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Joseph Stoughton was born in about 1838, the second child of parents [[Barnard V. Stoughton]] and 1st wife [[Susan Harvey]]. Joseph's parents are believed to have lived in Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA at his birth. Joseph's mother died in May 1847; Joseph would have been 8 or 9 years old that year. <br> The father and children then moved to Callensburg in Clarion Co. and the father remarried. <br> | Joseph Stoughton was born in about 1838, the second child of parents [[Barnard V. Stoughton]] and 1st wife [[Susan Harvey]]. Joseph's parents are believed to have lived in Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA at his birth. Joseph's mother died in May 1847; Joseph would have been 8 or 9 years old that year. <br> The father and children then moved to Callensburg in Clarion Co. and the father remarried. <br> | ||
| − | Joseph at about age 24 enlisted as a Private with Regiment | + | Joseph at about age 24 enlisted as a Private with Company K of the 159th Regiment, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, along with his older brother [[John Elliott Stoughton]] who had the rank of Ferrier (blacksmith). They apparently enlisted in May 1862, in Armstrong Co. PA, where most of Company K was drawn from, and where brother John E. Stoughton was living at that time. <br>From the memoir of Joseph's younger half-sister [[Jennie S. Stoughton]] we learn that Joseph participated in the battle of Greenbriar White Sulfur Springs,in West Virginia (which battle occurred on 20 Aug 1863), and was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. She says that there he survived for 21 months but died shortly before Union troops entered the prison to release the prisoners. This suggests his death occurred in May 1865. |
| − | John E. Stoughton was living at that time. <br>From the memoir of Joseph's | + | |
Military records show his enlistment, but he vanishes then without further documentation. | Military records show his enlistment, but he vanishes then without further documentation. | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 10 January 2011
Joseph Stoughton was born in about 1838, the second child of parents Barnard V. Stoughton and 1st wife Susan Harvey. Joseph's parents are believed to have lived in Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA at his birth. Joseph's mother died in May 1847; Joseph would have been 8 or 9 years old that year.
The father and children then moved to Callensburg in Clarion Co. and the father remarried.
Joseph at about age 24 enlisted as a Private with Company K of the 159th Regiment, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, along with his older brother John Elliott Stoughton who had the rank of Ferrier (blacksmith). They apparently enlisted in May 1862, in Armstrong Co. PA, where most of Company K was drawn from, and where brother John E. Stoughton was living at that time.
From the memoir of Joseph's younger half-sister Jennie S. Stoughton we learn that Joseph participated in the battle of Greenbriar White Sulfur Springs,in West Virginia (which battle occurred on 20 Aug 1863), and was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. She says that there he survived for 21 months but died shortly before Union troops entered the prison to release the prisoners. This suggests his death occurred in May 1865.
Military records show his enlistment, but he vanishes then without further documentation.
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | ~ 1838 | Butler Co. PA | [1] | |
| Military | enlistment 9 Sept 1862 | Civil War | Private, 14th Regiment, PA Cavalry (159th Vol.s) Co. K | |
| Death | ~May 1865 | Andersonville Prison, GA | ||
| Burial | ~May 1865 | expect interment in GA | [14] |
Ancestry chart segment
Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7
+-- John Stoughton
| (1773-1833)
+-- Barnard VanZant Stoughton --+
| (1817-1887) |
Joseph Stoughton --+ +-- Catherine Covert
(1838~1865) | (1778->1850)
+-- Susan Harvey
(????-~1846)
Sources:
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA | by 1840 | [1] | |
| Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA | by 1850 | [2] |
Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 23. Census is not dated. Family headed by Barnard Stoeton(sic): 2 males <5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30. Note: the male and female in their 20's are the proper ages for Barnard Stoughton and his wife Susan. The two youngest males are likely to be their children, but the 10-15 year old seems too old to be a child of someone in their 20's. Family headed by Margaret Stoeton is two entries earlier; William Wimer is next entry. |
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| 2 | 1850 United States Federal Census, Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24. Previous page dated 30 Sept. 1850. Lines 16-25: B.W. Stoughton, 33, shoemake; Susannah, 33; John, 14; Joseph, 12; Elliott, 10; Hannah, 8; Catharine, 6; Susannah, 4; Jane, 2; Elizabeth, 1/2. John, Joseph, Elliott and Hannah attended school. |
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| 3 | Memories by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, Copyright 1935, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Pg. 3 Father had married Susan Harvey, but she died leaving six children: John, Joseph, Elliott, Hannah, Catharine, and Susan Blanche, the baby whom the mother gave to her sister, a Mrs. Dustin, who took her to Illinois... Pg. 12 "While we younger children were growing up, two of our brothers and two of our sisters were married. One brother, Elliot, went to Washington State, and Joseph, in the Civil War, was taken prisoner in a skirmish battle at White Sulphur Springs. He was sent to Andersonville Prison, where he lived twenty-one months; and then died just before the Union boys got there to liberate him." Note: Jennie Stoughton , born about 1849, would have been about age 16 when her half-brother died in the war. |
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| 4 | History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania,1883, by Robert Walter Smith; in transcription by the Smith's History Project, at http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/smithproject/index.html Chapter 2, Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion,159th Regiment - Fourteenth Cavalry. See http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/smithproject/history/chap2l.html Included are a brief history of the regiment's war engagements, and the roll of officers & privates. August 18, 1862, Lieut. James. M. Schoonmaker, of the 1st Maryland Cavalry, but a citizen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was authorized by Secretary of War Stanton and Gov. Curtin to recruit a battalion of cavalry of five companies. Recruits came in so rapidly that on the 29th the authority was extended to the recruiting of a full regiment of twelve companies... Companies K and L were principally, and Company M entirely, composed of Armstrong men...The date of the muster out was August 24, 1865, and the companies returned in a body to Pittsburgh, where they disbanded... The 159th lost about eighty men killed and more than 200 wounded, besides many reported missing. Records of Company K include in the list of officers, Farrier (blacksmith) John E. Stoughton (no further information), and among the privates, Joseph Stoughton, listed as "not accounted for" (i.e. there was no record of his death, or of being mustered out with the company, or discharged). | |
| 5 | History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871., by Samuel P. Bates. See at: http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/cavalry/14thcav/14thcavorg.html, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers This source gives a fairly complete history of the service of the regiment. It places the battle of Greenbriar White Sulfur Springs WVA to have occurred on 20 Aug 1863. |
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| 6 | Joseph Stoughton file, Civil War Pension Records, Ancestry.com. See at:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=0&indiv=try&db=civilwarpension&h=1322661
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls. |
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| 7 | James Voltz correspondence 2008, ongoing: jlv100@psu.edu Many of the sources on this page, including the History of Armstrong Co. PA. and History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, and the "Memories" memoir of Jennie S. Stoughton, forwarded to us by Jim Voltz. |
