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Pvt Charles Bailes Blasdel
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3] |
Pvt Charles Bailes Blasdel |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2][3][4][5][9] |
19 Apr 1846 |
Dearborn, Indiana, United States |
| Military[3][7][8] |
31 Aug 1862 |
Indiana, United Statesenlisted as a Private in H Company of the Indiana 83rd Infantry |
| Military[7][8][9][10] |
2 Jun 1865 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United Statesparticipated in the Grand Review of the Armies (May 23rd and 24th) |
| Alt Marriage |
4 Oct 1870 |
to Mary Elizabeth Leming |
| Marriage |
4 Oct 1871 |
Dearborn, Indiana, United Statesto Mary Elizabeth Leming |
| Census[2] |
22 Jun 1880 |
Lawrenceburg (township), Dearborn, Indiana, United States |
| Census[5] |
1 Jun 1900 |
Miller, Dearborn, Indiana, United States |
| Death[1][3][4][9][10] |
23 Feb 1924 |
Bright, Dearborn, Indiana, United States |
| Burial[3][4][6][9] |
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Gibson Cemetery, Bright, Dearborn, Indiana, United States |
Civil War Veteran
Called to His Last Rest From His Home at Bright
Chas. B. BlasdelS9, a veteran of the civil war, died at his home in Bright last Saturday aged seventy-seven years, ten months and four days.
Mr. Blasdel was the son of Frank T. Blasdel, of the old Blasdel family , which is one of oldest families in the vicinity, and one which was very prominent in the early settlement. He was born April 12(?), 1846, reared on the farm, and educated in the township and district schools, having the advantage of two years in the public schools of Lawrenceburg.
He was one of a family of ten children. One brother, Jerry Blasdel, lives at Great Falls, Montana; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Johnson, lives at Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Cora Blount of Atchison, Kansas, survive him.
In his young days he shared all the hardships of the life of a Baptist preacher and a farmer's family. Uniting in youth with the Baptist church, he remained all his life a consistent faithful member.
In the fall of 1862 he entered the civil war, enlisting in Co. II, 83rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served almost three years. He took part in some of the most important battles of the war, among which were the siege of Vicksburg, and the engagements of Sherman on his march to the sea, taking part in the battles of Lookout Mt., Youngstown, Chicamanga and many others.
At one time he was stricken with typhoid fever which kept him for many weeks in hospital.
After reaching the sea where his service ended, he in company with his comrades went to Washington, D.C., where they took part in the grand review where they passed before the highest authorities of the United States, being reviewed by President Abraham Lincoln in the presence of 75,000 persons from other lands.
In June 1865, occurred his retirement from the service. He taught school for five terms, and after that (he h)as spent his life, engaged in the cultivation of the soil.
He was married Oct. 4, 1870, to Mary E. Leming, daughter of Lorenzo Leming, of Miller township, also an old resident of the county.
To this union were born four sons and four daughters. One son Franklin T. and two daughters, Mabel Sykes and Emma Cormican, preceded him to the grave.
Mr. Blasdel was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Baptist Church, and was ever an ... and reliable ... loved and respected by all who knew him.
...he was borne to his last resting place in the Gibson Cemetery by World War veterans in uniform and Ralph M(ericle), Bright's last civil war veteran, an honored attenda(nt.)
Civil War Veteran Answers Last Roll Call
Charles BlasdelS10, age 78, one of the well-known residents of Miller Twp. Died at his home in Bright, Saturday, February 23rd.
Mr. Blasdel was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in Company H, 83rd Indiana Regiment, in this county, when Lincoln issued his second call for volunteers in 1862. He was then but seventeen years of age. The company of which he was a member participated in some of the important engagements of the war. He was with Grant at the siege of Vicksburg, and later was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. After taking part in the Grand Review of the armies of the East and the West in Washington, at the close of the war, he returned to his home in Miller township, where he resided on a farm until he retired about 12 years ago. He then moved to Bright, where he lived until the time of his death.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charles Bailes BLASDEL, in Ancestral File
AFN: 1J6L-GBP.
