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John Wesley Woosley

Birth	:	7 Nov 1841 Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	26 Jul 1914 Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Sikeston, Scott County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.8650017, -89.6035995
Plot	:	145-06-010-05-1
Description	:	John, age 20, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 15 July 1862 in Forsyth County, North Carolina. He was mustered as a Private in Company G, 33rd North Carolina Infantry. He was wounded on 5 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia. According to the July-August 1864 muster roll he was detailed as a nurse at the Winder Hospital in Virginia. On 2 April 1865 John was captured at Petersburg, Virgnia and later released at Point Lookout, Maryland upon taking the Oath of Allegiance on 22 June 1865. He was described as follows: residence Forsyth County, Virginia; fair complexion; sandy hair;... Read More	John, age 20, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 15 July 1862 in Forsyth County, North Carolina. He was mustered as a Private in Company G, 33rd North Carolina Infantry. He was wounded on 5 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia. According to the July-August 1864 muster roll he was detailed as a nurse at the Winder Hospital in Virginia. On 2 April 1865 John was captured at Petersburg, Virgnia and later released at Point Lookout, Maryland upon taking the Oath of Allegiance on 22 June 1865. He was described as follows: residence Forsyth County, Virginia; fair complexion; sandy hair; hazel eyes; and 5 feet and 1.75 inches tall. The Chanute Daily Tribune, July 27, 1914, Obituary. PIONEER, DEAD - FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD THIS AFTERNOON He Died on the Farm which He Took as a Homestead Forty-seven Years Ago - Widow and Five Children Survive John Wesley Woosley, who for forty-seven years had lived on the same farm, two and a half miles southeast of Chanute, which he homesteaded in 1867, died yesterday. The funeral services were held from the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. C. C. Cissell, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Elmwood cemetery. Mr. Woosley would have been 73 years old November 7. He was born in Winston, N. C., and in April 1861, enlisted for the Southern cause. Two years after the close of the war he was married to Martha E. Riche in Winston. They came to Brown county, Kansas, in the same year but remained only until fall, when they drove to Southeastern Kansas, and arrived in the Neosho valley. He arrived here with 50 cents in cash. Eight children were born. Two died in infancy. His first wife died in 1893. In 1897 he was married to Mrs. Clara Keith. He leaves a widow, five children, two stepchildren and fourteen grandchildren. Mr. Woosley had been a member of the Methodist church since boyhood. He believed in the practice of his religion in the home and in his business and each day before breakfast the entire family attended morning worship. He was not a member of any fraternal organization. (link to parents by Dan Stevenson)

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John Wesley Woosley's memorial is located at: Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Sikeston, Scott County, USA.
When did John Wesley Woosley death?
John Wesley Woosley death on 26 Jul 1914 in Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 36.8650017
Longitude: -89.6035995

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Martha E. Reich Woosley

(1848 - 1893)

Siblings

Children

Jesse Albert Woosley

(1872 - 1955)

Charles Daniel Woosley

(1874 - 1956)

Laura Woosley Redden

(1876 - 1899)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Garden Of Memories Cemetery
Sikeston, Scott County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8650017, -89.6035995

2. Sunset of Memories Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.8731800, -89.6074100

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12. Silent Hill Cemetery
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13. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
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14. Carpenter Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9692001, -89.6292038

15. Armer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.8703003, -89.4608002

16. Matthews Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.7496986, -89.5817032

17. Dogwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.8231316, -89.4546738

18. Hunter Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9914017, -89.6102982

19. Bloomfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.7453003, -89.5382996

20. Big Ridge Cemetery
New Madrid County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7375200, -89.6636600

21. Noxall Cemetery
New Madrid County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7299995, -89.5802994

22. Blodgett Cemetery
Blodgett, Scott County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0015900, -89.5216500

23. Buggs Cemetery
Scott County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0113983, -89.6694031

24. Divine Temple Memorial Gardens
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Coordinate: 37.0274700, -89.6251300