Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 11 January, District 27, Hse #866
  James Israel 57 M Waggon Maker $1800 b North Carolina [b abt 1793]
  Mary Israel 45 F b South Carolina [b abt 1805]
  William Israel 25 M b North Carolina [b abt 1825]
  Leander Israel 21 M b North Carolina [b abt 1829]
  Matilda Israel 19 F b North Carolina [b abt 1831]
  Emily Israel 17 F b North Carolina [b abt 1833]
  Martha Israel 15 F b North Carolina [b abt 1835]
  John Israel 13 M b Alabama [b abt 1837]
  Elizabeth Israel 11 F b Alabama [b abt 1839]
  Susan Israel 9 F b Alabama [b abt 1841]
  James Israel 5 M b Alabama [b abt 1845]
  
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  3 brothers who were killed in the Civil War. Sons of James Israel and Mary Emma Burton Israel. Grandsons of Michael Israel and Sarah Coffee/Coffey.
  
  On 12 August 1861, Monterville Marvin Israel along with his two brothers, Leonidas and John W. enlisted for duty in the Civil War. They were with Company E, 19th Alabama Infantry.
  Jess Headley research:
  
  Here is the newspaper story as told by EDGAR ISRAEL:
  
  Monterville Enlisted as a 1st Lt. with his brothers, John William and Leander (Leonidas) , on 12 Aug. 1861 at Kirk's Grove, Cherokee Cty, AL, in Company E, 19th Alabama Infantry. (Roll of the Cherokee Guards) Was commissioned a Captain in 28 Aug 1862. (military record says Feb. 1862 at Pensacola) Fought in Battle of Stone River/Murpreesboro, TN, Dec 1862; fought at Chickamauga in Sept. 1863; and at Chattanooga in Nov. He was wounded during the retreat from Chattanooga and the subsequent campaign against Sherman's march, and died in the Kingston, GA hospital.
  From the Burlinton NC Sun Times 11/12/2000
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  LEE ISRAEL (Leonidas/Leander) was the first of the three to be killed; that was on April 19, 1863. He was killed at Shiloh, where he served under Gen. Albert Johnson. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Chattanooga, Tenn., he said, explaining his great-grandfather was the second of the brothers to die. (MONTERVILLE) Marvin Israel, who was fatally shot later in the year in a battle in Georgia, is one of 250 Confederate soldiers buried in a military cemetery in Kingston, Ga. (He died April 9, 1864.)
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #6206255, John W Israel, Birth 1837, Death 1863, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Israel&GSiman=1&GScid=402051&GRid=62062551&
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 11 January, District 27, Hse #866