Joseph was born in England ca. 1828 and married Elizabeth Westover in 1848 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at Buffalo NY in 1854 shortly after the birth of his daughter Sarah at Maumee, Ohio. He was assigned to the 9th Infantry at Fortress Monroe, Virginia under Colonel George Wright. The 9th was deployed to Washington Territory in late 1855 and traveled by sea to Panama, then overland to the Pacific where they traveled again by sea to Puget Sound and Fort Steilacoom, arriving in January of 1856. He was eventually posted at Fort Dalles where his pregnant wife Elizabeth and daughter Sarah arrived in the summer of 1856 before his son, Joseph Jr. was born in August. Re-enlisting at The Dalles, Oregon in 1859 strongly suggests that he fought in the Indian Wars of Washington Territory 1855-58.
Contrary to family lore that said he died soon after arrival at The Dalles, Joseph was counted at Fort Walla Walla with the 9th in the 1860 census and remained in the Army through the Civil War, being discharged in 1864 due to "disability" with records confirming this at both the Presidio and at Drum Barracks in Wilmington (Los Angeles), California. The 9th Infantry, to which he apparently remained attached to for all 10 years, remained on the west coast during the Civil War. Joseph remained in Wilmington for the rest of his life, remarrying a woman named Johanna Aylwood and living at least into the 1880s.
The 1880 Federal Census shows him living with a new wife, Joanna or Johannah Alywood or Aylwood in Los Angeles, and suffering from some form of abscess on his chest per the record.
Death occurred prior to May of 1891, confirmed by the attached article in Los Angeles Herald May 24, 1891 listing Bradshaw among the buried veterans at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. There is no grave marker, so no dates of birth or death to be found. Multiple census and military records list year of birth about 1828. A death record (attached in photos) shows his death occurring June 23, 1888 and his age at death as 66. This age is inconsistent with every other record listing his age, and it's possible it may have been a transcription error where the person recording the document saw 66 when it actually read 60.
There is a record in the same cemetery for a Jacob Creviston, which is the name of one of his grandsons (through daughter Sarah Bradshaw Creviston). This is an uncanny coincidence and not likely his grandson despite the uncommon name and the family tales of Jacob "disappearing" from the rest of the family on Puget Sound and never being heard from again. The grandson Jacob was born in 1869 and there is record of him getting married in 1892 in Virginia, whereas this article listing the grave of Army veteran Jacob Creviston was written in 1891.
Contrary to family lore that said he died soon after arrival at The Dalles, Joseph was counted at Fort Walla Walla with the 9th in the 1860 census and remained in the Army through the Civil War, being discharged in 1864 due to "disability" with records confirming this at both the Presidio and at Drum Barracks in Wilmington (Los Angeles), California. The 9th Infantry, to which he apparently remained attached to for all 10 years, remained on the west coast during the Civil War. Joseph remained in Wilmington for the rest of his life, remarrying a woman named Johanna Aylwood and living at least into the 1880s.
The 1880 Federal Census shows him living with a new wife, Joanna or Johannah Alywood or Aylwood in Los Angeles, and suffering from some form of abscess on his chest per the record.
Death occurred prior to May of 1891, confirmed by the attached article in Los Angeles Herald May 24, 1891 listing Bradshaw among the buried veterans at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. There is no grave marker, so no dates of birth or death to be found. Multiple census and military records list year of birth about 1828. A death record (attached in photos) shows his death occurring June 23, 1888 and his age at death as 66. This age is inconsistent with every other record listing his age, and it's possible it may have been a transcription error where the person recording the document saw 66 when it actually read 60.
There is a record in the same cemetery for a Jacob Creviston, which is the name of one of his grandsons (through daughter Sarah Bradshaw Creviston). This is an uncanny coincidence and not likely his grandson despite the uncommon name and the family tales of Jacob "disappearing" from the rest of the family on Puget Sound and never being heard from again. The grandson Jacob was born in 1869 and there is record of him getting married in 1892 in Virginia, whereas this article listing the grave of Army veteran Jacob Creviston was written in 1891.
