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William died 28 June 1912 age 77 after he succumbed to a long illness and a second stroke. His funeral was at Central
<br />Methodist Church in Concord. He is buried in the Montgomery family plot in Oakwood Cemetery Sect.. D-16. Also buried in
<br />the family plot Sect. D-16 are two brother who also served as Confederate soldiers. Pvt. Charles Gaines Montgomery who had
<br />served in Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion, Goldsby's Mounted Infantry an Alabama military unit and Capt. George Wilcox
<br />Montgomery Co F "Trojan Regulators", 44th NC Infantry Regiment. He had two other brothers that had died in the war.
<br />Cabarrus County Register of Deeds:
<br />Joseph Young held this office from 1872 to 1878.
<br />Joseph Campbell Young, born 14 August 1820, Cabarrus County. Enlisted 19 April 1861 in Co A "Cabarrus Guards", 20th NC
<br />Infantry Regiment and rose to the rank of 2nd Lt. Married Rosanna N. Martin in January 1847, Cabarrus County. They had two
<br />sons, Robert L. and John Martin Young. His occupations were farmer, surveyor, deputy sheriff, Cabarrus County Register of
<br />Deeds, and civil engineer. Joseph "John" died 6 March 1892. Both he and his wife Rosanna are buried in Oakwood Cemetery,
<br />Sect. D-17.
<br />Clerk of Superior Court:
<br />James C. Gibson held this office from 1872 to 1878. Born in Concord 2 November 1840 to Dr. Edmund R. and Elizabeth Phifer
<br />Gibson. Pvt. James C. Gibson served in Co A "Cabarrus Guards", 20th NC Infantry. Enlisted 1 May 1861 Concord. On 14
<br />September 1862 he and many other members of the "Cabarrus Guards" were captured at Fox's Gap, Maryland, sent to Ft.
<br />McHenry, Maryland, transferred to Ft. Monroe, Virginia where he was paroled and exchanged on 3 October 1862. He returned
<br />to service in Co A and was wounded later in October 1862 at South Mountain, Virginia. Sent to the Chimburazo Hospital No. 4
<br />in Richmond. The 201h NC was also at Gettysburg where his brother Lt. William Henry Gibson, Co A, 33rd NC Infantry who was
<br />killed in the Pettigrew —Trimble Charge, aka Pickett's Charge, against Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg on 3 July 1863. He is buried
<br />in the Confederate Section of the Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. On 9 April 1865, James was with the "Cabarrus Guards"
<br />at Appomattox, Virginia when Robert E. Lee surrendered. After the war James married Elizabeth Puryear of Yadkin County. In
<br />addition to being the Clerk of Superior Court of Cabarrus County he also farmed. After leaving office in 1878 he acquired his
<br />Law license and practiced law and was involved in banking. They had two children, Richard Puryear Gibson and Ellen Gibson
<br />Macrae. James died on 10 November 1900 and he and his family are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Sect. D-49.
<br />Cabarrus County Treasurer:
<br />Josiah Stanhope Fisher was the Cabarrus County Treasurer who administered the $30,000 cost of building the new courthouse
<br />and jail. Josiah was born 14 April 1836 in Concord to Daniel and Leah Faggart Fisher. His father Daniel is buried in the Holy
<br />Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant and his mother Leah Faggart Fisher is buried in the Old Lutheran Cemetery in
<br />Concord. Josiah is the grandson of Jacob Faggart Jr. and Margaret Barbara Bost Faggart. He is the great grandson of Jacob
<br />Fegert "Faggart" who came from Germany "Prussia" and who was one of the three founders of St. John's Lutheran Church and
<br />also a Revolutionary War Patriot. He is the great grandson of Pvt. Paul Elias Bost a Revolutionary War soldier. Josiah is great
<br />great grandson of Johannes Wilhelm Bost from Germany "Prussia" who was the first Bost to come to Mecklenburg / Cabarrus
<br />County. Johannes is buried at St. John's Lutheran. During the war Josiah served as a Sergeant in Co G, 2°d NC Junior Reserves
<br />CSA a Home Guard company. Josiah would later marry Laura Plunkett and they would have four children, two of whom died at
<br />a very early age. Josiah had eleven brothers and sisters. Five of his brothers also served during the war. Pvt. Caleb Alexander
<br />Fisher, Co E, 4th Regt. NC Cay., 59th NC State Troops, Cpl. John Valentine Fisher, Co H "Cabarrus Phalanx", 8th NC Infantry, Pvt.
<br />Ephraim Lewis Fisher, Co F 5th Regt. NC Cavalry, 63rd Regt. Vols., Pvt. Daniel Francis Fisher, Co F, 5th Regt. NC Cavalry, 63rd Regt.
<br />Vols., Pvt. Henry Wilson Fisher, Co F "Cabarrus Rangers", 11t NC Regt. Cavalry, 9th NC State Troops. Josiah died on 23 April 1903
<br />and both he and Laura and their children are buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Sect. B-33.
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