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Josiah Jacob Moorhead

Birth	:	18 Oct 1840 Hancock County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	14 Jan 1929 Hancock County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	McComb Union Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1072731, -83.8018799
Plot	:	1st Addition, Row 28, Lot 1
Description	:	"JOSIAH MOORHEAD - entered the army at the opening of the civil war, enlisting at Findlay, Ohio, April 17, 1861, as a private soldier in Company A, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. From this enlistment, after service in West Virginia, he was discharged with his regiment at Columbus, Ohio, August, 1861. August 12, 1862, Mr. Moorhead again volunteered, this time in Company G, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected by vote of the company to the position of second lieutenant [15 Aug 1862], and was subsequently promoted first lieutenant [at Murfeesboro, June 1863]. He was at the time of his... Read More	"JOSIAH MOORHEAD - entered the army at the opening of the civil war, enlisting at Findlay, Ohio, April 17, 1861, as a private soldier in Company A, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. From this enlistment, after service in West Virginia, he was discharged with his regiment at Columbus, Ohio, August, 1861. August 12, 1862, Mr. Moorhead again volunteered, this time in Company G, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected by vote of the company to the position of second lieutenant [15 Aug 1862], and was subsequently promoted first lieutenant [at Murfeesboro, June 1863]. He was at the time of his first election only in his twenty-first year, and was the youngest commissioned officer in the regiment. Mr. Moorhead was in the heat of battle in many sanguinary conflicts. Among them were the engagements at Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and the two days fighting at Nashville, which resulted in the defeat of Hood. Since his army life Mr. Moorhead has been a victim of hip disease. He is a member of John Howard Post, No. 154, G.A.R. The parents of Mr. Moorhead were Andrew and Letitia (Bell) Moorhead, now deceased. He was born in Hancock county, Ohio, October 18, 1840. Rachel Mitchell, the daughter of George and Rachel (Switzer) Mitchell, was born in the same county, in the year 1843, and February 8, 1866, became the wife of Josiah Moorhead. The marriage ceremony was performed in the county that had been the birthplace of the contracting parties. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead are: Glen W., Melvin M., Estella, Bertha, Nancy - the two latter have departed from their father's house, and entered the home above; Harry B., Charles and Elizabeth. Mr. Moorhead had a brother, William, who was also a soldier in the same regiment, but was of Company F. He lost his health in the service. Mrs. Moorhead had a brother, Jacob Mitchell, who was a member of Company F, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry."

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Josiah Jacob Moorhead's memorial is located at: McComb Union Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, USA.
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Josiah Jacob Moorhead death on 14 Jan 1929 in Hancock County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 41.1072731
Longitude: -83.8018799

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Rachel Mitchell Moorhead

(1843 - 1917)

Siblings

Children

Bertha Moorhead

(1873 - 1874)

Nancy “Nannie” Moorhead

(1875 - 1875)

Harry Bert Moorehead

(1877 - 1976)

Elizabeth G Moorhead Schroll

(1883 - 1948)

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