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]
  
  In 1860, John was enumerated in the same county in his own household with his wife Letty J Israel.  They had married since the last census.  The age of their son William would make him born about December 1859.  Other members of his family were a few pages away in the same district, District 2.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 2 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 44, Hse/Fam #318
  John W Israel 24 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $237 Personal rptd  born Alabama married within the year [since last census] [b abt 1836]
  Letty J Israel 25 F born South Carolina [since last census] [b abt 1835]
  Wm S Israel 5mos M born Alabama [b abt Dec 1859]
  
  He is buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.  His parents are buried in Waverly Cemetery in Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri.
  
  Pvt John W Israil [sic]
  No Birth or Death Date on the stone
  Inscription:  Co E 19th Alabama Infantry CSA
  The 19th was organized in Huntsville, Alabama 14 Aug 1861. Battles of Shiloh, Knoxville, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Alabama Hill, Kennesaw Mountain, Noonday Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin Tn., Nashville, Bentonville. They surrendered 26 Apr 1865 in North Carolina.
  Parents:
  James Israel (1802 - 1880)
  Mary Israel (1803 - 1872)
  Son William Steven Israel (1860 - 1943)
  Burial Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, Section B Row 3
  Created by rhondajo Feb 08, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #65384501, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65384501
  
  "John W Israel died on September 19, 1863, at Empire House Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery. His Confederate grave marker there spells his last name as Israil."
  --  Billy Weeks, comment on a Find A Grave memorial for John W Israel, 23 August 2015
  
  U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
  John W Israel
  CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY CIVIL WAR
  Birth Date 1837
  Death Date 1863
  Buial Center City Cemetery, Hwy 411 Main St Haleyville, AL 35565
  [Burial is actually in the Oakland Cemtery, Atlanta.  Maybe the burial was moved to a National Veteran's burial site?]
  
  There is also a memorial and grave marker for John in the Crossville Methodist Church Cemetery in DeKalb County, Alabama.
  
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  John W Israel
  Birth 1837
  Death 1863
  
  PVT CSA CO. E. 19TH ALABAMA INF.
  (SEE GARRY SMITH PHOTO UNDER M. M. ISRAEL)
  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
  
  Although he is a member of the American Legion and a few other organizations, retiree Edgar Israel of Graham hasn't gotten around to joining the Sons of Confederate Veterans. If he should apply, he won't have to worry about be turned down.
  
  My great-grandfather, who was a captain in the Confederate Army, was killed in a battle at Atlanta, Ga., on Sept. 21, 1863, said Israel, who is 93 years old and still active. His great-grandfather, William Ross Israel, is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Atlanta.
  
  He was shot off of his horse, Israel said, adding that when he was a youngster he was occasionally shown the bullet that took his forebear's life. The bullet went through him and lodged in his coat, where it was found. He said one of his relatives had the old bullet, but he has no idea what happened to it.
  
  The year 1863 wasn't a good one for the Israel family. Israel said two of his great uncles, Confederate Army captains (Privates) Lee Landres Israel John W. Israel and (Captain) Monteville Marvin Israel, were also killed in battles with Union forces.
  
  All three of the brothers were farmers in Alabama and they joined the 19th Alabama Calvary, a part of the Confederate Army, at the same time on Aug. 14, 1861, in Huntsville, Ala., he said.
  
  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.)
  
  Israel, a retired textile engineer and plant manager, recently told a gathering of the Burlington area Sons of Confederate Veteran.
  
  There is a book written about this ISRAEL family by Kenneth Israel.
  
  Burial Crossville Methodist Church Cemetery, Crossville, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
  
  Created by Nancy Nov 23, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #6206255, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Israel&GSiman=1&GScid=402051&GRid=62062551&
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Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 11 January, District 27, Hse #866
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 2 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 44, Hse/Fam #318
• 4. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
• 5. Find a Grave Comment