Jonathan W. McQuagge married Mary Elizabeth Matheson in Jackson County, Florida in 1855. They had son Duncan in 1862 after they moved with her family to Montgomery, Alabama. He is shown in the Franklin County Florida 1850 census with a group of laborers and living in the household of the local constable. He was either in jail or maybe building one since he was a carpenter by trade. Apalachicola was a river/port boom town with a lot of construction going on.
Jonathan enlisted March 5, 1862 at Montgomery, AL. The 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Talladega, 16 March 1862, with men from Calhoun, Cherokee, Montgomery, Randolph, Shelby, and Talladega counties.
Jonathan W. McQuagge was captured twice during the Civil War. The first time was at Vicksburg when he signed the parole on July 9, 1963 until properly exchanged. A year after this release he was captured again at Big Shanty, GA on June 15, 1864. This time he was eventually sent from Louisville to Rock Island Prison on June 24, 1864 where he died Oct. 10, 1864 most probably from the smallpox epidemic there or from pneumonia.
He was a carpenter by trade and left behind a wife of 9 years and a two year old son. After his wife remarried, she relocated to Texas with her new husband James Lee and her son. Most of the McQuagges in Texas are decendants of his son Duncan S. McQuagge through his grandsons Arthur Duncan McQuagge Sr and Ollie Samuel McQuagge
Jonathan enlisted March 5, 1862 at Montgomery, AL. The 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Talladega, 16 March 1862, with men from Calhoun, Cherokee, Montgomery, Randolph, Shelby, and Talladega counties.
Jonathan W. McQuagge was captured twice during the Civil War. The first time was at Vicksburg when he signed the parole on July 9, 1963 until properly exchanged. A year after this release he was captured again at Big Shanty, GA on June 15, 1864. This time he was eventually sent from Louisville to Rock Island Prison on June 24, 1864 where he died Oct. 10, 1864 most probably from the smallpox epidemic there or from pneumonia.
He was a carpenter by trade and left behind a wife of 9 years and a two year old son. After his wife remarried, she relocated to Texas with her new husband James Lee and her son. Most of the McQuagges in Texas are decendants of his son Duncan S. McQuagge through his grandsons Arthur Duncan McQuagge Sr and Ollie Samuel McQuagge
Jonathan W. McQuagge married Mary Elizabeth Matheson in Jackson County, Florida in 1855. They had son Duncan in 1862 after they moved with her family to Montgomery, Alabama. He is shown in the Franklin County Florida 1850 census with a group of laborers and living in the household of the local constable. He was either in jail or maybe building one since he was a carpenter by trade. Apalachicola was a river/port boom town with a lot of construction going on.
Jonathan enlisted March 5, 1862 at Montgomery, AL. The 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Talladega, 16 March 1862, with men from Calhoun, Cherokee, Montgomery, Randolph, Shelby, and Talladega counties.
Jonathan W. McQuagge was captured twice during the Civil War. The first time was at Vicksburg when he signed the parole on July 9, 1963 until properly exchanged. A year after this release he was captured again at Big Shanty, GA on June 15, 1864. This time he was eventually sent from Louisville to Rock Island Prison on June 24, 1864 where he died Oct. 10, 1864 most probably from the smallpox epidemic there or from pneumonia.
He was a carpenter by trade and left behind a wife of 9 years and a two year old son. After his wife remarried, she relocated to Texas with her new husband James Lee and her son. Most of the McQuagges in Texas are decendants of his son Duncan S. McQuagge through his grandsons Arthur Duncan McQuagge Sr and Ollie Samuel McQuagge
Jonathan enlisted March 5, 1862 at Montgomery, AL. The 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Talladega, 16 March 1862, with men from Calhoun, Cherokee, Montgomery, Randolph, Shelby, and Talladega counties.
Jonathan W. McQuagge was captured twice during the Civil War. The first time was at Vicksburg when he signed the parole on July 9, 1963 until properly exchanged. A year after this release he was captured again at Big Shanty, GA on June 15, 1864. This time he was eventually sent from Louisville to Rock Island Prison on June 24, 1864 where he died Oct. 10, 1864 most probably from the smallpox epidemic there or from pneumonia.
He was a carpenter by trade and left behind a wife of 9 years and a two year old son. After his wife remarried, she relocated to Texas with her new husband James Lee and her son. Most of the McQuagges in Texas are decendants of his son Duncan S. McQuagge through his grandsons Arthur Duncan McQuagge Sr and Ollie Samuel McQuagge
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McQuagge, J. W., AL, 31st Inf. Co. I, Sgt., CSA
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