Person:Josiah Houghton (3)

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Josiah F Houghton
b.25 Jul 1844 Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States
d.6 May 1864 Wilderness. Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Nov 1841
  1. Frances E. Houghton1842 - 1899
  2. Josiah F Houghton1844 - 1864
  3. Malvina Amanda Houghton1847 - Aft 1930
  4. Marcellus Howard Houghton1850 - Bef 1900
  5. George Edmund Houghton1853 - 1922
  6. Catherine Alice Houghton1856 - 1933
  7. Marietta Houghton1858 - 1916
  8. Herbert Lincoln Houghton1860 - 1919
  9. Eugenia G Houghton1862 - Bef 1942
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Facts and Events
Name[7] Josiah F Houghton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Jul 1844 Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Death[2][7] 6 May 1864 Wilderness. Spotsylvania, Virginia, United StatesBattle of the Wilderness
References
  1. ↑ Warwick (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1739-1900
    Vol. 2, p. 128.

    Family of Marcellus Houghton
    and Catherine C. his wife
    ...
    Josah [sic] Born at Winthrop Me. July 25th 1844.

  2. ↑ Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Register of births, marriages, and deaths, 1844-1868, approx. (Genealogical Society of Utah: Microfilm of manuscript, 1973)
    p. 18.

    Deaths Registered in Bolton, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts: 1864.
    No.: 14
    Date of Death: May 8 1864
    Name: Josiah Houghton
    Sex: M.
    Color: W.
    Condition: S.
    Age: 19 y. 9 m. 13 d. [birth calculates to about 25 Jul 1844]
    Cause: Died of wounds received in battle
    Residence: Bolton
    Occupation: Soldier, Co. I, 36th Reg't
    Place of Death: Wilderness, Virginia
    Place of Birth: Wintrhop, Maine
    Father: Marcellus Houghton / Hallowell, Me.
    Mother: Cath. C. (Fogg) Houghton / Thomaston, Me.
    Place of Burial: Virginia / (near Fred'ksburg)

  3.   Find A Grave: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA, in Find A Grave
    Pvt Josiah Houghton.

    JOSIAH HOUGHTON
    MASS
    [Note: another memorial, with no gravestone image, claims burial at Find A Grave: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA, but other evidence suggest this is not true.]

  4.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    line 10.
  5.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1855 Massachusetts State Census
    line 31.
  6.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    line 3.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and marines in the Civil War. (Boston, Mass.: Adjutant General, 1937)
    Vol. III, p. 754.

    "Houghton, Josiah - Priv. - Res. Bolton; 18; farmer; enl. July 28, 1862; must. Aug. 27, 1862; died of wounds, May 6, 1864, Wilderness, Va."

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