Joseph Henry Stinson (abt. 1827 - 1864)

Born about 1827 in South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Ogburn) Stinson — married 1847 in Mobile, Alabama

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1864 at about age 37 in Madison, Monroe Co., AL

Biography

Sources

• 1850 U.S. Census, Beat 4,, Butler County, AL, pg 225B ; Joseph Stenson, age 30, farmer, Real Estate valued at 100, born in AL; Caroline, age 22, born in NC; William, age 2, born in AL; Francis, age 1, born in AL.

• 1860 U. S. Census, Precinct #1, Butler County, AL, J. Stinson, age 35, farmer, Real Estate valued at 1600, Personal Estate at 600, born in GA; C (female). age 30, born in GA; J (male)., age 6, born in AL; C. (female), age 4, born in AL; W (male)., age 2, born in AL; B., age 6/12 (male) , born in AL.

• Confederate Service Records, J. H. Stinson, Pvt, Co.E, 2nd AL Cavalry, enlisted March 9, 1863 for 3 years. Appears on "Report of Officers & Enlisted, Absent With Leave & Sick From Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade." Time of Leave given as 7 days, by order of Gen. Ferguson. Name appears on Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Confederate Army who were killed in battle or died of wounds or disease." Died June 7, 1864. According to internet sources, died of measles.

• Alabama, Texas & Virginia Confederate Penions, 1884-1950 @ Ancestry.com. Widow, Car oline Stinson, resident of Monroe County, AL.

• Ancestry.com Message Board, posted by ethom4565 on March 30, 2009, "My grandmother, Annie Stinson Lee (born in 1882) told me when i was very young that Joseph H. Stinson (her grandfather) died of measles in the Confederate Hospital in Montgomery. Caroline took a wagon along with an elderly black man to Montgomery and brought Joseph's body back & buried him in Leyseth Cemetey in an unmarked grave. this information was also told me by another descendant..."