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Name: Joseph Wathan
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1846
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Hair: Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7.5
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Enlistment Date: August 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
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Congressional District:
Company: C
Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 16, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Soldier was assigned to Camp Nelson initially with apparent assignments being labor oriented. He became hospitalized multiple times being absent from muster with hospital stays being at the hospital camp at Camp Nelson.
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: May 15, 1890
Cause of Death: Drowning (bridge construction accident)
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: May 27, 1886
Application No.: 574892 Certificate No.: 444558
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: July 14, 1890 Application No.: 440554
Certificate No.: 289656
Pension Card Link: View Application Date: October 6, 1892 Application No.: 561568 Certificate No.: 367711
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State: IN
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
It was noted that a review of the pension index cards disclosed the invalid (Joseph Wathan), widow (Fannie Wathan) and other pension claims (minor – Fannie Milan Guardian) were all filed from Indiana. Relative to the minor pension, two minor children were identified at the time of soldier’s death in 1890 (son – Henry William Wathan and daughter Annie Wathan). The minor pension was filed with soldier’s surviving spouse remarrying in 1892 and named as guardian.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wH3u2y28ZiKwCYgIU5-8xbfuSfVLXQvd/view?usp=sharing
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Mary Isabella Maiden Name: Bowman
Wife #2 First Name: Francis “Fannie” Maiden Name: Hall
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Mary Wathan 1874
Henry Wathan 1885
Anna Wathan 1889
Family Notes:
A query in Ancestry reflected an indexed record documenting the marriage of Joseph Wathen to Mary Isabella Bowman at Charleston (likely Charlestown as no Charleston can be located), Indiana, on 5 April 1869, officiated by William James.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1679377:60282
This URL links to a Courier Journal newspaper article regarding the accidental death of Joseph Wathen and others in 1890. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12LvcFdvWBLNp97ZEqIPwjPSQGPwfcKgw/view?usp=sharing
A query in Family Search reflected a marriage of a Joseph Wathen to a Mary Isabella Bowman in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, on 6 June 1869, by a Catholic Priest, Ernest Audran.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6GL2-2F?i=285&cc=1410397&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXXLF-6QS
However, neither of the records (Ancestry is index only) indicate the race of the couple as some other records document. However there is an 1880 census name match to the soldier with a wife named Belle and an inferred child, Mary, age 6. As well, the employment for
Joseph Wathan on the 1880 census is consistent with other information (a corker at a shipyard). Also noted is that the race on the census record for the family is Black. While it is highly possible that this is the soldier, there is no immediate corroborating information and initial efforts to follow either Belle Wathen or Mary Wathen have met with negative results. Based on the noted information matches as to type of employment, race and geographic location, this information is being carried over to the database for future consideration should any information surface to confirm or refute that this is the soldier.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3946545:60281…7929fcd26601d6064983686fe42c&_phsrc=UgO4&_phstart=successSource
Marriage (10 October 1885) Records: A query in Ancestry reflected among Indiana U.S. Marriages 1810-2001, an indexed record documenting the marriage of Joseph Wathen to Fannie Hall on 10 October 1885, in Indiana. (pg 285 FHL film#001415855)
A query in Family Search reflected an unofficial copy of the above marriage record. This document indicated that Joseph “Wathin” was married to Fannie Hall on 10 October 1885 with the ceremony officiated by John Ware. An attempt to capture the link resulted in the below being captured.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9TB-MD?i=143&cc=1410397&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXXGH-P35
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Corker Ship Yard
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census information not found
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Hotel Porter/None
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
1920 census is for the soldier’s daughter, Anna, and her husband William Logan. They appear to be living on the 2nd floor of a presumed apartment in Cincinnati, OH, where he is a Hotel Porter and she does not appear to be working outside the home. Living with them are several children, an apparent stepchild of William’s and five apparent children they have together, to include 1 1/10 yr old twins.
Name: Jackson Wathan
Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Multiple queries failed to disclose any apparent identical records for the named enslaver, Jackson Wathan.
1850 Census information not found
1860 Census information not found
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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