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Name | Joseph Williams | ||||
Born | 1855
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Gender | Male | ||||
Residence | 1880
– StreetAddress: Coal Street; 25 Age: 25; Teamster Occupation: Teamster; EnumerationDistrict: 256; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son | ||||
Military | 1898 [3]
– Sergeant Co. C 25th Infantry | ||||
Enslaved |
Millwood, Clarke, Virginia, USA [4]
– Born Enslaved by the Burwell-Jolliffe Family | ||||
In The Army | 22 Sep 1898
Montauk, Suffolk, New York, USA [3]
– "Lewis Cochran, better known as Joseph Williams, son of Esther Cochran, of this place, has been heard from through Capt. Catlin. Williams has been absent for sixteen years, and mourned as dead. He is now a sergeant in Co. C, 25th Infantry." | ||||
Race | Mulatto | ||||
Name | Lewis Cochran [1, 2] | ||||
Name | Lewis Cochran | ||||
Person ID | I20545
SOALsearch Last Modified |
1 Nov 2024 | |
Father | Landrew Landy Cochran (Age 89 years) b. 10 May 1811, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. 19 Jan 1901, Duquesne, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years) | |
Relationship | natural | |
Mother | Esther Estey (Age 82 years) b. 30 Aug 1830, Millwood, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. 11 Sep 1912, Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years) | |
Relationship | natural | |
Family ID | F6914
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