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 1844 - 1881 (36 years)
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| Name |
Virginius Blackburn Otey |
| Birth |
16 Nov 1844 |
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1860 |
Covington, Alleghany County, VA [2] |
| Military Service |
Between 1860 and 1866 |
Alleghany County, Virginia, USA |
| Private, Co. A, 27th Virginia Infantry. Carpenters Co. St. L. Art. |
| Death |
19 Sep 1881 |
Carrolton, Carroll, Mo, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I12898 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Mary Emma Cooper, b. 20 Aug 1848, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA d. 20 May 1931, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
1869 [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Anna Mitchell Otey, b. Dec 1869, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA d. 1963 (Age 93 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Julia Emmory Otey, b. 15 Dec 1871, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA d. 17 Mar 1929 (Age 57 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Virginius Blackburn Otey, Jr., b. 1 Apr 1881, Carroll County, Missouri, USA d. 16 Sep 1931, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA (Age 50 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F4980 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- As told by Anna Otey to Harold Cleveland Ca. 1953
"During the Civil War, Captain Otey was assigned to Lee's command. When Lee went to Appomattox to surrender, Captain Otey did not go along. He mounted his horse and struck out for Missouri, stating bluntly that he refused to surrender. (To this day none of the Captain's side of the family has ever surrendered.) One night he found himself in the small town of Utica Mo. He went to the inn and arranged for a nights lodging. It was dark and he was tired so he went to bed without striking a light. When he awoke the next morning the first thing that met his eye was a picture of "Mr." Lincoln on the wall. Outraged, Captain Otey hauled out his side arm and blasted the picture off the wall. He then jumped through the window, and without paying his bill to 'those damn Yankees', continued on his way home. To this day, the family apparently still owes a bill to some innkeeper's family in Utica."
Side note: Captain Otey's very proper daughter Anna M. Otey took great pleasure in telling this story and could see no wrong in her father's actions. After all, the innkeepers WERE Yankees.
ADDENDUM: March of 1996
Consultation of the military records of the period indicate that the above tale, charming though it may be is open to question.
There were a some 80 Oteys who served in the Confederate army. Of that group there is listed but one Virginius B. He was a Private who served with Captain Carpenter's company of Light Artillery aka, The Alleghany Rough Artillery. The only Captain Otey was named James.* According to his pay records, Virginius was wounded July 21st, 1861, at the first battle of Manassas, and again in February, 1863 at Lynchburg having been admitted to General Hospital #1 at Richmond, February 11, of that year. He was released from General Hospital #9, Richmond, Virginia, on June 4th 1864.* (As there are no mustering out records, part of the traditional story may have been factual.)
The company muster roll states that he was 21 in 1861, and that he enlisted at Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia, with the Alleghany Light Infantry - which became, the 27th Regiment Virginia Infantry. This unit was transferred to the artillery service during the latter part of 1861. The 27th was also known as the 6th Virginia Infantry.* Regardless of its various designations, the Company was always attached to the "Stonewall Brigade".
Virginius' occupation was listed as "manager" - of what it does not say. Given the era and locale, one might speculate that he was a plantation manager (overseer?)
* See National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy No. 324.
COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED INORGANIZATIONS FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. Roll 270, Capt. Carpenter's Co., Light Artillery, M-Y
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| Sources |
- [S121] Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Lineage Books, DAR ID Number: 64215.
- Details: 1860 VA, Alleghany Co., Covington P.O., p. 12.
- [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, ;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Carrollton Ward 3, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: T623_846; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 4.
Birth date: Aug 1848
Birth place: Missouri
Marriage date: 1869
Marriage place:
Residence date: 1900
Residence place: Carrollton city, Carroll, Missouri
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=29090433&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
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