Joseph N. THOMAS

1836 - 1863  (~ 27 years)

• Name	Joseph N. THOMAS
  Born	CA 1836  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Hardy Co, (W)VA
  Census	1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Military	ENLISTED 8/11/1862  [3, 4]
  	Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War
  	As of February 2017, the Civil War medal issued for Joseph N. Thomas had never been claimed and was in storage at the West Virginia State Archives in Charleston. http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/civilwarmedals/medals.html
  Died	19 Jan 1863	New Creek, Mineral Co, WV   [5]
  	Cause: typhoid fever, pneumonia
  	Place of death was in the Regimental hospital. His military records state his cause of death sometimes as typhoid fever and sometimes as pneumonia, with typhoid fever appearing to be the more likely of the two.
  Person ID	I99883	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	John THOMAS,   d. 25 Apr 1845, Hardy Co, (W)VA
  Mother	Hannah BECKHORN,   b. CA 1808
  Family ID	F23237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - Cause: typhoid fever, pneumonia - 19 Jan 1863 - New Creek, Mineral Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2253] 1850 Census, Hardy County, (W)VA. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com). [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).