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PVT Joshua C Ryals

Birth
Montgomery County, Georgia, USA
Death
1862 (aged 28–29)
Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Year of birth is estimated.

Records from the Confederate General Hospital, Danville, Virginia, list him as dying in the hospital. The same records indicate he was in Company E, 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment. Other Confederate records identify him as private Joshua C. Ryals, Co K and later Co E, 61st Georgia.

U.S. Census information from 1850 lists his parents, and also brothers and sisters. All were born in Georgia except the father, who was born in North Carolina.
William R. Ryals, father, age 46
Sharlotte Ryals, mother, age 40
Joshua C. Ryals, (this memorial), age 17
Thomas Ryals, male, age 15
William Ryals, male, age 13
Joseph Ryals, male, age 5
Eliza Ryals, female, age 2

The 1860 census finds Joshua C. Ryals living with his wife and children, all born in Georgia:
Joshua C. Ryals, (this memorial), age 26
Susan Ryals, female, age 28
Mathias Ryals, male, age 5
Isaiah J. Ryals, male, age 1

According to the 1870 census, the widow Susan Ryals is living with her three children, all born in Georgia:
Susan Ryals, female, age 39
Mathias Ryals, male, age 15
Isaiah J. Ryals, male, age 12
Christopher C. Ryals, male, age 9

In the 1880 census, Susan Ryals is listed as a widow, age 50, living in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia.
Year of birth is estimated.

Records from the Confederate General Hospital, Danville, Virginia, list him as dying in the hospital. The same records indicate he was in Company E, 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment. Other Confederate records identify him as private Joshua C. Ryals, Co K and later Co E, 61st Georgia.

U.S. Census information from 1850 lists his parents, and also brothers and sisters. All were born in Georgia except the father, who was born in North Carolina.
William R. Ryals, father, age 46
Sharlotte Ryals, mother, age 40
Joshua C. Ryals, (this memorial), age 17
Thomas Ryals, male, age 15
William Ryals, male, age 13
Joseph Ryals, male, age 5
Eliza Ryals, female, age 2

The 1860 census finds Joshua C. Ryals living with his wife and children, all born in Georgia:
Joshua C. Ryals, (this memorial), age 26
Susan Ryals, female, age 28
Mathias Ryals, male, age 5
Isaiah J. Ryals, male, age 1

According to the 1870 census, the widow Susan Ryals is living with her three children, all born in Georgia:
Susan Ryals, female, age 39
Mathias Ryals, male, age 15
Isaiah J. Ryals, male, age 12
Christopher C. Ryals, male, age 9

In the 1880 census, Susan Ryals is listed as a widow, age 50, living in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia.


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