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330. Cassandra
Ann Bedwell144 was
born on 13 Jan 1834 in Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
She died on 15 Nov 1870 in Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
• From Indiana Marriages database: Spouse 1: Nicholas Jackson Beck Spouse
2: Cassa A. Bedwell Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1850 Name: James F. Harvey.
• 1860 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, taken in
July 1860, shows Jackson Beck, age 30, a farmer with $1000 real estate and $300
assets, as head of household with: Cassa, 25; Florence, 6; Charles, 4; and Linder
(male), 1.
• 1870 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, taken Sept
6 1870, shows Cassie A. Beck, age 34, who owns $3200 real estate and $350 assets,
as head of household with: Florence V., 15; Charles A., 13; Cephus L., 12, male;
John A., 9; and Denver J., 7.
Cassandra Ann Bedwell and Nicholas Jackson Beck were married on 28 Oct 1850
in Sullivan County, Indiana.407
Nicholas Jackson Beck (son of Jesse Beck) was born
on 11 Sep 1828 in Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.143 He died of injuries received in the Civil War on 23
Aug 1863 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was buried in Vicksburg Mississippi
National Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
From John Wehmeyer, [email protected], posted at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_wehmeyer&id=I12974:
Birth: 11 Sep 1828 in Jefferson Twp., Sullivan, Indiana
Death: 23 Aug 1863 in Camp Sherman, Warren, Mississippi
Burial: Aug 1863 Messenger Plantation, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.
Note:
1. Reinterred Vicksburg National Memorial Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County,
Mississippi.
2. Camp Sherman was a Union Tent City between Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
3. Military; Served as Private and Corporal. Civil War, Company I, 97th Regiment,
Indiana Volunteers under Captain James Holston. Captain James Holston was brother-in-law
to Cassandra Ann Bedwell. After the war was over, and in 1867, three years before
Cassandra died, James petitioned the Sullivan County Court for guardianship of
the children of Nicholis Jackson.
4. Nicholis Jackson had black hair, black eyes, dark complexion and was 6' 1"
tall. He was 34 years old at time of enlistment. He was a member of the Methodist
Church in Pleasantville, Jefferson Twp., Sullivan County, Indiana
5. To the descendents of Nicholis Jackson he was held up to the family as a war
hero. To the descendents of Cephes Linder he was considered a deserter because
he went off to war and left his family to suffer the hardships of trying to make
a living without a man on the farm.
• Name: N J Beck Death Date: 31 Aug 1863 Last known address: Box 349 Vicksburg,
MS 39180 Buried At: Section F Site 1378
Cassandra Ann Bedwell and Nicholas Jackson Beck had the following children:
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