HistorySheWrote on Nostr: #OTD 1 July 1846 A young father and husband enlisted in the military for the ...
#OTD 1 July 1846 A young father and husband enlisted in the military for the Mexican-American War. Josiah Allee, Bugler, Company I, Arkansas Mounted Volunteers, was about 24 years old and was the father of a two-year-old son.
The company captain wrote, "The said Josiah Allee died at Rio Grande Crossing, or Presidio, on or about the 18th day of October 1846."
Josiah's wife, Mary Jane Pelton, died the same year, orphaning my 2nd-great-grandfather.
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https://scrappinmyhistory.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-bugler-52-ancestors.html
The company captain wrote, "The said Josiah Allee died at Rio Grande Crossing, or Presidio, on or about the 18th day of October 1846."
Josiah's wife, Mary Jane Pelton, died the same year, orphaning my 2nd-great-grandfather.
#genealogy
https://scrappinmyhistory.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-bugler-52-ancestors.html