Joseph E. Wesson

First Name: Joseph
Middle Name(s): E.
Last Name: Wesson
Unit: 
Co. K, 42nd Alabama Infantry
Residence (County): 
Talladega County, AL
Biography: 

Joseph E. Wesson (b. ca. 1827) was a farmer from Talladega County, Alabama. In 1860 Wesson and his wife, Rachel Jane, were parents of six children. Wesson served in Co. K, 42nd Alabama Infantry. Joseph appears to have died during the war. He is not listed in the 1870 Census; Rachel Jane Wesson is listed as head of the household. She also applied for a pension as the widow of Joseph Wesson.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11659 Wesson6 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Talladega County, AL
11654 Wesson1 January 7, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11655 Wesson2 January 11, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11656 Wesson3 January 14, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11657 Wesson4 January 20, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11658 Wesson5 February 1, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Vicksburg, MS Talladega County, AL
11660 Wesson7 April 8, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Yazoo County, MS Talladega County, AL
11661 Wesson8 April 24, 1863 Joseph E. Wesson Rachel Jane Wesson Vicksburg, MS Talladega County, AL

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