Josiah P. Chadbourne
Josiah P. Chadbourne was born around 1828 in Baldwin, Maine, to Joshua and Charlotte Chadbourne. His father was a merchant who owned $2,000 of real estate by 1850. He grew up in Baldwin, and by the late 1840s, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the United States Army on August 18, 1846, and he served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 9th United States Infantry. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. He took part in the Mexican American War, and he mustered out on March 31, 1847.
 
He married a woman named Caroline, and they had at least five children: Henry, born around 1853; Fanny, born around 1857; George, born around 1859; Joseph, born around 1861; and Nettie, born around 1869. He earned a living as a farmer, and the 1860 census described him as a “gentleman.” By 1860, he owned $1,000 of real estate and $50 of personal property. In February 1859, he received an appointment as a local postmaster. He died in Baldwin on July 9, 1890.
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(5638)Chadbourne, Josiah P.18281890-07-09
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (9461) [recipient] ~ Isaac W. Dyer to J. P. Chadbourne, 10 April 1877

Places - Records: 1

  • (997) [birth, death, residence in 1860, residence in 1870] ~ Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine

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1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, available from Ancestry.com; Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, available from Ancestry.com; The Evening Express (Portland, ME), 16 July 1890