Celebrate July 4th - Our Family Contributions to Freedom

Grandfathers Build the Nation - Revolutionary War: 

from pedigree chart of  Daniel Breckenridge REASOR:
Paul RAZOR 1750-1835
Michael Jr. REASOR 1760-1843
from pedigree chart of  Elizabeth Jane BELL:
Phillip SHUCK 1760-1835
Johannes Martin Shuck 1723-1804

from pedigree chart of James Warren LYTLE: 
Captain  David Milton CREWS 1740-1821
from pedigree chart of Louisiana BROWN
Lt. Garrett Williams 1755-1824

from pedigree chart of Fielding ROBERSON:
Jacob Sr. FROMAN 1749-1820
Paul FROMAN 1749-1783
from pedigree chart of Mary Ann DENBO: 
Captain Elijah DENBO 1738-1823
Walter Capt. CUNNINGHAM 1740-1805
Solomon DENBO 1751-1842

from pedigree chart of Rhoda Helen BAYSINGER: 
Jacob HOUSER 1730-1802

from pedigree chart of Charles PARKER Sr:

Capt. John Sr. DAVIS 1721-1816 (New York)

Uriah ROUNDY 1756-1813 (Vermont)

Moses QUIMBY 1755-1840 (wounded at Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts)

from pedigree chart of Elizabeth Ann DAVIS:

Abraham LUCAS 1761-1841 (Private – Pennsylvania)

Thomas LUCAS 1730-1824 (Pennsylvania)

Thomas KELSEY 1729-1811

Johannes Michael HOBLIT (Habluzel) 1730-1796 (Private - Pennsylvania Line)

from pedigree chart of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN and her father Martin Luther ENSIGN:

Isaac ENSIGN 1756-1843 (Private 1777)

(Lieut.) Abner COOLEY 1714-1788 (Private - Major Andrew Colton’s company of Minute Men 1775, Col. Danielson’s regiment at Boston 1775)

Elijah REMINGTON 1743-1804 (Private - Connecticut)

Jeduthan SAWYER 1713-1792 (Massachusetts)

from pedigree chart of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN and her mother Mary DUNN:

Samuel GUSTIN Jr. 1718-1791 (New Hampshire)

Abner RAWSON 1764-1846 (age 16 Massachusetts Militia)

Nathaniel RAWSON 1716-1803 (Private - Minute Man at the Lexington Alarm)

John JEFFORDS III 1746- (Rohde Island)

Elihu CARPENTER 1752-1827 (Corporal in Lexington, New York and White Plains, Quartermaster- Sergeant Rhode Island, Sergeant Rehoboth Massachusetts to Point Judith)

Samuel GUSTIIN Jr. 1718-1791 (New Hampshire)

Grandfathers Preserve Independence - War of 1812:

from pedigree chart of Lillie Belle LYTLE:
Jeremiah Crews 1768-1837 

from pedigree chart of Laura Elizabeth PARKER:
John Davis PARKER 1799-1891

Grandfathers Save the Union - Civil War:
















from pedigree chart of  Reuben Russell ROBERSON:
Fielding ROBERSON 1838-1924
from pedigree chart of  Edna Lula SEATON
Thomas R. SEATON 1822-1863
Michael BAYSINGER 1805-1870

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - World War I:


from pedigree chart of Camilla SMITH:
George Ensign SMITH 1898-1967

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - World War II:

Garland Lee REASOR 1917-2004
Kirt DeMar WOOD 1923-1987

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - Korean War:


Garland Lee REASOR 1917-2004

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles - ROBERSON / SEATON / BAYSINGER

Image: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about Fielding Roberson

Name:	Fielding Roberson
State Filed:	Indiana

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Fielding Roberson

Name:	Fielding Roberson [1861 age 22]
Side:	Union
Regiment State/Origin:	Indiana
Regiment Name:	1 Indiana Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded:	1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry
Company:	E,B
Rank In:	Private
Rank In Expanded:	Private
Rank Out:	Private
Rank Out Expanded:	Private
Alternate Name:	Fielding/Robinson
Film Number:	M540 roll 65

Ancestry Chain: Fielding ROBERSON, Reuben Russell ROBERSON, grandma Wanda, MRR, JR.

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Image:Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Record for Thomas R. Seaton

Name:	Thomas R. Seaton
Widow:	Mary E. Seaton

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Thomas R Seaton
Name: Thomas R Seaton [1861 age 39]
Enlistment Date: 21 Nov 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Indiana
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Indiana 49th Infantry Regiment on 21 Nov 1861.
Mustered out on 25 Aug 1862.

Ancestry Chain: Thomas R. SEATON, James Thomas SEATON, Edna Lula SEATON, grandma Wanda, MRR, CR.

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Image: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Record for Michael Basinger

Name:	Michael Basinger
State Filed:	Indiana
Minor:	David G. Basinger

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Michael Baysinger
Name: Michael Baysinger [1862 age 57]
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment Name: 66 Indiana Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Company: G
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: Michael/Basinger
Film Number: M540 roll 4
disch for old age Company G, 66th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 3 Dec 1863.

American Civil War Soldiers about Michael Baysinger
Name: Michael Baysinger
Residence: Leavenworth, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 19 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Indiana
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 19 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company G, 66th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 Aug 1862.

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Michael Baysinger
Name: Michael Baysinger
Residence: Leavenworth, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 19 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Indiana
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Indiana 66th Infantry Regiment on 19 Aug 1862.
Mustered out on 03 Dec 1863.
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana

Ancestry Chain: Michael BAYSINGER, Rhoda Helen BAYSINGER, Edna Lula SEATON, grandma Wanda, MRR, CR.

Civil War Veterans

3rd great Grandfather:
Civil War Veteran, PVT CO A 49 IND INF Thomas R. SEATON b. 20 May 1822, married Mary Elizabeth RIGGLE, Thomas d. 7 Oct 1863. (Seaton Hill Cemetery)

Ancestry Chain: CR-MRR-WMR-Edna Lula SEATON-James Thomas SEATON-Thomas R. SEATON.




2nd great grand Uncle:
James Washington ROBERSON Civil War Record. James is younger brother of Fielding ROBERSON.

1st Cousins 4 times removed: Five sons of George William ROBERSON (1815-1895) and Sarah KINTNER (1810-1888). These five brothers are 1st cousins to Fielding ROBERSON.

1-James F. ROBERSON (1836-1862) - Died In Civil War Service. (Grantsburg Cemetery)








2-Daniel M. ROBERSON (1840-1864) (twin) - Civil War Veteran, Co D, 23 Reg Indiana Volunteers. (Grantsburg Cemetery)







3-William Tipton ROBERSON (1840-1862) (twin)- Civil War Veteran, Co D, 23 Reg Indiana Volunteers. (Grantsburg Cemetery)








4-George William ROBERSON Jr. (1842-1920) Pvt., Co. E, 38th Ind. Inf. Vol.; mustered in at age 20 on October 11 1861; m/o July 15 1865; In battles at Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and with Sherman in march to the sea. (Grantsburg Cemetery)








5-Henry Clay ROBERSON (1844-1930) - Co. H, 81st Ind Volunteers. (Grantsburg Cemetery)

Family-Civil War Veterans from Crawford County, Indiana

Crawford County Civil War Reunions began in the 1880's at English Park

(Photo Source-Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society)

3rd great grand uncle - Robert Marion BELL was born 2 Apr 1839 in Mifflin, Crawford Co., Eastridge Crawford County Death Book. He was the son of Samuel W BELL and Sarah Elizabeth YATES. Robert married Catherine SHAFFER 20 Mar 1856.






3rd great grand uncle - Richard Dennis CURL was born 8 JUN 1842 in Harrison Co., Indiana, and died 4 Oct 1935 in Crawford Co., Indiana. He was the son of Richard B. CURL and Mariah STEPRO. He married Emma CRUSE 29 Sep 1868 in Crawford County, Indiana. She was born 11 Sep 1853 in Crawford Co., Indiana, and died 18 Sep 1909 in Crawford Co., Indiana. Richard and Emma had 10 children. Richard was a veteran of Civil War. He did not like to talk about the war. Served in Company H 81st Indiana Regiment. FHL#1377977, Deeds of Crawford Co, Ind, listed as one of the heirs of father, but living in Gibson Co, Ind in 1883.



1st cousin 4 times removed - Victor Frank FROMAN was born 1831 in Crawford Co, Indiana. He was the son of Abraham FROMAN and Mildred "Milly" ROBERSON. He married Mary PLUMER 5 Jun 1851 in Crawford Co., IN. She was born 1831 in Indiana. [4th great grandparents Jacob FROMAN Jr. and [Mary] in common.]








husband of 1st cousin 4 times removed - David Daniel GRANT was born 8 Jul 1832 in Harrison Co., IN, and died 26 Nov 1899 in Crawford Co., In. He was buried in Grant Roberson Cem-Grantsburg. He was the son of Levi GRANT and Sarah F. POTTS. He married Hesther G. ROBERSON 17 Jan 1856 in Crawford Co., In, daughter of Thomas Jefferson ROBERSON and Nancy M. FROMAN. She was born 19 Dec 1839, and died 25 Jul 1908. [4th great grandparents Daniel ROBERSON and Esther Ada YATES in common.]




2nd great grandfather - Fielding ROBERSON was born 21 May 1838 in Crawford Co., In, and died 5 Sep 1924 in Crawford Co., IN. He was buried in Hamilton Roberson Cem, English, IN. He was the son of James ROBERSON and Fannie Eliza FROMAN. He married Mary Ann DENBO 28 Sep 1873 in Crawford Co., IN. She was born 6 MAY 1857, and died 26 Sep 1916 in Crawford Co., IN. She was buried in Hamilton Roberson Cem, English, IN. Pvt. Co. E, 28th Regt. (1st Cav.) Ind Vol; age 24; Eyes blue, hair light, 5'7", complexion light; Mustered in April 4 1862 in Indianapolis, IN; transferred to Co. B. re-organized; m/o March 5 1865. [Fielding had three horses shot from under him during the battles. He was captured, at Vicksburg, later he escaped with a spoon.]


1st cousin 4 times removed - George W. ROBERSON Pvt., Co. E, 38th Ind. Inf. Vol.; mustered in at age 20 on October 11 1861; m/o July 15 1865; In battles at Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and with Sherman in march to the sea. GEORGE W. ROBERTSON was born in Crawford County, Ind., June 18, 1842, and is a son of George W. and Sarah (Kintner) Robertson, the former a native of Kentucky, and a son of Daniel Robertson, of Virginia, who came to Kentucky in 1799 and to Indiana in 1820; the latter a daughter of John Kintner and a native of Washington County, Pa., whose family came to Indiana at a very early day.

George W. was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools. At the age of 18 he enlisted in Co. E, Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served for three years and seven months. At the end of three years he veteranized, and remained in the service until the close of the war, participating in all the battles in which his regiment engaged, the most important of which were Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain (the battle above the clouds), siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, and was with Sherman in his "march to the sea"; was present at the surrender of Gen. Joe Johnston. He saw the war in all its phases, was in many close places, but returned home without receiving the slightest wound. [4th great grandparents Daniel ROBERSON and Esther Ada YATES in common.]

1st cousin 4 times removed - Co. H, 81st Ind Volunteers; Henry Clay ROBERSON was born 25 JUL 1844 in Crawford, IN, and died 23 JUL 1930 in Grantsburg, Crawford, IN. He was the son of 2. George William ROBERSON and 3. Sarah A. KINTER. He married Sarah Jane LANDISS 29 NOV 1869 in Crawford Co., IN, daughter of Joseph Kinkaid (Joel) LANDISS and Mary Elizabeth ROBERSON. She was born 5 AUG 1852, and died 25 DEC 1939.

http://www.yatesville.net/histctr/8.htm [4th great grandparents Daniel ROBERSON and Esther Ada YATES in common.]

1st cousin 4 times removed - Manford ROBERSON was born 18 Jan 1843, Crawford Co., IN died 1923, son of Samuel ROBERSON and Ann Catherine CONRAD [Ruth MILLER was second wife of Samuel ROBERSON]. Manford married Martha A. GRANT 10 Nov 1867 Crawford Co., IN. [4th great grandparents Daniel ROBERSON and Esther Ada YATES in common.]







4th great grand uncle - William YATES was born 1820 in Crawford Co., IN. He was the son of Robert YATES and Mary Ann BYARS. He married Rachel HUGHES 24 Dec 1840 in Crawford Co., IN. She was born 1822 in Harrison Co., IN.









SEE: http://www.yatesville.net/histctr/8.htm

Union Soldier Escapes Confederate Prison

Fielding ROBERSON (1838-1924)
and Mary Ann DENBO (1857-1916)

Fielding ROBERSON
Birth: 21 May 1838, Crawford Co., IN, son of James ROBERSON and Fannie Eliza FROMAN

Married: 28 Sep 1873, English, Crawford, Indiana, Mary Ann DENBO daughter of Woodfield Grant DENBO and Lucinda MATHERS. Fielding and Mary Ann were the parents nine son and three daughter: Alva Thomas ROBERSON b.1878-d.1965, James Washington ROBERSON b.1875-d.1964, Lillie Jane ROBERSON LONGEST b.1878-1906, Fannie Lucinda ROBERSON b.1880-d.1905, Mann Woodfield ROBERSON b.1882-d.1969, Grover Cleveland ROBERSON b.1884-d.1965, Charles Edward ROBERSON b.1886-d.1981, William Fielding ROBERSON b.1888-d.1978, Bertha Mable ROBERSON LASWELL b.1890-d.1966, Reuben Russell ROBERSON b. 1893-d.1959, (Reuben married 1913 Edna Lula SEATON 1894-1961), George Hazelwood ROBERSON b.1895-d.1918, Irvin Ember ROBERSON b.1897-d.1992.

Death: 5 Sep 1924, Crawford Co., IN
Burial: Hamilton Roberson Cemetery, English, IN

Note: Civil War - Fielding ROBERSON
[Fielding Roberson Private Co E 50 REGT, Enlisted 1861]
Pvt. Co. E, 28th Regt. (1st Cav.) Ind Vol
age 24
Eyes blue, hair light, 5'7", complexion light
Mustered in April 4 1862 in Indianapolis, IN

Fielding was in the Indiana Cavalry during the civil war. He had three horses shot from under him during the battles. He must have been in the thick of it. He was captured, I believe, at Vicksburg, He smuggled a spoon from one of the meals and he and two other prisoners dug under the prison wall. The floor was dirt.

During the days they filled the hole back up and one of them would sit on it so they never got caught. It took several days to dig out. The dark night they finally made it they crawled out in pitch darkness. They had no directions and did not know which direction to go. The other two men crawled back in the prison and filled the hole. Grandpa decided he would go for it.

He traveled by 'night and slept in barns and straw stacks by day. One morning he awoke in the same barn he'd slept in three nights before. He was tired and hungry and decided to give himself up. He went to the house and told them who he was. It so happened that they were Northern Sympathizers. They fed him a big meal and told him how to get back to his outfit, which he managed to do. (Roberson Family Stories August 2006-Remembered and written by: Jack Roger Roberson, b. 1931)

Other family memories of Fielding:
Grandma Wanda Remembers when she was 3 years old, her mother, Edna, was canning pears in the yard. Uncle Grover came in a wagon and took her to visit her Grandpa Fielding . She was his favorite grandchild. She remembers his very wet kiss.

Fielding came home one day and found their log cabin home on fire. He went into the house put on his coonskin cap and walked out of the house. That was the only thing that survived the fire. Grandma Wanda remembers playing with that hat as a child until there was nothing left of it.

Fielding ROBERSON (1838-1924) and Mary Ann DENBO (1857-1916) marker, Hamilton Cemetery, CRAWFORD, Indiana