James Morgan MASSEY, 18461862 (aged 15 years)

Name
James Morgan /MASSEY/
Given names
James Morgan
Surname
MASSEY
Birth
October 2, 1846
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: census 1860, Green Leaf, Desoto, Mississippi, Series: M653 Roll: 581 Page: 97
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: February 5, 2006
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
February 3, 1851
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: census 1860, Green Leaf, Desoto, Mississippi, Series: M653 Roll: 581 Page: 97
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: February 5, 2006
Birth of a sister
March 21, 1853
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
June 30, 1857
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: census 1860, Green Leaf, Desoto, Mississippi, Series: M653 Roll: 581 Page: 97
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: February 5, 2006
Birth of a sister
June 7, 1859
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: census 1860, Green Leaf, Desoto, Mississippi, Series: M653 Roll: 581 Page: 97
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: February 5, 2006
Citation details: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955." death certificate no. 10602 (1945), Lena Massey, accessed 14 Oct 2013.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: October 14, 2013

Her death certificate says she was born in Tate, Mississippi, although Tate county did not exist at the time of her birth.

Birth of a brother
November 1, 1861
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: census 1870, Arkabutla PO, Desoto, Mississippi, Series: M593 Roll: 728, Page: 266
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: February 6, 2006
Military
Note: Co. D 44 Miss., Civil War (Infantry)
Death
May 5, 1862 (aged 15 years)
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.001667 Longitude: -88.755278
Family with parents
father
18171900
Birth: February 20, 1817Rock House in Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
Death: May 9, 1900Tate County, Mississippi, USA
mother
18211882
Birth: February 4, 1821Mississippi, USA
Death: October 23, 1882Tate County, Mississippi, USA
Marriage MarriageDecember 14, 1842DeSoto County (?), Mississippi, USA
10 months
elder sister
17 months
elder sister
18451925
Birth: March 8, 1845Mississippi, USA
Death: 1925
19 months
himself
18461862
Birth: October 2, 1846Mississippi, USA
Death: May 5, 1862Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA
2 years
younger brother
18481850
Birth: November 7, 1848
Death: September 1, 1850
2 years
younger brother
David Massey
18511934
Birth: February 3, 1851Mississippi, USA
Death: after 1934
2 years
younger sister
18531903
Birth: March 21, 1853Mississippi, USA
Death: 1903
2 years
younger sister
18551858
Birth: March 21, 1855
Death: September 2, 1858
2 years
younger sister
18571934
Birth: June 30, 1857Mississippi, USA
Death: after 1934
2 years
younger sister
18591945
Birth: June 7, 1859Mississippi, USA
Death: May 10, 1945Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
2 years
younger brother
18611934
Birth: November 1, 1861Mississippi, USA
Death: after 1934
2 years
younger brother
18631911
Birth: November 17, 1863Mississippi, USA
Death: July 17, 1911
Birth
Citation details: census 1860, Green Leaf, Desoto, Mississippi, Series: M653 Roll: 581 Page: 97
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: February 5, 2006
Military

Co. D 44 Miss., Civil War (Infantry)

Shared note

He enlisted at Memphis Oct. 1861 in Company D 44 Miss. Infantry. He died on Mon., May 5, 1862 at Okonona, Mississippi, having fought n the Battle of Shiloh. He was 15 when he enlisted and when he died. Since he died about a month after the Battle of Shiloh, I would like to know if he died of wounds received there or of illness.