Allen H. Bloxton, either died June 1910, or Oct 5, 1884 in Washington, DC (as reported on Ancestry.com).
Allen was born ca. 1842, and was age 23 when he got married in Washington, D.C. on 04 MAY 1865 to:
Christina Barbara Schaffer Bloxton.
They had at least one daughter:
FLORENCE BLOXTON (pictured on her father's memorial here)
Allen H. Bloxton listed with his parents and sisters on
1860 CENSUS, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
June 9, 1860, Dwelling 93, Family 93:
BLOXTON, Zachr'y (Zachariah) 45, b. VA, married
BLOXTON, Arabella (Oder/Odor) 45, wife, b. VA
BLOXTON, Allen H. 16, son, b. VA ca 1842
BLOXTON, ISABELLA 13, daughter, b. VA
BLOXTON, Rebecca A. 12, daughter, b. VA
ALLEN H. BLOXTON in 15th Virginia Infantry with A. A. Bloxton, & also listed in 30th Virginia Infantry, all listings as Privates)
18-year-old carder at Fredericksburg;
Enlisted 5/23/1861 in Co. C.
Admitted to General Hospital No. 8, 12/20/1862 with a flesh wound near left elbow, presumably suffered at Battle of Fredericksburg I;
furloughed 30 days on 12/27/1862.
Absent under arrest (infraction not specified), Oct. 1863 to April 1864;
Returned to duty, 5/15/1864.
Present in July 1864, then no further record.
During Civil War, Allen's father:
ZACHARIAH BLOXTON, Confederate Private, Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery, Battle of Fredericksburg I (Battle of Marye's Heights), 5 days, December 11-15, 1862 - Confederate Victory - Gen. Robert E. Lee vs Ambrose Burnside. Zac in same company with cousins: F. A. (Fielding Albert) BLOXTON, Sergeant, & ALEX (Alexander Edwin) BLOXTON, Private.
Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Overview:
Stafford Light Artillery was organized in August, 1861, with men recruited in Stafford County. The unit served in the Aquia District, fought at Malvern Cliff, then was stationed near Petersburg with 98 effectives. Later it saw action at Fredericksburg, moved to South Carolina, and after returning to Virginia joined the Department of Richmond. During the spring of 1864 the battery was attached to C.M. Braxton's Battalion in the Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in The Wilderness Campaign, was with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. During March, 1864, it contained 95 men, lost many in the fight at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with only 3 privates. Its commanders were Captains John R. Cocke, Raleigh L. Cooper, and Thomas B. French.
Notes:
Battle Unit Note -
Formerly known as Capt. French's Co. and Capt. Cooke's Co. (Stafford L. Art'y.) Va. L. Art'y. Served in Braxton's Batt'y. of Art'y.
1880 CENSUS, Spotsylvania, VA (Allen's sister, Rebecca (Mrs. William Shelton), his mother, & Bloxton relatives who were children:
Wm Shelton 36 (1844)
Rebecca (Bloxton) Shelton 30 (1850)
Arabella Bloxton 55 (1825)
Walter Bloxton 12 (1868)
Wm Bloxton 10 (1870)
Alice Bloxton 6 (1874)
Leonard Bloxton 5 (1875)
Bernard Bloxton 2 (1878)
Allen was born ca. 1842, and was age 23 when he got married in Washington, D.C. on 04 MAY 1865 to:
Christina Barbara Schaffer Bloxton.
They had at least one daughter:
FLORENCE BLOXTON (pictured on her father's memorial here)
Allen H. Bloxton listed with his parents and sisters on
1860 CENSUS, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
June 9, 1860, Dwelling 93, Family 93:
BLOXTON, Zachr'y (Zachariah) 45, b. VA, married
BLOXTON, Arabella (Oder/Odor) 45, wife, b. VA
BLOXTON, Allen H. 16, son, b. VA ca 1842
BLOXTON, ISABELLA 13, daughter, b. VA
BLOXTON, Rebecca A. 12, daughter, b. VA
ALLEN H. BLOXTON in 15th Virginia Infantry with A. A. Bloxton, & also listed in 30th Virginia Infantry, all listings as Privates)
18-year-old carder at Fredericksburg;
Enlisted 5/23/1861 in Co. C.
