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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1822-01-05</span>)</span>January 5, 1822<br /><a href="/wiki/Camden,_South_Carolina" title="Camden, South Carolina">Camden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina" title="Kershaw County, South Carolina">Kershaw County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 13, 1894<span style="display:none">(1894-04-13)</span> (aged 72)<br />Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Old_Quaker_Cemetery" title="Old Quaker Cemetery">Old Quaker Cemetery</a> <br />Camden, South 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Volunteers">United States Army</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281-1%29.svg/17px-Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281-1%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281-1%29.svg/26px-Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281-1%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281-1%29.svg/34px-Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281-1%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1847–1848 (<a href="/wiki/Palmetto_Regiment" title="Palmetto Regiment">USV</a>)<br />1861–1865 (<a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">CSA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg/35px-Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg" decoding="async" width="35" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg/53px-Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg/70px-Union_army_1st_lt_rank_insignia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="544" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/First_Lieutenant#United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lieutenant">First Lieutenant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Palmetto_Regiment" title="Palmetto Regiment">USV</a>)<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg/35px-Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg/53px-Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg/70px-Confederate_States_of_America_General-collar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1034" data-file-height="530" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Major_General_(CSA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (CSA)">Major General</a> (<a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">CSA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chapultepec" title="Battle of Chapultepec">Battle of Chapultepec</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter" title="Battle of Fort Sumter">Battle of Fort Sumter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Manassas" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Manassas">First Battle of Manassas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Battle of Fredericksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chickamauga" title="Battle of Chickamauga">Battle of Chickamauga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness" title="Battle of the Wilderness">Battle of the Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House" title="Battle of Spotsylvania Court House">Battle of Spotsylvania Court House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor" title="Battle of Cold Harbor">Battle of Cold Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Campaigns_of_1864" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Campaigns of 1864">Shenandoah campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Brevard Kershaw</b> (January 5, 1822 – April 13, 1894) was an American planter and slaveholder from <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a lawyer, judge, and a <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_B._Kershaw&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kershaw was born on January 5, 1822, at his family's plantation in <a href="/wiki/Camden,_South_Carolina" title="Camden, South Carolina">Camden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kershaw_County,_South_Carolina" title="Kershaw County, South Carolina">Kershaw County, South Carolina</a>. Admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Bar_association" title="Bar association">bar</a> in 1843, he married Lucretia Ann Douglas in Camden in 1844, and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">South Carolina Senate</a> in 1852–1856. Kershaw saw battle during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>, but fell deathly ill and was given leave to return home. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_B._Kershaw&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the Civil War, Kershaw commanded the <a href="/wiki/2nd_South_Carolina_Infantry_Regiment" title="2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment">2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment</a>. He was present at Morris Island in April 1861 during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter" title="Battle of Fort Sumter">Battle of Fort Sumter</a>, and then in July 1861 at the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Manassas" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Manassas">First Battle of Manassas</a> in Virginia as part of Brig. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Milledge_Bonham" class="mw-redirect" title="Milledge Bonham">Milledge Bonham</a>'s brigade. During the battle, Kershaw's regiment along with the 8th South Carolina was detached from Bonham and sent to help drive back the Union assault on Henry House Hill. </p><p>Afterwards, Kershaw gained the ire of Confederate general <a href="/wiki/P.G.T._Beauregard" class="mw-redirect" title="P.G.T. Beauregard">P.G.T. Beauregard</a> by failing to file a proper report of the battle and instead writing a lengthy article in a Charleston newspaper which gave the impression that he and the 2nd South Carolina singlehandedly defeated the Union army. Beauregard, who had difficult professional relationships with many military and political officials, called him "that militia idiot". The disparaging remarks of Beauregard toward him and other officers were duly noted. </p><p>Due in part to his military success, Kershaw was transferred to the West in the fall. In December, when Milledge Bonham resigned his commission to take a seat in the Confederate Congress, Kershaw was honored