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    Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler

    Birth: 10-19-1822

    Death: 4-20-1899

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Whistler, Elizabeth Cobham | Marriage Date: 8-16-1846

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Colonel Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler was born on October 19, 1822. Joseph graduated West Point in 1846 and fought in the Mexican-American War. He fought with the 8th infantry, and then later with the 3rd infantry. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1852. During the American Civil War he was captured by the Confederates, and paroled as a prisoner of war. He fought in the Civil War again in 1863, during the Richmond campaign and defense of Washington. In 1874 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel. He retired on Oct.19, 1886 and he died in 1899. He married Eliza Cobham (nee Hall) with whom he had at least the following children: Garland Nelson Whistler, William Whistler, Margaret Whistler, Julia Whistler, and Kenner Garrard Whistler. 

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Colonel Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler was born on October 19, 1822. Joseph graduated West Point in 1846 and fought in the Mexican-American War. He fought with the 8th infantry, and then later with the 3rd infantry. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1852. During the American Civil War he was captured by the Confederates, and paroled as a prisoner of war. He fought in the Civil War again in 1863, during the Richmond campaign and defense of Washington. In 1874 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel. He retired on Oct.19, 1886 and he died in 1899. He married Eliza Cobham (nee Hall) with whom he had at least the following children: Garland Nelson Whistler, William Whistler, Margaret Whistler, Julia Whistler, and Kenner Garrard Whistler. 

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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Volume IX
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
James T. White & Company
Year: 
1907
Start Page: 
48
End Page: 
48
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https://books.google.com/books?id=7m9GAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&dq=joseph+whistler+mexican-american+war&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyoOPUqpDdAhUDd98KHdtTAP8Q6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=joseph%20whistler%20mexican-american%20war&f=false
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32345937/joseph-nelson_garland-whistler
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Find a Grave
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BURIAL Vale Cemetery Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 32345937 · View Source
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje5278&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=u94R5WVqxGqrAhpXeW9D%2BQ%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=joseph&gsfn_x=1&gsln=whistler&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=1&msbdy=1822&catbucket=rstp&
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Ancestry.com
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Citation Notes: 
Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Index to New York City Deaths 1862-1948. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives. See Also: Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32345937/joseph-nelson_garland-whistler