Admitted to General Hospital No. 8, 12/20/1862 with a flesh wound near left elbow, presumably suffered at Battle of Fredericksburg I;
furloughed 30 days on 12/27/1862.
Absent under arrest (infraction not specified), Oct. 1863 to April 1864;
Returned to duty, 5/15/1864.
Present in July 1864, then no further record.
During Civil War, Allen's father:
ZACHARIAH BLOXTON, Confederate Private, Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery, Battle of Fredericksburg I (Battle of Marye's Heights), 5 days, December 11-15, 1862 - Confederate Victory - Gen. Robert E. Lee vs Ambrose Burnside. Zac in same company with cousins: F. A. (Fielding Albert) BLOXTON, Sergeant, & ALEX (Alexander Edwin) BLOXTON, Private.
Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Overview:
Stafford Light Artillery was organized in August, 1861, with men recruited in Stafford County. The unit served in the Aquia District, fought at Malvern Cliff, then was stationed near Petersburg with 98 effectives. Later it saw action at Fredericksburg, moved to South Carolina, and after returning to Virginia joined the Department of Richmond. During the spring of 1864 the battery was attached to C.M. Braxton's Battalion in the Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in The Wilderness Campaign, was with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. During March, 1864, it contained 95 men, lost many in the fight at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with only 3 privates. Its commanders were Captains John R. Cocke, Raleigh L. Cooper, and Thomas B. French.
Notes:
Battle Unit Note -
Formerly known as Capt. French's Co. and Capt. Cooke's Co. (Stafford L. Art'y.) Va. L. Art'y. Served in Braxton's Batt'y. of Art'y.
1880 CENSUS, Spotsylvania, VA (Allen's sister, Rebecca (Mrs. William Shelton), his mother, & Bloxton relatives who were children:
Wm Shelton 36 (1844)
Rebecca (Bloxton) Shelton 30 (1850)
Arabella Bloxton 55 (1825)
Walter Bloxton 12 (1868)
Wm Bloxton 10 (1870)
Alice Bloxton 6 (1874)
Leonard Bloxton 5 (1875)
Bernard Bloxton 2 (1878)
Allen H. Bloxton, either died June 1910, or Oct 5, 1884 in Washington, DC (as reported on Ancestry.com).
Allen was born ca. 1842, and was age 23 when he got married in Washington, D.C. on 04 MAY 1865 to:
Christina Barbara Schaffer Bloxton.
They had at least one daughter:
FLORENCE BLOXTON (pictured on her father's memorial here)
Allen H. Bloxton listed with his parents and sisters on
1860 CENSUS, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
June 9, 1860, Dwelling 93, Family 93:
BLOXTON, Zachr'y (Zachariah) 45, b. VA, married
BLOXTON, Arabella (Oder/Odor) 45, wife, b. VA
BLOXTON, Allen H. 16, son, b. VA ca 1842
BLOXTON, ISABELLA 13, daughter, b. VA
BLOXTON, Rebecca A. 12, daughter, b. VA
ALLEN H. BLOXTON in 15th Virginia Infantry with A. A. Bloxton, & also listed in 30th Virginia Infantry, all listings as Privates)
18-year-old carder at Fredericksburg;
Enlisted 5/23/1861 in Co. C.
Admitted to General Hospital No. 8, 12/20/1862 with a flesh wound near left elbow, presumably suffered at Battle of Fredericksburg I;
furloughed 30 days on 12/27/1862.
Absent under arrest (infraction not specified), Oct. 1863 to April 1864;
Returned to duty, 5/15/1864.
Present in July 1864, then no further record.
During Civil War, Allen's father:
ZACHARIAH BLOXTON, Confederate Private, Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery, Battle of Fredericksburg I (Battle of Marye's Heights), 5 days, December 11-15, 1862 - Confederate Victory - Gen. Robert E. Lee vs Ambrose Burnside. Zac in same company with cousins: F. A. (Fielding Albert) BLOXTON, Sergeant, & ALEX (Alexander Edwin) BLOXTON, Private.
Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Overview:
Stafford Light Artillery was organized in August, 1861, with men recruited in Stafford County. The unit served in the Aquia District, fought at Malvern Cliff, then was stationed near Petersburg with 98 effectives. Later it saw action at Fredericksburg, moved to South Carolina, and after returning to Virginia joined the Department of Richmond. During the spring of 1864 the battery was attached to C.M. Braxton's Battalion in the Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in The Wilderness Campaign, was with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. During March, 1864, it contained 95 men, lost many in the fight at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with only 3 privates. Its commanders were Captains John R. Cocke, Raleigh L. Cooper, and Thomas B. French.
Notes:
Battle Unit Note -
Formerly known as Capt. French's Co. and Capt. Cooke's Co. (Stafford L. Art'y.) Va. L. Art'y. Served in Braxton's Batt'y. of Art'y.
1880 CENSUS, Spotsylvania, VA (Allen's sister, Rebecca (Mrs. William Shelton), his mother, & Bloxton relatives who were children:
Wm Shelton 36 (1844)
Rebecca (Bloxton) Shelton 30 (1850)
Arabella Bloxton 55 (1825)
Walter Bloxton 12 (1868)
Wm Bloxton 10 (1870)
Alice Bloxton 6 (1874)
Leonard Bloxton 5 (1875)
Bernard Bloxton 2 (1878)
Allen was born ca. 1842, and was age 23 when he got married in Washington, D.C. on 04 MAY 1865 to:
Christina Barbara Schaffer Bloxton.
They had at least one daughter:
FLORENCE BLOXTON (pictured on her father's memorial here)
Allen H. Bloxton listed with his parents and sisters on
1860 CENSUS, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
June 9, 1860, Dwelling 93, Family 93:
BLOXTON, Zachr'y (Zachariah) 45, b. VA, married
BLOXTON, Arabella (Oder/Odor) 45, wife, b. VA
BLOXTON, Allen H. 16, son, b. VA ca 1842
BLOXTON, ISABELLA 13, daughter, b. VA
BLOXTON, Rebecca A. 12, daughter, b. VA
ALLEN H. BLOXTON in 15th Virginia Infantry with A. A. Bloxton, & also listed in 30th Virginia Infantry, all listings as Privates)
18-year-old carder at Fredericksburg;
Enlisted 5/23/1861 in Co. C.
Admitted to General Hospital No. 8, 12/20/1862 with a flesh wound near left elbow, presumably suffered at Battle of Fredericksburg I;
furloughed 30 days on 12/27/1862.
Absent under arrest (infraction not specified), Oct. 1863 to April 1864;
Returned to duty, 5/15/1864.
Present in July 1864, then no further record.
During Civil War, Allen's father:
ZACHARIAH BLOXTON, Confederate Private, Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery, Battle of Fredericksburg I (Battle of Marye's Heights), 5 days, December 11-15, 1862 - Confederate Victory - Gen. Robert E. Lee vs Ambrose Burnside. Zac in same company with cousins: F. A. (Fielding Albert) BLOXTON, Sergeant, & ALEX (Alexander Edwin) BLOXTON, Private.
Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Overview:
Stafford Light Artillery was organized in August, 1861, with men recruited in Stafford County. The unit served in the Aquia District, fought at Malvern Cliff, then was stationed near Petersburg with 98 effectives. Later it saw action at Fredericksburg, moved to South Carolina, and after returning to Virginia joined the Department of Richmond. During the spring of 1864 the battery was attached to C.M. Braxton's Battalion in the Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in The Wilderness Campaign, was with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. During March, 1864, it contained 95 men, lost many in the fight at Sayler's Creek, and surrendered with only 3 privates. Its commanders were Captains John R. Cocke, Raleigh L. Cooper, and Thomas B. French.
Notes:
Battle Unit Note -
Formerly known as Capt. French's Co. and Capt. Cooke's Co. (Stafford L. Art'y.) Va. L. Art'y. Served in Braxton's Batt'y. of Art'y.
1880 CENSUS, Spotsylvania, VA (Allen's sister, Rebecca (Mrs. William Shelton), his mother, & Bloxton relatives who were children:
Wm Shelton 36 (1844)
Rebecca (Bloxton) Shelton 30 (1850)
Arabella Bloxton 55 (1825)
Walter Bloxton 12 (1868)
Wm Bloxton 10 (1870)
Alice Bloxton 6 (1874)
Leonard Bloxton 5 (1875)
Bernard Bloxton 2 (1878)
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