Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn
Born: September 21, 1824
Birthplace: Webster, Pennsylvania
Father: Benjamin Lightburn 1796 – 1878
(Buried: Salem Regular Baptist Church, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Rebecca Fell 1798 – 1844
(Buried: Broad Run Baptist Church, Lightburn, West Virginia)
Wife: Harriett Ellen Whittlesey 1835 – 1928
(Buried: Broad Run Baptist Church, Lightburn, West Virginia)
Children:
Horace Lightburn 1858 – 1921
(Buried: Broad Run Baptist Church, Lightburn, West Virginia)
Luther Grant Lightburn 1866 – 1948
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1851: Served in the United States Army rising to Sgt.
1859 – 1861: Baptist Minister in Western Part of Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 4th West Virginia Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861: Participated in the Western Virginia Campaign
1862: Brigade Commander in Union Army, Division of Kanawha
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1863: Brigade Commander during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: Brigade Commander during Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1864: Brigade Commander during the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864: Wounded in the head during the Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander, Department of West Virginia
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on June 22nd
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1901: Baptist Minister for Broad Run Baptist Church
Died: May 17, 1901
Place of Death: Broad Run, West Virginia
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Cause of Death: Asthma and heart trouble
Burial Place: Broad Run Baptist Church, Lightburn, West Virginia
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