Joseph Dodson Selvidge (1839 - 1889)

Born 25 Oct 1839 in Roane, Tennessee, United States

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Died 23 May 1889 at age 49 in Brownbranch, Taney, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Corporal Joseph Selvidge served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: 1862
Side: Union
Regiment(s): Phelps' Regiment, Missouri Infantry (6 months, 1861), Company B; Missouri Infantry Unit 46, Company G

Joseph was born in 1839. He married Martha E. Craft , and they had at least the following children: (dates estimated)

Julia Elizabeth Selvidge 1870–1947

William Lee Selvidge 1874–1939

James "Jim Selvidge 1875–1958

Sarah E. Selvidge 1877–1947

Martha Selvidge 1883–1911

Joseph Jackson Selvidge 1886–1946

Civil War Service Records Name Joseph D. Selvidge Company G Unit46 Missouri Infantry.Rank - Induction Private Rank - Discharge Corporal Allegiance Union^[1]

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name Joseph D Selveidge Gender Male Missouri, USA Relation to Head Soldier Spouse Martha E Selveidg CommentsH. C. J. J. Setveidge, (Gdn.)^[2]

He passed away in 1889. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Citation Information Detail Box: 390; Extraction: 43; Record: 3716. Web Address http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cvwrmr&h=4503320&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry.com Source Information Title Civil War Service Records Author United States National Archives
2. ↑ Source Information Title Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Author National Archives and Records Administration Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.Original data: General Index to Pension Files,
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 June 2020), memorial page for Pvt Joseph Dodson Selvidge (25 Oct 1839–23 May 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #10602732, citing Sherrodd Cemetery, Brownbranch, Taney County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by D. Brown Love (contributor 46781225) .(Note messaging Find A Grave Contributor with additonal information on the discharge rank as Corporal.)

• Paternal and maternal relationship is confrimed by Ancestry DNA tests between L. Morrison (Morrison-4392) and C. Rhoten confirming them as 4th cousins, MRCA being William "Billy" Moore Selvidge (Selvidge-28) and Elizabeth Walker (Walker-38853), sharing 35 centimorgans across 3 segments.