Josiah Finton (abt. 1838 - 1864)

Born about 21 Oct 1838 in Logan, Ohio, United States

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Died 27 Jun 1864 at about age 25 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Josiah was born in Ohio in 1838 ^[1] where the family lived until sometime before the 1860 Federal Census lists them in Kosciusko, Indiana. ^[2]Within a month of his father's death Josiah, then 23, married 15 year old Sarah Easter.^[3]

Josiah mustered with Company A of the 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry in July of 1862 .^[4]and he died of typhoid fever in Chattanooga, Tennesee before his daughter's first birthday^[5]

Josiah is buried in Nashville National Cemetary, Madison, Tennessee. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #3187258
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FP-G7B : 19 March 2020), Josiah Hinton in entry for James Hinton, 1860
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQ3-82Z : 10 December 2017), Josiah Finton and Sarah E Easter, 07 Nov 1861; citing Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004839015.
4. ↑ Wikipedia Article, 74th Regiment, Indiana https://civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/74th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf
5. ↑ Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Finton, Josiah WC147048 https://www-fold3-com.ezproxy.hclib.org/image/315299568
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #3187258