Joseph Bethuel McCaslinAge: 26 years1838–1864
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- Joseph Bethuel McCaslin
Birth | August 5, 1838 35 30 Source: 1850 US Federal Census |
Census | 1840 (Age 16 months) Source: 1840 US Federal Census |
Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary (Polly) Marrs (Mears) May 18, 1841 (Age 2 years) Source: Re: McCaslin Cemetery |
Burial of a maternal grandmother | Mary (Polly) Marrs (Mears) after May 18, 1841 (Age 2 years) Note: McCaslin Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial# 31624207)
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Birth of a brother | George A McCaslin January 26, 1843 (Age 4 years) Source: 1850 US Federal Census Source: Find a Grave Note: given as 26 Jan 1844 in his Civil War Pension records
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Death of a brother | Stephen Montgomery McCaslin July 23, 1845 (Age 6 years) |
Death of a mother | Mildred Brown Montgomery August 28, 1850 (Age 12 years) |
Burial of a mother | Mildred Brown Montgomery after August 28, 1850 (Age 12 years) Source: Find a Grave Note: McCaslin Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial# 31625493)
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Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth McCaslin September 26, 1850 (Age 12 years) |
Death of a paternal grandfather | David Wasson McCaslin December 17, 1850 (Age 12 years) Publication: Brant & Fuller (Chicago, Illinois 1888) |
Burial of a paternal grandfather | David Wasson McCaslin after December 17, 1850 (Age 12 years) Source: Re: McCaslin Cemetery Note: McCaslin Cemetery; Findagrave Memorial # 31624145
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Census | 1850 (Age 11 years) Source: 1850 US Federal Census |
Marriage of a parent | Hervey George McCaslin — Sarah Price — View this family December 31, 1851 (Age 13 years) Note: Herveys name is transcribed as (Henry), indicating the transcriber was in doubt as to what it really was.
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Birth of a half-brother | Hervey George (Gex) McCaslin November 19, 1853 (Age 15 years) Source: 1860 US Federal Census Source: 1900 US Federal Census Source: Find a Grave |
Death of a brother | William David McCaslin September 28, 1856 (Age 18 years) Source: Find a Grave |
Burial of a brother | William David McCaslin after September 28, 1856 (Age 18 years) Source: S3871 Publication: Johnson County Museum of History (Franklin, Indiana 2001) Source: Find a Grave Note: Greenlawn Cemetery Section Zepp, Row 23, Stone 4 (Find A Grave Memorial# 32033638)
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Death of a brother | Thomas Allen McCaslin February 15, 1857 (Age 18 years) |
Census | 1860 (Age 21 years) Source: 1860 US Federal Census |
Census | 1860 (Age 21 years) Source: 1860 US Federal Census |
Death | August 8, 1864 (Age 26 years) Note: died of dysentery
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Burial | August 8, 1864 (on the date of death) Note: Little Rock National Cemetery, Section 2 Site 1907
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Family with parents |
father |
Hervey George McCaslin Birth: September 27, 1802 35 35 — Kentucky Death: September 12, 1870 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
mother |
Mildred Brown Montgomery Birth: April 16, 1808 31 — Kentucky Death: August 28, 1850 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
Marriage: January 16, 1824 — , Shelby, Kentucky |
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15 months elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth McCaslin Birth: April 6, 1825 22 16 — Kentucky Death: September 26, 1850 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
19 months elder brother |
Stephen Montgomery McCaslin Birth: November 6, 1826 24 18 Death: July 23, 1845 |
3 years elder brother |
William David McCaslin Birth: November 7, 1829 27 21 — Indiana Death: September 28, 1856 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
2 years elder sister |
Rachel Amanda McCaslin Birth: April 3, 1832 29 23 — Indiana Death: January 15, 1866 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
2 years elder brother |
Thomas Allen McCaslin Birth: April 20, 1834 31 26 — Indiana Death: February 15, 1857 |
4 years himself |
Joseph Bethuel McCaslin Birth: August 5, 1838 35 30 — Indiana Death: August 8, 1864 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas |
5 years younger brother |
George A McCaslin Birth: January 26, 1843 40 34 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana Death: May 15, 1926 — Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas |
Father’s family with Sarah Price |
father |
Hervey George McCaslin Birth: September 27, 1802 35 35 — Kentucky Death: September 12, 1870 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
step-mother |
Sarah Price Birth: June 12, 1812 — Kentucky Death: January 2, 1872 — Franklin, Johnson, Indiana |
Marriage: December 31, 1851 — , Johnson, Indiana |
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23 months half-brother |
Hervey George (Gex) McCaslin Birth: November 19, 1853 51 41 — Indiana Death: August 28, 1924 — Needham, Johnson, Indiana |
