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Facts and Events
Name[3][4] |
Joseph Michael Gonzales |
Alt Name |
Big Joe Gonzales |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[3][4][5] |
28 May 1835 |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
Baptism[3] |
11 Jan 1836 |
St. Gabriel Church, St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana |
Marriage |
29 Jan 1855 |
Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana(his 1st wife) to Rosalie Adorea Marchand |
Census[6] |
1860 |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
Occupation[5] |
1866 |
Gonzales, Ascension Parish, LouisianaChief of police. |
Census[7] |
1870 |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
Census[8] |
1880 |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
Occupation[5] |
1886 |
Gonzales, Ascension Parish, LouisianaTown sheriff. |
Marriage |
Abt 1887 |
Louisiana(his 2nd wife; not in Baton Rouge diocesan records) to Marie Louise Lambert |
Death[5][4][1] |
21 Dec 1897 |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
Burial[4] |
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Cornerview Cemetery, Gonzales, Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1860 census:[6]
- Gonzales, Joseph 25 yrs Farmer (real estate = $350; personal estate = $650) b. Louisiana
- Adaria 25 yrs b. Louisiana
- Olive 4 yrs b. Louisiana
- Pamelia 3 yrs b. Louisiana
- Elizabeth 2 yrs b. Louisiana
- Hamilton,, Virginia 16 yrs b. Louisiana
- Fairbanks, Thomas 35 yrs Laborer b. Louisiana
- Bourgeois, Victorina 42 yrs Laborer [sic] b. Louisiana
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1870 census:[7]
- Gonzales, Joseph 35 yrs Farmer (real estate = $900; personal estate = [blank]) b. Louisiana
- Adora 35 yrs Keeping house b. Louisiana
- Olive 14 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Pamelia 12 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Elizabeth 11 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Manuela 9 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Joseph 8 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Alexander 6 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Robert 4 yrs At home b. Louisiana
- Ogden 1 yr At home b. Louisiana
- Guedry, Jules 8 yrs At home b. Louisiana
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1880 census:[8]
- Gonzales, Joseph 45 yrs Farmer b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Adorea 45 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Joseph S. 17 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Alexander 15 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Robert L. 13 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Alfred O. 10 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Eugenie 9 yrs Dau b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
- Heisen S. 7 yrs Son b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
Guedry, John A. 18 yrs Nephew At school b. Louisiana (parents, :b. Louisiana)
References
- ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Vol. 21, p. 278, STH-5,75, 23 DEC 1897.
GONZALES, Joseph Gonzales, age 62 yrs, cause of death: paralysis bur. 23 Dec 1897 (STH-5,75)
- ASC-15, 9, in Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Vol. 8, p. 256, 29 Jan 1855.
GONZALES sometimes GONZALEZ, Joseph (Joseph Gonzales and Delphine GAUTREAUX) m. 29 Jan. 1855 Rosalia Adonea MARCHAND (Simon Marchand and Marie SAVOIE) wit. J. B. Hebert; Hercule Gautrau; Dorcini Landry (ASC-15, 9)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Vol. 5 (1830-1839), p. 268.
Joseph Michel, son of Joseph Gonzales & Delphina Gautreau. Born 28 May 1835. Baptized 11 Jan 1836. Sponsors: Michel Gonzales (uncle) & Adelina Gautreau (aunt). Citing SGA-6, 181.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Find A Grave.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ascension, Louisiana, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 32, dwelling/family 213/213.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ascension Parish, Louisiana. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 133A, dwelling/family 254/254.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ascension Parish, Louisiana. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 96, p. 149A, dwelling/family 230/273.
- [1], in Civil War Family History website.
Captain Joseph M. Gonzales Company A, Ogden's New River Rangers
He was born in St. Amant on May 28, 1835.
Joseph Gonzales enlisted in the Confederate Army on June 10, 1862 at Clinton, Louisiana.
He was Captain of the New River Rangers. 2nd Lt. John Alfred Gonzales, his brother, was also a member of the unit.
The New River Rangers were attached to numerous Confederate military organizations, and their company, battalion, and regimental designations changed with reassignments. The unit's designations and associations included: 1st Louisiana Regiment, later known as the 9th Battalion Partisan Rangers, Co. B of Cage's Battalion, erroneously known as the 10th Louisiana Cavalry, Co. D of the 14th Confederate Cavalry, and finally Company A of Ogden's Louisiana Regiment. The unit never lost the title of New River Rangers.
The New River Rangers engaged Federal forces in dozens of skirmishes. They fought at Denham Springs, Louisiana and Benton's Ferry, Louisiana. They harassed the rear outpost of General Nathan P. Bank's Union Army as they laid siege to Port Hudson. Fred Ogden took command of the New River Rangers in March of 1864. On June 3, 1864, they encountered a Federal force six times their own strength commanded by Benjamin Grierson, and they forced them back to Baton Rouge.
They fought around Jackson, Mississippi from July 5, 1864 until July 7, 1864. Again on August 14, 1864, they encountered another Federal force at Jackson, and they made them withdraw.
One account detailed how 75 selected rangers ambushed over 2,000 Federal troops and drove them back to Baton Rouge.
While the New River Rangers were attached to the 14th Confederate Cavalry as Co. D under Generals S. D. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest at Pontotoc, the 14th was cited for gallantry. General Lee wrote of the battle that "I have been on many battlefields during the four years, but I have never seen greater gallantry or tenacity of purpose than was shown by the troop of the brigades of Rucker, Marby (the 14th), Bell and Crossland, and the batteries of Rice." He said, "I will always esteem it an honor to have personally commanded such heroes."
Joseph "Big Joe" Gonzales was surrendered by General Richard Taylor at Meridian, Mississippi, and he was paroled on May 12, 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama.
Captain Gonzales died on December 21, 1897.
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