Joseph Alexander Dale
Joseph Alexander Dale was born around 1821 in Burke County, North Carolina, to Alexander Dale. His father was a farmer who owned $150 of personal property by 1850. Dale grew up in Burke County, and he married Catherine Clark around 1844. They had at least nine children: Eliza, born around 1844; Margaret, born around 1846; Martha, born around 1848; Jane, born around 1849; James, born around 1851; Letty, born around 1853; Asaph, born around 1854; Ahimaaz, born around 1856; and Ida, born around 1862.
Dale worked as a farmer, and in 1850, he owned $30 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $280 of personal property. Dale enlisted in the Confederate army on October 7, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company F of the 3rd North Carolina Cavalry later that day. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 10 inches tall. He mustered out on March 4, 1862. He returned to Burke County after leaving the army, and by 1870, he owned $300 of real estate and $420 of personal property. He died in Burke County on March 20, 1891.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1364) | Dale, Joseph Alexander | 1821 | 1891-03-20 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (5274) [writer] ~ Joseph A. Dale to George H. Dale, 25 August 1863
- (5275) [writer] ~ Joseph A. Dale to George H. Dale, 27 July 1863
- (5276) [writer] ~ Joseph A. Dale to George H. Dale, 20 April 1863
- (5281) [writer] ~ Joseph A. Dale to George H. Dale, 23 January 1863
- (5285) [writer] ~ Joseph A. Dale to George H. Dale, 15 October 1862
People - Records: 1
- (1365) Dale, George H. is the [sibling of] (1364) Dale, Joseph Alexander
Places - Records: 1
- (1189) [birth, death] ~ Burke County, North Carolina
Regiments - Records: 1
- (449) [enlisted] [F] ~ 3rd North Carolina Cavalry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Record of Joseph A. Dale, available from Fold3.com.
