CSA footstone: Private, Alabama Conscripts.
Pvt. Joseph William Elder, Company A, Camp Watts, Notasulga, Alabama. Elder entered the military in 1862. He had a previous injury which led to a fractured and shortened bone; that injury led him to be unfit for field service. He was, however, able to serve at Camp Watts' Camp of Instruction in a less strenuous manner. He worked as a hospital nurse and helped with a forage wagon for three years. Elder survived the war, died in 1913, and is buried in Union, Clay County, Alabama.
CSA footstone: Private, Alabama Conscripts.
Pvt. Joseph William Elder, Company A, Camp Watts, Notasulga, Alabama. Elder entered the military in 1862. He had a previous injury which led to a fractured and shortened bone; that injury led him to be unfit for field service. He was, however, able to serve at Camp Watts' Camp of Instruction in a less strenuous manner. He worked as a hospital nurse and helped with a forage wagon for three years. Elder survived the war, died in 1913, and is buried in Union, Clay County, Alabama.
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Epitaph: Come Ye Blessed
An honest man is the noblest work of God.
Family Members
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Permelia Ann Frances Elder Carter
1854–1928
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Ellen America Elder Shadix
1855–1948
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Mary Elizabeth Elder Newsome
1859–1885
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Sarah Jane Elder Carter
1860–1937
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William Doctor Elder
1863–1938
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Edmond Hartwell Elder
1865–1926
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Viola Vilula Elder Strickland
1868–1962
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Joseph Jubilee "jube" Elder
1871–1959
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Polly Prudence "Prudie" Elder Spears
1873–1904
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Genettie Artlissa Elder Strickland
1875–1968
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Wych M. Elder
1878–1968
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