Joseph B. Chadwick (1831 - 1878)

Born 15 Feb 1831 in Fort Covington, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Sarepta Ann (Hartwick) Chadwick — married 20 Jun 1854 (to 21 Sep 1878) in St. Clair County, Michigan

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1878 at age 47 in Fremont Twp, Sanilac County, Michigan

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Biography

Joseph Chadwick ... ^[1]

Lived in Grant, St. Clair County, Michigan in 1870 Census.

Research Notes

NOTE: According to his death certificate, he was born February 15, 1831 (calculated by the fact that he died September 21, 1878 and was 47 years, 7 months, and 6 days old)

1850 US Census^[2]

Name: Joseph N B Chadwick

Residence: Burtchville, St. Clair, Michigan

Age: 19 years

Calculated Birth Year: 1831

Birthplace: New York

Gender: Male

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Film Number: 443578

Digital GS Number: 4200037

Image Number: 00258

Line Number: 34

Dwelling House Number: 776

Family Number: 776

Marital Status:

Free or Slave:

Lewis Chadwick M 52y

Louisa Chadwick F 47y

Joseph N B Chadwick M 19y

William L Chadwick M 14y

Louisa P Chadwick F 11y

Theresa C Chadwick F 6y

Edward P Hall M 49y

Zepherene Ogden M 48y

1860 US Census ^[3]

Joseph Chadwick F 29 New York

Sarepta Chadwick F 25 Canada

Charles W Chadwick M 5 Michigan

Joseph H Chadwick M 2 Michigan

Military Service

Chadwick, Joseph B. - Enlisted in company H, (reorganized) Third Infantry, Sept. 1, 1864, at ,Burtchville, for 3 years, age 34. Mustered Sept. 7, 1864. Discharged at Quincy, Ill., June 6, 1865.^[4]

3rd Regiment Infantry (Reorganized)

Organized at Grand Rapids, Adrian and Pontiac, Mich., August 24 to October 12, 1864. Mustered in October 15, 1864. Left State for Decatur, Ala., October 20. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to May, 1866.

SERVICE.--Defense of Decatur, Ala., against Hood's attack October 26-30, 1864. Duty at Decatur until November 25. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 25-27, and duty there until January 16, 1865. Hood's attack on Murfreesboro December 5-12, 1864. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., January 16, 1865; thence to Nashville, Tenn., January 31. and to Huntsville, Ala., February 6. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 16-April 17. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., April 20-24, and duty there until June 15. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 15-July 5; thence to Indianola, Texas, July 6-10. March to Green Lake and duty there until September 12. March to San Antonio September 12-26. Guard and provost duty at San Antonio, Gonzales and Victoria until May, 1866. Mustered out at Victoria May 26 and discharged at Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1866.

Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 163 Enlisted men by disease. Total 165^[5]

Obit

20 June 1854^[6] Joseph Chadwick, 23, Burchville Twp Sarepta Ann Hartwick, 18, Worth Twp, Sanilac County William Chadwick & Nelson Potter, JP, both of Burchville; Abraham Sloat, Baptist Minister

Services Held for Mrs. Arthur Bruce Mrs. Martha L. Bruce, 86, lifelong area resident, died Monday, Dec. 23, in the Tuscola County Nursing Home where she had been a patient for eight months. She was born Sept. 18, 1877, in Jeddo, Mich., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chadwick. She and Arthur Bruce were married in Gaylord in June of 1906. He died in October of 1947. She was a member of the Deford Methodist Church and of Puritan Chapter OES, Kingston. Surviving are: a stepdaughter, Mrs. Walter Kelley of Cass City; two stepsons, Wilburt Bruce of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Clinton Bruce of Oxford; seven grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Deford Methodist Church Thursday, Dec. 26, with the Rev. Alan Weeks officiating. Little's Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Burial was in Novesta Cemetery.

Sources

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1. ↑ Entered by Rick Parrott, Jul 21, 2011
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8G-SBC : 12 April 2016), Joseph N B Chadwick in household of Lewis Chadwick, Burtchville, St. Clair, Michigan, United States; citing family 776, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDY-W7L : 30 December 2015), Joseph Chadwick, 1860.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15147coll6/id/693
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} from http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm#3rdr
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mistcla2/m_records1.htm
7. ↑ "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3NF-3T5 : accessed 3 February 2015), Joseph B. Shadwick, 21 Sep 1878; citing p 68 rn 37, Fremont, Sanilac, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,666.
8. ↑ http://waters.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I05418&tree=T1&PHPSESSID=9c73ad823bd2356f924848b3f43790cf