Person:Joseph Sperry (3)

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Joseph Rudolph Sperry
b.27 Nov 1838 Lawrence County, Kentucky
d.14 Feb 1862 Bear Creek, Lawrence County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Sep 1825
  1. Emma America Sperry1827 - 1914
  2. Rachel Sperry1829 - 1902
  3. James Harvey Sperry1833 - 1910
  4. Andrew Jackson Franklin Sperry1835 -
  5. Susan Sperry1836 -
  6. Joseph Rudolph Sperry1838 - 1862
  7. Nancy SperryAbt 1840 -
  8. Milton Martin SperryAbt 1841 - 1862
  9. Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Jr.1844 -
  10. Vandelia Sperry1847 - 1909
  11. Sarah Margaret Sperry1851 - 1934
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Jan 1857
  1. Susan Ann Sperry1857 -
  2. _____ Sperry, male infant1858 - 1858
  3. Margaret Victoria Sperry1859 - 1945
  4. Nancy Josephine Sperry1860 - 1921
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Rudolph Sperry
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Nov 1838 Lawrence County, Kentucky
Marriage 23 Jan 1857 East Fork, Lawrence County, Kentuckyto Sarah Elizabeth Lambert
Other? Bet 10 Dec 1861 and 14 Feb 1862 KentuckyCompany F, 14th Kentucky Infantry Military
Death? 14 Feb 1862 Bear Creek, Lawrence County, Kentucky

Enlistment records show Joseph enlisting as a Private on 19 November 1861 and then mustering in to Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 10 December 1861. The 14th fought in engagements in, and around, Lawrence County before it had even fully been mustered. After the Battle of Middle Creek on January 10, 1862 the 14th occupied Prestonburg in Floyd County. On January 14 they established winter quarters in Paintsville, Kentucky. Disease soon is rampant due to the incessant rain, inadequate quarters and sometimes shortage of food. Hundreds of men have measles, typhoid fever, camp fever, etc. and many die. This is probably how Joseph died as well as his brother Milton 7 days later.

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