According to the Beaufort Historical Association Pamphlet published at PO Box 363, 100 Block Turner Street, Beaufort, NC 28516-0363 Ph: 1-800-575-7483 or 252-728-5225 www.BeaufortHistoricSite.org:
Captain Josiah Pender (1819-1864) Led a group of fifty men who seized Fort Macon a month before North Carolina seceded from the Union in 1861. An improvised Confederate flag was raised in place of the national colors. Confederate forces held the fort for a year and eleven days until it was retaken by Union General Ambrose E. Burnside in April, 1862.
Pender died at the Atlantic House in Beaufort, NC from yellow fever.
Captain Josiah Pender is #1 on their self-guided cemetery tour.
Josiah S. Pender and Maria Louise Williams were married in Petersburg, VA, by the Reverend A. B. Smith on Tuesday, the 25h of January, 1842.
Children born to this union were:
Victor Edwin (Petersburg, VA) Sunday, Nov, 13, 1842.
Walter Henry (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Sep. 12, 1844.
Paul S. (Petersburg, VA) Wednesday, Sep. 2, 1847.
Kate Dunn (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Oct. 3, 1849.
India Louise (Tarborough, NC) Friday, Sep. 12, 1851.
Josiah, Jr. (Tarborough, NC) Oct 12, 1853.
Mary America (Tarborough, NC) Sep. 15, 1855.
Maria Louse (Beaufort, NC) Saturday, May 7, 1859.
Edward Graham (Atlantic House, Beaufort, NC), Monday, September 10, 1860.
Captain Josiah Pender (1819-1864) Led a group of fifty men who seized Fort Macon a month before North Carolina seceded from the Union in 1861. An improvised Confederate flag was raised in place of the national colors. Confederate forces held the fort for a year and eleven days until it was retaken by Union General Ambrose E. Burnside in April, 1862.
Pender died at the Atlantic House in Beaufort, NC from yellow fever.
Captain Josiah Pender is #1 on their self-guided cemetery tour.
Josiah S. Pender and Maria Louise Williams were married in Petersburg, VA, by the Reverend A. B. Smith on Tuesday, the 25h of January, 1842.
Children born to this union were:
Victor Edwin (Petersburg, VA) Sunday, Nov, 13, 1842.
Walter Henry (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Sep. 12, 1844.
Paul S. (Petersburg, VA) Wednesday, Sep. 2, 1847.
Kate Dunn (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Oct. 3, 1849.
India Louise (Tarborough, NC) Friday, Sep. 12, 1851.
Josiah, Jr. (Tarborough, NC) Oct 12, 1853.
Mary America (Tarborough, NC) Sep. 15, 1855.
Maria Louse (Beaufort, NC) Saturday, May 7, 1859.
Edward Graham (Atlantic House, Beaufort, NC), Monday, September 10, 1860.
According to the Beaufort Historical Association Pamphlet published at PO Box 363, 100 Block Turner Street, Beaufort, NC 28516-0363 Ph: 1-800-575-7483 or 252-728-5225 www.BeaufortHistoricSite.org:
Captain Josiah Pender (1819-1864) Led a group of fifty men who seized Fort Macon a month before North Carolina seceded from the Union in 1861. An improvised Confederate flag was raised in place of the national colors. Confederate forces held the fort for a year and eleven days until it was retaken by Union General Ambrose E. Burnside in April, 1862.
Pender died at the Atlantic House in Beaufort, NC from yellow fever.
Captain Josiah Pender is #1 on their self-guided cemetery tour.
Josiah S. Pender and Maria Louise Williams were married in Petersburg, VA, by the Reverend A. B. Smith on Tuesday, the 25h of January, 1842.
Children born to this union were:
Victor Edwin (Petersburg, VA) Sunday, Nov, 13, 1842.
Walter Henry (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Sep. 12, 1844.
Paul S. (Petersburg, VA) Wednesday, Sep. 2, 1847.
Kate Dunn (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Oct. 3, 1849.
India Louise (Tarborough, NC) Friday, Sep. 12, 1851.
Josiah, Jr. (Tarborough, NC) Oct 12, 1853.
Mary America (Tarborough, NC) Sep. 15, 1855.
Maria Louse (Beaufort, NC) Saturday, May 7, 1859.
Edward Graham (Atlantic House, Beaufort, NC), Monday, September 10, 1860.
Captain Josiah Pender (1819-1864) Led a group of fifty men who seized Fort Macon a month before North Carolina seceded from the Union in 1861. An improvised Confederate flag was raised in place of the national colors. Confederate forces held the fort for a year and eleven days until it was retaken by Union General Ambrose E. Burnside in April, 1862.
Pender died at the Atlantic House in Beaufort, NC from yellow fever.
Captain Josiah Pender is #1 on their self-guided cemetery tour.
Josiah S. Pender and Maria Louise Williams were married in Petersburg, VA, by the Reverend A. B. Smith on Tuesday, the 25h of January, 1842.
Children born to this union were:
Victor Edwin (Petersburg, VA) Sunday, Nov, 13, 1842.
Walter Henry (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Sep. 12, 1844.
Paul S. (Petersburg, VA) Wednesday, Sep. 2, 1847.
Kate Dunn (Petersburg, VA) Thursday, Oct. 3, 1849.
India Louise (Tarborough, NC) Friday, Sep. 12, 1851.
Josiah, Jr. (Tarborough, NC) Oct 12, 1853.
Mary America (Tarborough, NC) Sep. 15, 1855.
Maria Louse (Beaufort, NC) Saturday, May 7, 1859.
Edward Graham (Atlantic House, Beaufort, NC), Monday, September 10, 1860.
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