Nathan Beason

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Nathan Beason

Birth
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
Death
22 Apr 1863 (aged 35–36)
Cedar County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Humansville, Polk County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon.

To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan.

Nathan joined the Union Army in the fall of 1861 during the Civil War. According to the Adjutant General's Office, Nathan had been home on leave and on 19 April, 1863 was returning to camp with a group when they were captured by guerrillas in Dallas County, Missouri. He was murdered in Cedar County, Missouri on April 22, 1863 by gunshot. He was 36 years old.

He was buried in a mass grave in Cedar County, Missouri. Malinda did not want him buried there so two of her brothers retrieved his body. He was buried in Tinker Cemetery the same cemetery as their two sons and her parents.

Information from the Dixon Book by Jerrie Lynch.

Written by Dori 47796684.

Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon.

To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan.

Nathan joined the Union Army in the fall of 1861 during the Civil War. According to the Adjutant General's Office, Nathan had been home on leave and on 19 April, 1863 was returning to camp with a group when they were captured by guerrillas in Dallas County, Missouri. He was murdered in Cedar County, Missouri on April 22, 1863 by gunshot. He was 36 years old.

He was buried in a mass grave in Cedar County, Missouri. Malinda did not want him buried there so two of her brothers retrieved his body. He was buried in Tinker Cemetery the same cemetery as their two sons and her parents.

Information from the Dixon Book by Jerrie Lynch.

Written by Dori 47796684.