John Wesley Alcorn

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Husband John Wesley Alcorn ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1841 3
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           Died: 18 Sep 1864 - Andersonville Confederate Prison, Andersonville, Macon Co, GA 3
         Buried:  - Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Macon Co, GA

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         Father: William Alcorn (1805-1842) 1 4 5
         Mother: Rebecca Benn (1816-1844) 1 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Wesley Alcorn

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Civil War: He enlisted on Sept. 8, 1862, in the Union Army. He was taken prisoner at Brandy Station, Culpepper, Virginia. He died of scorbutus and diarrhea on Sept. 18, 1864, in the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and is buried in Andersonville National Cemetery in grave #9150, Section H.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

2 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 3.

3 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 66.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

5 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003), Pg 1.