This Viola ELDER,
daughter of JOSEPH WILLIAM ELDER,
also in "PETER ELDER" book by Lee ELDER,
page 186.
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# Name: Joseph William Elder
# Given Name: Joseph William
# Surname: Elder
# Sex: M
# Birth: 22 Mar 1831 in Clarke County, Georgia
# Death: 8 Nov 1913 in Shinbone Valley, Clay County, Alabama
# Burial: Nov 1913 Union D Baptist Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama
# Event: Federal Census 12 Nov 1850
# Note: Chambers County, Alabama, age 20
# Event: Federal Census 6 Sep 1860
# Note: Milltown, Chambers County, Alabama, age 27
# Event: Soldier Bet 1862 and 1864 Camp Watts, Alabama
# Note:
CSA, Private - Alabama Conscripts, Company A
Assigned to duty by Major Ready

# Event: Fractured & shortened ferrous [femur/femoris bone] 3 or 4 in. Unfit for field service. Military Injury Jun 1864 General Hospital, Notasulga, Alabama
# Event: Census Tax Collector Military Service 1907-1908 Clay County, Alabama
# Note:
Was nurse[d] in hospital & with a forage wagon for 3 years. Served until close of the war. Enlisted in 1862 at Camp Watts, Alabama as a private in Company A.
Birth date incorrectly stated or transcribed as 1836/03/02.

# Event: Federal Census 28 Jun 1870
# Note: Flat Rock, Clay County, Alabama
# Event: Federal Census 1880
# Note: Union, Clay County, Alabama, page 36, age 49
# Residence: 1907-1908 De Armanville, Alabama
# Event: photograph Tombstone Union D Baptist Cemetery, Clay County, Alabama
# Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41...;
# _UID: CE7BBDC44A8649179E0C41C5A50D5824D874

# Note:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/clay/photos/documents/g... .jpg
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clay/photos/document... fam.txt

1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers in Alabama
Enlistment Date: 1862/00/00
Enlistment Information: Alabama, Camp Watts, Private.
Remarks: Was nurse in hospital and with forage wagon for 3 years. Served until close of the war. Address 1907-8: DeArmonville, Alabama.
Authority: Census Tax Collector Clay County, Alabama 1907-8.

Enlistment Information: Age 34, Private.
Branch: Camp Of Instruction
Company Unit: A
Remarks: General Hospital, Notasulga, Alabama. Assigned to duty by Major Ready. Attendant. Fractured and shortened ferrous(?) 3 or 4 in. Unfit for field service.
Authority: Return of Attendants, General Hospital, Notasulga, Alabama June 1864. U.R. Jones, Surgeon in Charge

Father: Wyche Malone Jenkins Elder b: 5 Oct 1804 in Brunswick County, Virginia
Mother: Mary Jane Burt b: 11 Jan 1809 in Oconee County, Georgia

Marriage 1 Sarah Jane Manning b: 1 Apr 1834 in Troup County?, Georgia
* Married: 28 Dec 1852 in Chambers County, Alabama
Children
1. Permilla Ann Francis Elder b: 6 Jan 1853
2. Ellen America Elder b: 17 Dec 1855
3. David Brooks Elder b: 17 Mar 1857
4. Mary Elizabeth Elder b: 5 Mar 1859 in Alabama
5. Sarah Jane Elder b: 25 Dec 1860 in Alabama
6. William Doctor Elder b: 14 Mar 1863 in Clay County, Alabama
7. Edmund Hartwell Elder b: 22 Feb 1864
8. Viola Vitula Elder b: 24 Oct 1869
9. Joseph Jubelee Elder b: 29 Mar 1871
10. Polly Prudence Elder b: 24 Apr 1873
11. Geanette "Nettie" Artlissa Elder b: 11 Dec 1875 in Clay County, Alabama
12. Wyche Malone Jenkins Elder b: Dec 1878