Joseph Porter Wren

b. circa 1831
  • Joseph Porter Wren was born circa 1831 in Virginia.
  • Powhatan Sampson Wren and Joseph Porter Wren appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Richmond, Virginia, both boarding in the household of boot & shoe dealer W. P. W. Taylor, likely their employer.
  • He was a boot & shoe dealer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Joseph Porter Wrenn enlisted on 21 April 1861 as a private in Company F, 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, CSA. He was promoted to full corporal on 15 April 1863, to full sergeant three months later on on 15 July, and mustered out on 9 July 1864 at Monocacy, Maryland.
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2012