Charles Bailes BLASDEL (AFN: 1J6L-GBP)
Sex: M Family
Event(s):
Birth: 1846
<, Dearborn, In>
Death: 1924
Parents:
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth LEAMING (AFN: 1J6L-GCW)
Marriage: 1870
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Charles Blasdel household, in Dearborn, Indiana, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
22 Jun 1880.
Charles was enumerated as a farmer. His infant son was enumerated as a daughter.
Name:Charles Blasdel
Age:34
Birth Year:abt 1846
Birthplace:Indiana
Home in 1880:Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Self (Head)
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Marey Blasdel
Father's Birthplace:Indiana
Neighbors:View others on page
Occupation:Farmer
Household Members:
NameAge
Charles Blasdel34
Marey Blasdel33
Flora Blasdel7
Mabel Blasdel6
Emma Blasdel3
Quince Blasdel1
Lizzie Wallace17
Fred Schimelpfinnig16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Gibson Cemetery, in Find A Grave.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Charles B Blasdel, in Lawrenceburg Public Library District Obituary Finder
1924.
Last Name:Blasdel
First Name:Charles
Middle Name/Initial:B.
Maiden Name:
Date of Death:02/23/1924
Birth Date:04/19/1846
Spouse:Mary E. Leming
Survived By:Wife, three sons, Quincy, Charles, and Ira Blasdel, two daughters, Clara Sykes, and Anna Grubbs, one brother, Jerry Blasdel, and sisters, Fannie Johnson, and Cora Blount.
Other:77 yrs. old, died at his home in Bright. Son of Frank T. Blasdel. Veteran of the Civil War, Co., II, 83 rd. Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Cemetery:
Obituary Source:Press Feb. 21,1924
Register Feb. 28, 1924
Source Information:Gibson Cem.
Obituary File:
Other File:
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chas B Blasdel household, in Dearborn, Indiana, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
1 Jun 1900.
Charles was enumerated as a farmer. His daughter, Flora was listed as a school teacher, and his sons, Franklin, Charles and Ira were listed as farm laborers.
Name:Chas B Blasdel
Age:54
Birth Date:Apr 1846
Birthplace:Indiana
Home in 1900:Miller, Dearborn, Indiana
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Mary E Blasdel
Marriage Year:1871
Years Married:29
Father's Birthplace:Indiana
Mother's Birthplace:Indiana
Household Members:
NameAge
Chas B Blasdel54
Mary E Blasdel52
Flora E Blasdel27
Emma G Blasdel23
Franklin T Blasdel19
Charles D Blasdel16
Annie M Blasdel13
Ira W Blasdel11
- ↑ Gibson Cemetery, in Fox, Dianne, and Lois Lee Harper. Cemeteries of the northeast section of Dearborn County, Indiana. (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, c1993)
page 50.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Charles Blasdel, in American Civil War Soldiers
1862.
Name:Charles Blasdel
Residence:Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Enlistment Date:31 Aug 1862
Side Served:Union
State Served:Indiana
Service Record:Enlisted as a Private on 31 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company H, 83rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 31 Aug 1862.
Mustered Out Company H, 83rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 2 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:76
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Charles B Blasdel, in Historical Data Systems. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database online]. (Ancestry.com , 2009)
1862.
Name:Charles B Blasdel
Residence:Indiana
Enlistment Date:31 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment:Private
State Served:Indiana
Survived the War?:Yes
Service Record:Enlisted in Company H, Indiana 83rd Infantry Regiment on 31 Aug 1862.Mustered out on 02 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Civil War Veteran, in Lawrenceburg Press. (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)
21 Feb 1924.
Press, Feb 21, 1924
Civil War Veteran
Called to His Last Rest From His Home at Bright
Chas. B. Blasdel, a veteran of the civil war, died at his home in Bright last Saturday aged seventy-seven years, ten months and four days.
Mr. Blasdel was the son of Frank T. Blasdel, of the old Blasdel family , which is one of oldest families in the vicinity, and one which was very prominent in the early settlement. He was born April 12(?), 1846, reared on the farm, and educated in the township and district schools, having the advantage of two years in the public schools of Lawrenceburg.
