Gingery, Joseph

Joseph Gingery

Wade Family History

Quick Facts

Significance:

Private - 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K

Place of Birth:

Ohio

Date of Birth:

1835

Place of Death:

Franklin, Tennessee

Date of Death:

November 30, 1864

Place of Burial:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Cemetery Name:

Stones River National Cemetery

Joseph Gingery was most likely born 1835 or 1836 and spent most, if not all, of his life in Ohio until he went off to war. He met his future wife, Diana Wade, when she had gone to collect garden seeds from his mother during the spring one year. The two were married on December 10, 1857 when Wade was 18 and Gingery around 22. Gingery worked as a farmer, and after his wedding, bought 40 acres of land and paid $75 for the first payment. He anticipated being able to pay off the rest by working, and after enlisting, thought his wife could pay the rest and live off of the money he sent home. 

The couple had three sons, the youngest being just six months old when Gingery decided to enlist on September 6, 1862 in Weston, Ohio. He mustered into Co. K of the 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Later, while on furlough home, Gingery realized they would not be able to pay off the land, and gave it back. His wife moved to live with Gingery’s parents helping on their farm. She and several other women worked together that spring to plant 14 acres of corn.

Gingery served with Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign and during the beginning of his March to the Sea before he was sent to Nashville, Tennessee with Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio . As the Confederates massed to attack the U.S. forces at Franklin, Tennessee, Gingery, who had been guarding the supply wagons, requested to be sent to the front lines He was killed on November 30, 1864, three days before his enlistment was over. 

Gingery is buried at Stones River National Cemetery at plot I-3528.