Many things such as land ownership, etc were in the name of Joshua Deputy, by the time he was a practicing physician it appears he started using the name Joseph S Deputy.
Dr. Deputy was the oldest child of Joshua Deputy (1783-1870) and his second wife, Mary Woods Deputy (1788-1875), and a native of the state of Indiana.
In 1842 Dr. Deputy located to Helena, Arkansas where he established a large and lucrative medical practice and later accumulated a large amount of property. His sister Hetty Knowlton also lived there too.
In 1844 Dr. Deputy married Nancy Alexander, and she died October 29th 1855 in Phillips Co, Arkansas.
Dr. & Mrs. Deputy had three children, Lucy wife of Pvt John H Penney, Mark who went on to become a doctor like his father, and Quintina M Deputy who was a dedicated teacher.
During the summer of 1862, even though Dr. Deputy hired his own guards to protect his 700+ acres, Soldiers pilfered Deputy's food storage, barns, crops, tools, livestock, and acres of fences.
Taking ill from the loss of all his assets, Deputy fell into a sea of whiskey and drank himself to death in the fall of 1862.
After his death his children sued the government for all the damages that were done to his property during the Civil War -- Over $58,000 .
In 1874, the heirs were awarded a mere $9,344.
(View: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Deputy_vs_United_States._Case_No._18147)
Half Siblings
1805 Hetty Deputy Knowlton
1810 Mary Deputy Deputy
1812 Henry Deputy
Siblings
1819 William B. Deputy
1821 Sarah Deputy Officer
1824 James W Deputy
1826 Martha Deputy Smith
1828 Elizabeth Deputy Hutchings
1831 Solomon J Deputy
Dr. Deputy was the oldest child of Joshua Deputy (1783-1870) and his second wife, Mary Woods Deputy (1788-1875), and a native of the state of Indiana.
In 1842 Dr. Deputy located to Helena, Arkansas where he established a large and lucrative medical practice and later accumulated a large amount of property. His sister Hetty Knowlton also lived there too.
In 1844 Dr. Deputy married Nancy Alexander, and she died October 29th 1855 in Phillips Co, Arkansas.
Dr. & Mrs. Deputy had three children, Lucy wife of Pvt John H Penney, Mark who went on to become a doctor like his father, and Quintina M Deputy who was a dedicated teacher.
During the summer of 1862, even though Dr. Deputy hired his own guards to protect his 700+ acres, Soldiers pilfered Deputy's food storage, barns, crops, tools, livestock, and acres of fences.
Taking ill from the loss of all his assets, Deputy fell into a sea of whiskey and drank himself to death in the fall of 1862.
After his death his children sued the government for all the damages that were done to his property during the Civil War -- Over $58,000 .
In 1874, the heirs were awarded a mere $9,344.
(View: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Deputy_vs_United_States._Case_No._18147)
Half Siblings
1805 Hetty Deputy Knowlton
1810 Mary Deputy Deputy
1812 Henry Deputy
Siblings
1819 William B. Deputy
1821 Sarah Deputy Officer
1824 James W Deputy
1826 Martha Deputy Smith
1828 Elizabeth Deputy Hutchings
1831 Solomon J Deputy
Many things such as land ownership, etc were in the name of Joshua Deputy, by the time he was a practicing physician it appears he started using the name Joseph S Deputy.
Dr. Deputy was the oldest child of Joshua Deputy (1783-1870) and his second wife, Mary Woods Deputy (1788-1875), and a native of the state of Indiana.
In 1842 Dr. Deputy located to Helena, Arkansas where he established a large and lucrative medical practice and later accumulated a large amount of property. His sister Hetty Knowlton also lived there too.
In 1844 Dr. Deputy married Nancy Alexander, and she died October 29th 1855 in Phillips Co, Arkansas.
Dr. & Mrs. Deputy had three children, Lucy wife of Pvt John H Penney, Mark who went on to become a doctor like his father, and Quintina M Deputy who was a dedicated teacher.
During the summer of 1862, even though Dr. Deputy hired his own guards to protect his 700+ acres, Soldiers pilfered Deputy's food storage, barns, crops, tools, livestock, and acres of fences.
Taking ill from the loss of all his assets, Deputy fell into a sea of whiskey and drank himself to death in the fall of 1862.
After his death his children sued the government for all the damages that were done to his property during the Civil War -- Over $58,000 .
In 1874, the heirs were awarded a mere $9,344.
(View: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Deputy_vs_United_States._Case_No._18147)
Half Siblings
1805 Hetty Deputy Knowlton
1810 Mary Deputy Deputy
1812 Henry Deputy
Siblings
1819 William B. Deputy
1821 Sarah Deputy Officer
1824 James W Deputy
1826 Martha Deputy Smith
1828 Elizabeth Deputy Hutchings
1831 Solomon J Deputy
Dr. Deputy was the oldest child of Joshua Deputy (1783-1870) and his second wife, Mary Woods Deputy (1788-1875), and a native of the state of Indiana.
In 1842 Dr. Deputy located to Helena, Arkansas where he established a large and lucrative medical practice and later accumulated a large amount of property. His sister Hetty Knowlton also lived there too.
In 1844 Dr. Deputy married Nancy Alexander, and she died October 29th 1855 in Phillips Co, Arkansas.
Dr. & Mrs. Deputy had three children, Lucy wife of Pvt John H Penney, Mark who went on to become a doctor like his father, and Quintina M Deputy who was a dedicated teacher.
During the summer of 1862, even though Dr. Deputy hired his own guards to protect his 700+ acres, Soldiers pilfered Deputy's food storage, barns, crops, tools, livestock, and acres of fences.
Taking ill from the loss of all his assets, Deputy fell into a sea of whiskey and drank himself to death in the fall of 1862.
After his death his children sued the government for all the damages that were done to his property during the Civil War -- Over $58,000 .
In 1874, the heirs were awarded a mere $9,344.
(View: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Deputy_vs_United_States._Case_No._18147)
Half Siblings
1805 Hetty Deputy Knowlton
1810 Mary Deputy Deputy
1812 Henry Deputy
Siblings
1819 William B. Deputy
1821 Sarah Deputy Officer
1824 James W Deputy
1826 Martha Deputy Smith
1828 Elizabeth Deputy Hutchings
1831 Solomon J Deputy
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