Josiah Staley

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Josiah Staley

Birth
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Dec 1864 (aged 31)
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Oceola, Crawford County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Row 12, Stone 5 Grave 202
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Josiah was the 7th of 12 children born to his parents, Jacob and Margaret Staley. When he was a teenager, he traveled with his family from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to Crawford County, Ohio, a distance of about 200 miles.

Josiah married Hannah Parthenia Stephens December 10, 1854 in Crawford Co, Ohio. They had three sons, Marion, Franklin H. and J. Melroy. Marion died in childhood.

Josiah was mustered into service on September 24, 1862, at Monroeville Ohio. He belonged to the 123rd Regiment, Company H, Ohio Volunteers. He was captured at Winchester, and taken to Libby Prison, but released. At New Market he was again captured and spent seven months in Andersonville prison. He was paroled in Charleston SC Nov 1864 and died in a Washington, DC hospital 25 Dec 1864.

While serving in the war, Josiah wrote letters to his wife and family, 68 of which are preserved at the Ohio Historical Society. Family members possessed several others. In 1998 these letters were transcribed and included in a book, The Blue Soldier, Letters of the Civil War.

(Ref. The Blue Soldier by Nancy K. Stout and Honored and Remembered by Crawford County Genealogical Society.
Josiah was the 7th of 12 children born to his parents, Jacob and Margaret Staley. When he was a teenager, he traveled with his family from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to Crawford County, Ohio, a distance of about 200 miles.

Josiah married Hannah Parthenia Stephens December 10, 1854 in Crawford Co, Ohio. They had three sons, Marion, Franklin H. and J. Melroy. Marion died in childhood.

Josiah was mustered into service on September 24, 1862, at Monroeville Ohio. He belonged to the 123rd Regiment, Company H, Ohio Volunteers. He was captured at Winchester, and taken to Libby Prison, but released. At New Market he was again captured and spent seven months in Andersonville prison. He was paroled in Charleston SC Nov 1864 and died in a Washington, DC hospital 25 Dec 1864.

While serving in the war, Josiah wrote letters to his wife and family, 68 of which are preserved at the Ohio Historical Society. Family members possessed several others. In 1998 these letters were transcribed and included in a book, The Blue Soldier, Letters of the Civil War.

(Ref. The Blue Soldier by Nancy K. Stout and Honored and Remembered by Crawford County Genealogical Society.

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