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John Singleton Mosby

John Singleton Mosby

Male 1833 - 1916  (82 years)


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  • Name John Singleton Mosby  [1
    Birth 6 Dec 1833  Edgemont, Powhatan County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 May 1916  Garfield Hospital, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Age: 82
    Burial Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I13369  Bob Juch's Tree 2
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

    Father Alfred Daniel Mosby,   b. 9 Dec 1809, Powhatan County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1879, Bedford County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Virginia Jackson McLaurine,   b. 15 May 1815, Edgemont, Powhatan County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1897, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1831  Powhatan County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pauline C. Clarke,   b. 1823/1846, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1876, Warrenton, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1857  Nashville, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. May Virginia Mosby,   b. 1859   d. 1904 (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Beverly Clarke Mosby,   b. 1860  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jr. John Singleton Mosby, Jr,   b. 1863   d. Abt 1915 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Victoria Stuart Mosby,   b. 1867  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Pauline Mosby,   b. Abt 1869  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Ada C. Mosby,   b. Abt 1871  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. George Prentiss Mosby,   b. Aug 1873   d. 15 Jul 1874 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Alfred Daniel Mosby,   b. Mar 1876   d. 10 May 1876 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY: Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography
      page 678
      He is a famous confederate cavalry leader, consul at Hong Kong in 1878-85; and subsequently a lawyer in San Francisco. He is the author of War Reminiscences.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Ancestry.com, Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2011, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 29 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi;).