JUDSON MOZINGO

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1850 Marshall County Census
MAZINGLE (1142)
William...Farmer...40-M...VA
Catherine...30-F...VA
Harriett...15-F...VA
Frances...13-F...VA
Judson...12-M...VA
Margaret...9-F...VA

1860 Marshall County Census
MOZINGER (2132)
Wm...53-wm...cooper...VA
Judea...19-wm...cooper...VA
Margaret...17-wf...VA

Service Record: At age 22, enlisted at Wheeling Aug. 4, 1863 to serve 6 months; mustered in Aug. 12, 1863. “Died at Wheeling Nov. 22, 1863.” "Died of Typhoid Fever" is also stated in the record.

Wheeling Intelligencer, Nov. 24, 1863: “Death of a Soldier - Judson Mazingo, a soldier belonging to Capt. Holmes’ Company, died in the Hospital at the Athenaeum on Sunday night of Scarlet Fever. The deceased was twenty-one years of age. He resided with his father in Ritchietown. The funeral will take place this afternoon.”

Wheeling Daily Register, Nov. 24, 1863: Judson Mozingo, a member of Captain Holmes’ Battery, died in the Athenaeum hospital night before last. He was a single man and resided in Marshall county.” Nov. 26: “Conveyed to the silent tomb” “he was a kind hearted, noble soldier…” but burial place not stated.

Judson Mozingo was the son of William and Catherine Mozingo, residents of Boggs Run, Marshall County, in 1850. In that census, Judson, age 12, had two older sisters, Harriett and Frances, and a younger sister, Margaret. By 1860, the mother, Catherine, had died and William (spelled “Mozinger”), a Cooper, Judea (Judson), a Cooper, and Margaret, were still in the home on Boggs Run. Frances had married William “Henry” Winesburg on June 14, 1860 and they lived in close proximity.


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