Josiah was born about 1818. In the Civil War, Josiah served as a private, Company C, Michigan Infantry. He served three months: enlisted 4 Sep 1864; discharged [deceased] 3 Dec 1864. In the United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, his wife, Emeline, was enumerated as a widow.
Sources
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8MG-H9T : 5 November 2017), Josiah P Willard and Emeline A Pratt, 02 Jun 1853, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,660.
"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SG-X8R : 11 March 2018), Josiah P Willard, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,177.
Is Josiah your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
This week's featured connections are
Redheads:
Josiah is
20 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 17 degrees from Clara Bow, 26 degrees from Julia Gillard, 17 degrees from Nancy Hart, 15 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 17 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 20 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 23 degrees from Rose Leslie, 21 degrees from Damian Lewis, 19 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 26 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 36 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.