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=5633

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! Birth: (3,5b) s/o G.W. MUNFORD. (4,5a,8) s/o George Wythe MUNFORD/Lucy SINGLETON TAYLOR. (7) s/o Col. Geo. Wythe MUNFORD. (4,5a,8) 29 Mar 1831. (7) 1831. (3) VA. (4,5a,8) Richmond, VA.
Marriage to Elizabeth Henrietta TAYLOE: (1,5a,6,8) (3) 1 Nov 1853, Roanoke Co., VA, by George T. WILMAN, Episcopal. Both single. (4,7) 1853. (5) (1st?) Nov 1853, Buena Vista, Roanoke Co., by Rev. Dr. Geo. T. WILMER.
Marriage to Emma TAYLOE: (5a,6,8) (1) First cousin of his 1st wife. (7) Married again, wife unnamed. (4) 1866. (5) 24 Apr 1866. Georgetown, D.C. By Rev. D. MINNE(FORD?).
Death: (4,8) 27 Feb 1918. (7) 1918. (4) At the home of his son in Uniontown, AL. (7) AL. (8) Uniontown, Perry Co., VA.
Burial: (4,7) Lynchburg, VA. (7) Spring Hill Cemetery. (8) Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA.

(5a) Educated at Richmond Academy.
(4) 1849, 30 Jul: Enrolled at Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
(5a) 1853: Private secretary to Judge John Y. MASON, Richmond, VA.
(3) 1853, 1 Nov: Residence was Powhatan Co., VA, occupation farmer.
(4) 1854, Jul: (1,4,5a,7) Graduated from Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA. (1) 1852. (4) Was in class of 1852, but did not graduate then. (5a) 4 Jul 1853.
(5a,7) Civil engineer.
(5a) 1857-1858: Planted cotton in Mississippi. (4) Cotton planter, MS, before the Civil War.
(4) Farmer in Bedford Co., VA, before the Civil War. (5a) Farmed in Bedford Co., VA.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge&id=I406

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Inventory of the Munford-Ellis Family Papers, 1777-1942
http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/munfordellis/

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