Joseph was born in England ca. 1828 and married Elizabeth Westover in 1848 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at Buffalo NY in 1854 shortly after the birth of his daughter Sarah at Maumee, Ohio. He was assigned to the 9th Infantry at Fortress Monroe, Virginia under Colonel George Wright. The 9th was deployed to Washington Territory in late 1855 and traveled by sea to Panama, then overland to the Pacific where they traveled again by sea to Puget Sound and Fort Steilacoom, arriving in January of 1856. He was eventually posted at Fort Dalles where his pregnant wife Elizabeth and daughter Sarah arrived in the summer of 1856 before his son, Joseph Jr. was born in August. Re-enlisting at The Dalles, Oregon in 1859 strongly suggests that he fought in the Indian Wars of Washington Territory 1855-58.
Contrary to family lore that said he died soon after arrival at The Dalles, Joseph was counted at Fort Walla Walla with the 9th in the 1860 census and remained in the Army through the Civil War, being discharged in 1864 due to "disability" with records confirming this at both the Presidio and at Drum Barracks in Wilmington (Los Angeles), California. The 9th Infantry, to which he apparently remained attached to for all 10 years, remained on the west coast during the Civil War. Joseph remained in Wilmington for the rest of his life, remarrying a woman named Johanna Aylwood and living at least into the 1880s.
The 1880 Federal Census shows him living with a new wife, Joanna or Johannah Alywood or Aylwood in Los Angeles, and suffering from some form of abscess on his chest per the record.
Death occurred prior to May of 1891, confirmed by the attached article in Los Angeles Herald May 24, 1891 listing Bradshaw among the buried veterans at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. There is no grave marker, so no dates of birth or death to be found. Multiple census and military records list year of birth about 1828. A death record (attached in photos) shows his death occurring June 23, 1888 and his age at death as 66. This age is inconsistent with every other record listing his age, and it's possible it may have been a transcription error where the person recording the document saw 66 when it actually read 60.
There is a record in the same cemetery for a Jacob Creviston, which is the name of one of his grandsons (through daughter Sarah Bradshaw Creviston). This is an uncanny coincidence and not likely his grandson despite the uncommon name and the family tales of Jacob "disappearing" from the rest of the family on Puget Sound and never being heard from again. The grandson Jacob was born in 1869 and there is record of him getting married in 1892 in Virginia, whereas this article listing the grave of Army veteran Jacob Creviston was written in 1891.
Contrary to family lore that said he died soon after arrival at The Dalles, Joseph was counted at Fort Walla Walla with the 9th in the 1860 census and remained in the Army through the Civil War, being discharged in 1864 due to "disability" with records confirming this at both the Presidio and at Drum Barracks in Wilmington (Los Angeles), California. The 9th Infantry, to which he apparently remained attached to for all 10 years, remained on the west coast during the Civil War. Joseph remained in Wilmington for the rest of his life, remarrying a woman named Johanna Aylwood and living at least into the 1880s.
The 1880 Federal Census shows him living with a new wife, Joanna or Johannah Alywood or Aylwood in Los Angeles, and suffering from some form of abscess on his chest per the record.
Death occurred prior to May of 1891, confirmed by the attached article in Los Angeles Herald May 24, 1891 listing Bradshaw among the buried veterans at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. There is no grave marker, so no dates of birth or death to be found. Multiple census and military records list year of birth about 1828. A death record (attached in photos) shows his death occurring June 23, 1888 and his age at death as 66. This age is inconsistent with every other record listing his age, and it's possible it may have been a transcription error where the person recording the document saw 66 when it actually read 60.
There is a record in the same cemetery for a Jacob Creviston, which is the name of one of his grandsons (through daughter Sarah Bradshaw Creviston). This is an uncanny coincidence and not likely his grandson despite the uncommon name and the family tales of Jacob "disappearing" from the rest of the family on Puget Sound and never being heard from again. The grandson Jacob was born in 1869 and there is record of him getting married in 1892 in Virginia, whereas this article listing the grave of Army veteran Jacob Creviston was written in 1891.
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Civil War Veteran. Memorial Day article listing veterans buried in Rosedale as of May 24, 1891.
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