Edward S. Casebolt, P. O., Miami. Was born on a farm in Pocahontas county, Virginia, May 16, 1834. In 1844 he came with his parents to Saline county, Missouri, which has been his home ever since. His education was limited, as his father, at that time, was a poor man. He has always been a farmer, and now owns a handsome farm of 117 acres, well adapted to grain and stock-feeding, near Miami, upon which he now lives. He also owns a half interest in a farm of 680 acres in Carroll county, 300 acres of which is in cultivation. It is on his home farm that the relics of the mound builders have been found. In May, 1862, he was married to Miss Bettie Haynie, who died in 1865. To this union were born two children, both now dead. In August, 1868, he was married to Miss Hannah Bowen, and to them have been born eight children, one dead, and seven living: Branford B., William Lester, Georgie, R. E. Lee, Zachary Taylor, Minnie E. and Mary. In December, 1861, he joined Robinson’s regiment of Confederate recruits, and was captured with them at Blackwater, December 19, 1861, and was a prisoner at St. Louis and Alton, Illinois, until March, 1862, when he was released on oath, and returned home. In 1864 he enlisted in Shelby’s division in Gen. Price’s raid, and served to the end, 1865. (See soldier’s record.) He is a Master-Mason, and is also a member of the A. O. U. W.
