Josiah Wesley Nunn

  General Notes:

JOSIAH WESLEY NUNN, b. 20 Apr 1827, Henry Co.,Va; d. 13 Mar 1901, Henry Co.,Va; m. LAVINA ANN PEDIGO, 01 Oct 1849, Henry Co. VA; b. 02 Jul 1830, Henry Co. VA; d. 06 May 1908, VA.

The 1850 Federal Census for Henry County, VA, page , dated 1850 records Joseph NUNN (70 - VA) with his wife Mary (70 - VA). Also in the hoysehold are Wesley NUNN (21 - VA) and Leva Ann NUNN (17).

The 1880 Federal Census for Leatherwood, Henry Co., Virginia, page , dated 1880 records John W. NUNN (53 - VA) with is wife Lovina A. NUNN (49 - VA) and children Martha A. NUNN (18 - VA), Thomas M. NUNN (15 - VA), John W. NUNN (11 - VA), and Lilly B. NUNN (8 - VA).

Josiah Nunn fought in the Civil War in VA.

Following is the information from Library of Virginia online.
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans & Widows: CATALOG CARD
NAME Nunn, Lavina A.
DATE OF ACT 1902
NOTE Part of index to pension applications filed by Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows.
STATUS Widow
SUBJECT Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Indexes.
SUBJECT Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
SUBJECT Henry County (Va.)
ADDED ENTRY Virginia. Dept. of Accounts.
COLLECTION Confederate pension rolls, veterans and widows.
LINK FIELD http://aries.vsla.edu/CP/html/28580.html



JOSIAH WESLEY NUNN BIBLE
Owner: Herman Adkins, Roanoke, Va.
BIRTHS
Josiah Wesley Nunn 4/20/1827 Mary Virginia Nunn -27/1850 Lovina Ann Pedigo 7/22/1830
Martha Ann Nunn 10/25/1861 William R. Nunn 12/8/1850 Thomas Martin Nunn 1/9/1866
Joseph Henry Nunn 8/6/1853 John Wesley Nunn 8/29/1868 Sarah Jane Nunn 4/24/1856
Lillie Bell Nunn 5/1/1872
MARRIAGES
J. Wesley Nunn to Lovina Pedigo 10/17/1849 at residence of
Joseph Pedigo, by Arnold Walker, Oaklever, Henry Co., Va.
W. R. Nunn to Emma J. Draper 11/20/1877
J. H. Nunn to Lucy J. Stone 11/24/1881
Sarah J. Nunn to D. E. Marshall 12/18/1878
Martha A. Nunn to C. L. Holland 2/10/1886
Mary V. Nunn to B. L. Marshall 12/23/1898
T. M. Nunn to Bettie M. Carter 1895
John W. Nunn to Marie Womack---
Lillie H. Nunn to W. H. Adkins 1/30/1895
William R. Nunn to Roberta Susan Draper 6/27/1894 William 8. Nunn to Lilian V. Shumate---
DEATHS
J. Wesley Nunn 3/14/1901 Emma J. Nunn 8/5/1893 Lovina A. Nunn Spring 1907
Robert S.Nunn 7/5/1897 Joseph H. Nunn 1908 W. R. Nunn 3/30/1818



More About JOSIAH WESLEY NUNN:
Burial: Nunn Cemetery,Dyer's Store,Henry Co.,VA

Notes for LAVINA ANN PEDIGO:
Lavina is the daughter of Joseph and Sarah M. Mitchell Pedigo

She married
Josiah Wesley Nunn 17 Oct 1849.

Father: Joseph D. Pedigo b: ABT 1798 in Franklin Co.,VA
Mother: Sarah (Sally) Mitchell b: ABT 1804 in Franklin Co.,VA

Joseph Pedigo, Joseph was an influential Baptist minister in VA from about 1790 until his death about 1836. I show him born about 1765

Lavina
Death: 6 MAY 1908 in Henry Co.,Va
Burial: Nunn Cemetery, Dyer's Store, Henry Co.,VA

Josiah married Lovina Ann Pedigo on 17 Oct 1849 in Henry Co., VA. (Lovina Ann Pedigo was born on 22 Jul 1830 in Henry Co., VA, died in May 1907 and was buried in Nunn Cemetery, Dyer's Store, Henry Co., VA.)