with command of Bonham's former brigade. </p><p>He was commissioned <a href="/wiki/History_of_Confederate_States_Army_Generals#Brigadier_general" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Confederate States Army Generals">brigadier general</a> on 13 February 1862 and commanded a brigade in <a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Johnston" title="Joseph E. Johnston">Joseph E. Johnston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia" title="Army of Northern Virginia">Army of Northern Virginia</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Peninsula_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsula Campaign">Peninsula Campaign</a>, at the close of which he continued with Lee and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Virginia Campaign">Northern Virginia Campaign</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland Campaign">Maryland Campaign</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Battle of Fredericksburg</a>, on December 13, 1862, he commanded his South Carolina Brigade and was stationed behind <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ransom_Jr." title="Robert Ransom Jr.">Ransom's</a> North Carolina Brigade and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reade_Rootes_Cobb" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb">Cobb's</a> Georgia brigade on Marye's Heights, and helped repulse several attacks made by the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>. </p><p>The following year he was engaged in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a> and then was transferred with <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General_(CSA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General (CSA)">Lt. Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Longstreet" title="James Longstreet">James Longstreet</a>'s corps to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Theater of the American Civil War">West</a>, where he took part in the charge that destroyed the Federal right wing at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chickamauga" title="Battle of Chickamauga">Chickamauga</a>. After the relief of <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_McLaws" title="Lafayette McLaws">McLaws</a> following the battle of <a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville Campaign">Knoxville</a> Kershaw was given the command of the division and promoted to major general on 2 June 1864. When Longstreet returned to Virginia, he commanded a division in the battles of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness" title="Battle of the Wilderness">Wilderness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House" title="Battle of Spotsylvania Court House">Spotsylvania Court House</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor" title="Battle of Cold Harbor">Cold Harbor</a>, and was engaged in the <a href="/wiki/Valley_Campaigns_of_1864" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Campaigns of 1864">Shenandoah campaign</a> of 1864 against Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Philip_Sheridan" title="Philip Sheridan">Philip Sheridan</a>. After the evacuation of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>, his troops formed part of Lt. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Richard_S._Ewell" title="Richard S. Ewell">Richard S. Ewell</a>'s corps, which was captured on 6 April 1865 at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sayler%27s_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Sayler's Creek">Battle of Sayler's Creek</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postbellum_career">Postbellum career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_B._Kershaw&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Postbellum career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the close of the war he returned to South Carolina and in 1865 was chosen president of the State Senate. He was judge of the Circuit Court from 1877 to 1893, when he stepped down for health reasons. In 1894, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Postmaster" title="Postmaster">postmaster</a> of Camden, an office that he held until his death in the same year. Joseph B. Kershaw was also Grand Master of the Freemasons of South Carolina.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He died in Camden and is buried there in the Quaker Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_B._Kershaw&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Joseph B. Kershaw</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="60" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="29"> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">16. James Kershaw<sup id="cite_ref-YPR_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. Joseph Kershaw (b. 1699)<sup id="cite_ref-YPR_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-YPRm_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPRm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. Col. Joseph Kershaw (1728–1791)<sup id="cite_ref-DAR70_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR70-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">18. John Ryley<sup id="cite_ref-YPRbMR_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPRbMR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. Mary Ryley (1703–1742)<sup id="cite_ref-YPRbMR_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPRbMR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-YPRm_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPRm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-YPRd_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YPRd-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/John_Kershaw_(American_politician)" title="John Kershaw (American politician)">John Kershaw</a> (1765–1829)<sup id="cite_ref-DAR70_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR70-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DAR43_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="31" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="30" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">20. John Mathis (1690–1779)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. Daniel Mathis (1723–1764)</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">21. Alice Andrews (1696–1784)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. Sarah Mathis (1763–1789)<sup id="cite_ref-DAR70_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR70-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. Sophia Gaunt (1723–1761)</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Joseph Brevard Kershaw</b> (1822–1894)<sup id="cite_ref-DAR70_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR70-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="15"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="48" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="31" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="30" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">12. Isaac DuBose (1746–1815)<sup id="cite_ref-DAR43_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">6. Isaac DuBose<sup id="cite_ref-DAR43_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">13. Catherine Beisseau<sup id="cite_ref-DAR43_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">3. Harriette Du Bose (1791–1845)<sup id="cite_ref-DAR70_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR70-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DAR43_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="17"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="16" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">7. Mary DuTarque<sup id="cite_ref-DAR43_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Children">Children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_B._Kershaw&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Joseph Brevard Kershaw (5 January 1822 Camden – 13 April 1894 Camden) married in 1844 in Camden to Lucretia Ann Douglas (27 August 1825 Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA - 28 April 1902 Camden), youngest of the four surviving daughters of the esteemed James Kennedy Douglas (23 October 1780 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland - 13 November 1860 Camden) by his wife Mary Lucretia Martin (21 February 1785 - 29 March 1852 Camden). James, son of William Douglas and his wife Sarah Kennedy,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had emigrated in 1800/1804 to join John Kirkpatrick, an established merchant in Charleston, South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joseph and Lucretia's children included: </p> <ul><li>Rev. John Kershaw (3 January 1847 Camden - 6 April 1921 North Augusta, Aiken County, South Carolina), married Susan B. DeSaussure (8 June 1847 Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina - 26 December 1924 Charleston) and had issue; his daughter <a href="/wiki/Harriette_Kershaw_Leiding" title="Harriette Kershaw Leiding">Harriette Kershaw Leiding</a> was a noted Charleston writer.</li> <li>Mary Martin Kershaw (23 April 1848 Camden - 14 April 1934 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina), married Charles John Shannon (1846–1933) and had issue;</li> <li>Harriet DuBose Kershaw (14 October 1850 Camden - 5 May 1930 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina), married Thomas Whitmill Lang (10 January 1848 Dallas County, Alabama - 9 September 1915 Columbia) without surviving issue;</li> <li>Charlotte Douglas Kershaw (17 April 1851 Camden - 8 March 1923 Camden), never married, no issue;</li> <li>Josephine Serre Kershaw (8 April 1867 Camden - 10 September 1938 Pawleys Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina), married William Bratton deLoach (18 May 1866 - 5 February 1929) and had issue.</li></ul> <div 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"Recollections of Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang (Continued)". <i><a href="/wiki/The_South_Carolina_Historical_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="The South Carolina Historical Magazine">The South Carolina Historical Magazine</a></i>. <b>59</b> (3): 159–70. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566179">27566179</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+South+Carolina+Historical+Magazine&rft.atitle=Recollections+of+Harriet+DuBose+Kershaw+Lang+%28Continued%29&rft.volume=59&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=159-70&rft.date=1958&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F27566179%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Beaty&rft.aufirst=Rives+Lang&rft.au=Lang%2C+Harriet+DuBose+Kershaw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+B.+Kershaw" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eicher, p. 331.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAR70-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAR70_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR70_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR70_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR70_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR70_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 070 : 1908; National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAR43-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAR43_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR43_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR43_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR43_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR43_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAR43_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=2142401&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61157">Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 043.</a> National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 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C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Kershaw, Joseph Brevard (1822–1894)", Volume 11, p. 462. <i><a href="/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia" class="mw-redirect" title="New International Encyclopedia">New International Encyclopedia</a></i> (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.</li> <li>Eicher, John H., and <a href="/wiki/David_J._Eicher" title="David J. Eicher">David J. Eicher</a>, <i>Civil War High Commands</i>. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8047-3641-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8047-3641-1">978-0-8047-3641-1</a>.</li> <li>Sifakis, Stewart. <i>Who Was Who in the Civil War</i>. 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