He was one of a family of ten children. One brother, Jerry Blasdel, lives at Great Falls, Montana; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Johnson, lives at Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Cora Blount of Atchison, Kansas, survive him.
In his young days he shared all the hardships of the life of a Baptist preacher and a farmer's family. Uniting in youth with the Baptist church, he remained all his life a consistent faithful member.
In the fall of 1862 he entered the civil war, enlisting in Co. II, 83rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served almost three years. He took part in some of the most important battles of the war, among which were the siege of Vicksburg, and the engagements of Sherman on his march to the sea, taking part in the battles of Lookout Mt., Youngstown, Chicamauga and many others.
At one time he was stricken with typhoid fever which kept him for many weeks in hospital.
After reaching the sea where his service ended, he in company with his comrades went to Washington, D.C., where they took part in the grand review where they passed before the highest authorities of the United States, being reviewed by President Abraham Lincoln in the presence of 75,000 persons from other lands.
In June 1865, occurred his retirement from the service. He taught school for five terms, and after that (he h)as spent his life, engaged in the cultivation of the soil.
He was married Oct. 4, 1870, to Mary E. Leming, daughter of Lorenzo Leming, of Miller township, also an old resident of the county.
To this union were born four sons and four daughters. One son Franklin T. and two daughters, Mabel Sykes and Emma Cormican, preceded him to the grave.
Mr. Blasdel was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Baptist Church, and was ever an ... and reliable ... loved and respected by all who knew him.
...he was borne to his last resting place in the Gibson Cemetery by World War veterans in uniform and Ralph M(ericle), Bright's last civil war veteran, an honored attenda(nt.)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Civil War Veteran Answers Last Roll Call, in Dearborn County Register. (Dearborn, Indiana)
28 Feb 1924.
Register, Feb 24, 1924
Civil War Veteran Answers Last Roll Call
Charles Blasdel, age 78, one of the well-known residents of Miller Twp. Died at his home in Bright, Saturday, February 23rd.
Mr. Blasdel was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in Company H, 83rd Indiana Regiment, in this county, when Lincoln issued his second call for volunteers in 1862. He was then but seventeen years of age. The company of which he was a member participated in some of the important engagements of the war. He was with Grant at the siege of Vicksburg, and later was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. After taking part in the Grand Review of the armies of the East and the West in Washington, at the close of the war, he returned to his home in Miller township, where he resided on a farm until he retired about 12 years ago. He then moved to Bright, where he lived until the time of his death.
- ID: I227
Name: Charles Bailes BLASDEL 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 19 APR 1846 in IN
Death: FEB 1924 in Bright, Dearborn Co., IN
Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth LEMMING b: 2 OCT 1847 in IN
Married: 4 OCT 1870
- Charles Bailes Blasdel
Death: Feb. 23, 1924
Dearborn County
Indiana, United States
Enlisted on 8/31/1862 as a Private, mustered into "H" Co. IN 83rd Infantry; mustered out on 6/2/1865 at Washington, DC
Wife:
Mary (married on 10/4/1870)
occupation: farmer
Family links:
Parents:
Franklin Townsend Blasdel (1819 - 1882)
Louisa Cloud Blasdel (1821 - 1881)
Spouse:
Mary Elizabeth Leming Blasdel (1847 - 1933)*
Children:
Flora Ellen Blasdel Sykes (1873 - 1947)*
Emma G Blasdel Cormican (1876 - 1910)*
Mabel A Blasdel Sykes (1876 - 1899)*
Quincy Erwin Blasdel (1879 - 1955)*
Franklin Townsend Blasdel (1881 - 1918)*
Charles Dow Blasdel (1884 - 1960)*
Anna Mary Blasdel Grubbs (1886 - 1936)*
Ira Wingate Blasdel (1889 - 1977)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Gibson Cemetery
Bright
Dearborn County
Indiana, United States
Maintained by: Allison Ferris Pierce
Originally Created by: Justin Meyer
Record added: Jun 07, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38022509
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