Filed for the following Disability:
Invalid Pension 409 962
After the rigors of a forced march during the
Lynchburg campaign, Joshua developed a severe cold and fever that settled
in his
lungs. He was treated in various hospitals
until the close of the war. He was treated first at Point of Rocks, Maryland
for 2-3
weeks, Portsmouth, Virginia (from the last
week of March 1865 to June 8, 1865), then to Norfolk for a day or two,
where he
received his discharge. He was treated by
the regimental surgeon, first, a Dr. Edwin D.J. Bond. After the war he
was treated by
Dr. E.B. Wright of Ripley, West Virginia.
The rigors of all this also brought on rheumatism.
His move to Indiana followed where he was under
the care of William R. Gettang at Fort Branch, Indiana. He developed an
enlargement of the left chest causing frequent
severe pains and rheumatism attacks. In August 1878, he had another severe
fever. This problem has reduced his capacity
for hard labor.
Prior to the war he resided in Jackson County,
West Virginia, where he was born and raised. He lived in Ripley, Jackson
County until May 15, 1873, when he moved to
Fort Branch, Gibson County, Indiana. He was a farmer prior to the war,
and
after the war he has been a day laborer on
a farm, in part to his medical condition.
This was filed on April 22, 1881. by Joshua Kessel Dewees and notarized by Silas M. Holcomb.
Joshua was present during the New River Campaign
(Battle of Cloyd's Mountain) and the aforementioned Lynchburg
Campaign, where after the battle of Lynchburg,
he became ill. He served up until that time with his brother, William Jabel
Dewees, cousins Benjamin Casto Dewees, Alfred
E.S. Dewees, Henry Spencer Dewees, and late nephew, Moses Parsons.
Geneological Info:
Born: 1/31/1834 Jackson County, (West) Virginia
parents: William Dewees and Rachel Batten
Married: 5/17/1860 Jackson County, (West) Virginia
spouse: Violetta Giles
minister: Rev. Andrew Flesher
children:
(1) George W. Dewees b. 6/8/1861
(2) James S. Dewees b. 7/22/1863
(3) Perry A. Dewees b. 1/25/1867
(4) Charles P. Dewees b. 6/12/1870
(5) Prudence Ellen Dewees b. 2/20/1872
(6) Horace F. Dewees b. 10/13/1874 (m. Ella
R. ? )
Died: after April 15, 1915
Resided near Haubstadt, Indiana