Joseph S. Taylor
Joseph S. Taylor was born around 1841 in Indiana to Robert Taylor and Nancy Lakey. His father was a farmer who owned $4,500 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Clear Creek, Indiana, and by 1860, he was working as a farmhand. He enlisted in the Union army on August 15, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 22nd Indiana Infantry later that day. He died in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862.
2076
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(2076)Taylor, Joseph S.18411862-10-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (6443) [writer] ~ Joseph S. Taylor to Robert Taylor, 18 November 1861
  • (6444) [writer] ~ Joseph S. Taylor to Robert Taylor, 5 January 1862
  • (6445) [writer] ~ Joseph S. Taylor to James (?), 18 January 1862
  • (6446) [writer] ~ Joseph S. Taylor to Robert Taylor, 26 May 1862
  • (6448) [writer] ~ Joseph S. Taylor to Robert Taylor, 17 June 1862

People - Records: 7

  • (2076) Taylor, Joseph S. is the [child of] (2074) Taylor, Robert
  • (2077) (?), James is the [cousin of] (2076) Taylor, Joseph S.
  • (2078) Taylor, Sarah is the [step-parent of] (2076) Taylor, Joseph S.
  • (2089) Grimes, John is the [sibling-in-law of] (2076) Taylor, Joseph S.
  • (2097) Bennett, William is the [sibling-in-law of] (2076) Taylor, Joseph S.
  • (2098) Taylor, William Henry is the [sibling of] (2076) Taylor, Joseph S.
  • (2103) Taylor, Matthew S. is the [grandparent of] (2076) Taylor, Joseph S.

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (1615) [death] ~ Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (630) [enlisted] [I] ~ 22nd Indiana Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.