Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

Identifier:

049668

Collection Number:

A&M 3762

Title:

Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

Date:

ca. 1900

Description:

Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.

Subjects:

Portraits--C., Teachers--West Virginia., Civil War., Veterans--West Virginia., Soldiers--West Virginia., Counties--Summers., Men--West Virginia.

Corporate Names:

Confederate States of America.

Acquisition Source:

Trail, Stephen D. & Fred Long

Acquisition Method:

Gift

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView