MARION COUNTY, GA - BIOS W.B. Jossey

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 487-488
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


MARION COUNTY


W.B. Jossey, farmer, Buena Vista, Marion Co., Ga., son of Henry
and Mary (Mimms) Jossey, was born in Stewart county, Ga., in
1843.  His paternal grandfather, Lewis Jossey, of Irish descent,
was a native of South Carolina, and early in life came to
Georgia.  Mr. Jossey’s father was born in South Carolina, moved
to Georgia when a young man, and settled in what is now Marion
county.  He was reared and lived a farmer; but for a number of
years served as a justice of the peace.  His maternal
grandfather, Floyd Mimms, was an early settler of Sumter county.
He was a farmer - a pursuit he followed all his life.  Mr.
Jossey’s early life was spent on the farm, and the teacher at
the old log school-house imparted to him the little education he
received.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, Capt. Melton Brown,
Fifty-ninth Georgia regiment.  Among the battles, in which he
participated, were: Gettysburg, Funkston, the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania courthouse, Richmond and Petersburg; he remained
in the service until the surrender, when he came home penniless.
He began farming and worked hard, early and late, and saved
money.  In 1867 he bought his first land, and now owns 600 acres
of good farming land, and is prospering.  Mr. Jossey was married
in 1871 to Miss Savinia A. Jordan - born in Marion county, in
1854 - daughter of Nicholas and Ann (Dukes) Jordan.  Mr. Jordan
was a native Georgian, was an early settler in Marion county,
where he died.  Nine children have been born of this union:
Mattie, Edna H., William, Thomas, Leroy, Annie, Emmett, Clinton
and Erva.  Mrs. Jossey is a member of the Methodist church.