Death | died of dysentery |
Burial | Little Rock National Cemetery, Section 2 Site 1907 |
Shared note | In the 1840 US Federal Census for unknown township, Johnson, Indiana, Hervey (recorded as Harvey by the census taker) has in his household one male under 5 (Joseph Bethuel), one male between 5 and 10 (Thomas Allen), two males between 10 and 15 (William David and Stephen Montgomery), one male between 30 and 40 (himself), one female between 5 and 10 (Rachel Amanda), one female between 15 and 20 (Mary Elizabeth), and one female between 30 and 40 (his wife Mildred B Montgomery McCaslin who is his step-sister). His farmstead is next to that of his Uncle, George King who is Hervey's father David Wasson McCaslin's half-brother. In the 1850 US Federal Census for Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, 48-year-old Hervey (recorded as Harvey by the census taker) and his 42-year-old wife, Mildred have in their household their daughters, 24-year-old Elizabeth and 17-year-old Rachel E, and their sons, 20-year-old William, 15-year-oldThomas A, 12-year-old Joseph B, and 6-year-old George (age 6). Thomas, Joseph and George have all attended school in the past year. In the 1860 US Federal Census for Franklin Township, Johnson County taken 12 Jun 1860, 57-year-old Hervey (spelled Harvey by the census taker)and his 47-year-old second wife, Sarah P[rice Carson Jeffery] McCaslin have in their household his sons by his first wife Mildred, 21-year-old Joseph B and 18-year-old George, his son by Sarah, 7-year-old Hervey, Sarahs 12-year-old son, James Carson and Ellen Jackson, a 16-year-old domestic. Joseph is listed as a farmer who has $3,000 worth of real estate and $500 worth of personal property. But Joseph wasnt there on 16 Nov 1860, he was farming in Minnesota. In the 1860 US Federal Census for Minnapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota taken on 16 Nov 1860, 22-year-old farmer Bethuel Casland [Joseph Bethuel McCaslin) is living with 55-year-old farmer Andrew W Oliver, presumably head of household since he is listed first, Andrews wife, 49-year-old Sarah, 9-year-old Frank Miller, 48-year-old clergyman James A MacKay and his wife, 49-year-old Sophrona MacKay and 20-year-old Margaret Mullen. The relationship between Joseph and the Olivers, Frank Miller, and Mackays is not known, Joseph is probably a boarder. The relationship between Bethuel McCaslin and Margaret Mullen is known as he left her a bequest during his service in the 3rd Minnesota Regiment, Company C. Miscellaneous records in the Recorder's office for Johnson County, Indiana, Book I page 14 have the following note: Joseph Bethuel McCaslin of the City of St Anthony, , Hennepin, Minnesota, age of 25 years mentions Miss Rachel Margaret Mullen of St Anthony, Minnesota, "my brother George and Sister Rachel Amanda of Franklin, Johnson, Indiana and father Harvey [Hervey] McCaslin of Franklin, [Johnson] County, Indiana. Joseph enlisted in the 3rd Minnesota Regiment on 3 October 1861 which was mustered in by companies at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between October 2 and November 14, 1861. The regiment was sent to Kentucky on November 14, 1861. It remained on garrison duty in Kentucky and Tennessee until most of the men were captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 13, 1862. Joseph was among those captured. He was paroled at Warren County Ferry 15 July 1862 and sent to Benton Barracks at St. Louis, Missouri, where he was marked as present on 30 August 1862. The regiment was formally exchanged on August 27, 1862, and moved home to Minnesota, where it participated in the suppression of the Sioux Uprising of 1862. In September 1862, it participated in Col. Henry Hastings Sibley's campaign against the Sioux, culminating in the defeat of the Indians at the Battle of Wood Lake on September 23. At the end of the brief campaign, the regiment returned to Fort Snelling to reorganize. The 3rd Minnesota returned to garrison duty in Kentucky and Tennessee in January 1863 and remained there until joining in the Siege of Vicksburg until the surrender of the defenders on July 4, 1863. The regiment then participated in the campaign to capture Little Rock, Arkansas, from August 13 to September 10, 1863, and remained in garrison there after the fall of the city until April 28, 1864. Joseph became sick with dysentery and was sent to Indianapolis, Indiana to recover on 27 November 1863. He was back in his company and was sent on detached duty to Little Rock, Arkansas on 6 February 1864, which is probably the time he entered the hospital there. On 8 August 1864, Joseph died of dysentery in the General Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. He is buried in Little Rock National Cemetery, Section 2 Site 1907. The 3rd Minnesota Regiment lost during service 17 Enlisted men killed in battle, and 4 Officers and 275 Enlisted men by disease. Total 296. At his death, Joseph was due $100 bounty money. His effects, consisting of one pair of trousers, two shirts, 1 pair of shoes, 2 pairs of socks, one blanket, one poncho and a knapsack, were sold for a total of $6.75. It is not recorded in his complete Civil War Service Records who got the money . |