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James Valentine Austin Girten

James Valentine Austin Girten

Male Abt 1838 - 1890  (52 years)

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  • Name James Valentine Austin Girten  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth Abt 1838  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Nov 1890  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial St Agnes Cemetery, Uniontown, Union County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2871  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family Frances Elizabeth "Eliza" Shanks,   b. 8 Mar 1845, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1916, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1867  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. William Virgil Girten,   b. 16 Dec 1868, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1934, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    ▻ Elizabeth Ann "Bettie" Gough  m. 11 Feb 1899

    ▻ Elizabeth Ann "Bettie" Gough  m. 11 Feb 1899
     2. John Melton "Milty" Girten,   b. 25 Sep 1870   d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Susanna Furstel  m. 16 Jun 1914

    ▻ Susanna Furstel  m. 16 Jun 1914
     3. James Girten,   b. Abt 1872   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joseph Merritt Girten,   b. 19 Sep 1873, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1932, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)

     5. Jack M. Girten,   b. Abt 1874   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Bernard Girten,   b. Abt 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Mary Girten,   b. Abt 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Benedict Joseph "Richard" Girten,   b. 11 Aug 1876   d. Mar 1951 (Age 74 years)
    ▻ Mary Ina Langston  m. 24 Jul 1907

    ▻ Mary Ina Langston  m. 24 Jul 1907
     9. Francis Dillon Girten,   b. 19 Mar 1879, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1956, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)

     10. Charles Raymond Girten,   b. 15 Jul 1882   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Louis Howard Girten,   b. 4 Jul 1885   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Sylvester Huston Girten,   b. 12 Apr 1887, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1944, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    ▻ Mattie Clark  m. 16 Feb 1909;   Orrilla LNU

    ▻ Mattie Clark  m. 16 Feb 1909;   Orrilla LNU
    Family ID F1638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • [Girten, Charles, 1819.FTW]

      Son of Charles and Mary Bright Girten.

      Source: Vol 1, Genealogy Union Co. Ky (grtbld21) St. Vincent Baptismal Records 1818-1876, p 26. Valentine's parents were deceased and he was living in household # 724 with Charles C. Beaven and wife susan, and six children. Listed as Girten, Valentine, 21,m,w,Laborer, by. KY.

      Extracted from:

      The Confederate Civil War Soldiers of Union County, Kentucky
      Published by Peyton Heady

      Compliled by Dennis Kirchner

      Girten, Valentine Austin Private Company F. 10th Kentucky Cavalry
      Enlisted in Union County on Sept. 15, 1862
      Was captured in Henderson on May 12, 1863, sent to Camp Morton and released on March 22, 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland
      C.S.A Pension Buried in St. Agnes Cemetery at Uniontown

      Girten, James Thomas Private Company F. 10th Kentucky Cavalry
      Enlisted in Union County on Aug 23, 1862
      Captured at Liberty, Tennessee on Feb. 20, 1863
      Entered the hospital at Camp Butler, Illinois, on Feb 20, 1863

      Valentine was a Confederate veteran, serving in Co. F, 10th KY. Cavalry C.S.A., the "10th KY. Partisan Rangers", with his brother Thomas, 1862-1865.

      The Kentucky Adjutant General's Report states;

      "Liberty, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862 - This Company was raised in Union County, Ky., and participated in most of the engagements which gave the reputation to the Regiment, which it now enjoys, it was in the battle of Donelson-Rolling Mills, Madisonville, Uniontown, Owensboro, Geiger's Lake and several others of minor importance. It was with General Morgan in his last expedition to Kentucky, and participated in the engagements at Elizabethtown, Bacon Creek and Muldrough's Hill."

      Valentine was captured by Union forces near Chattanooga, TN. in Sept. 1863. He was sent to the Camp Morton, Indiana POW camp where he remained imprisoned until his release near the end of the war in March, 1865. Valentine was released due to the efforts of his brother Benedict Girten, who learned that Valentine was near the point of death from sickness and starvation in the Union POW camp.
      His widow Francis Shanks Girten was awarded a pension from the Commonwealth of Kentucky for his Confederate service in 1916.
      Valentine's grave is apparently unmarked.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5320] Osborne, Barbara Girten.

    2. [S4186] Girten, Charles, 1819.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 18, 2002

    3. [S5754] Union County, Kentucky Marriages 1854 -1870, 27.

    4. [S187] 1850 Union County U.S Census, 260.

    5. [S224] 1860 Union County Kentucky Census, 725.

    6. [S259] 1870 Union County Kentucky Census, 1984.

    7. [S299] 1880 Union County, KY Census, 1952.

    8. [S132] 1840 Union County Kentucky Census, 305.

    9. [S3779] Find a Grave.

    10. [S5164] Marriages, 1854 - 1870, Union County, Kentucky, 27.