HIRAM HUSTON BEASLEY
8th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 1831 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 22 February 1902 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Beasley Family Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Jesse and Rebecca (Unknown) Beasley
Married: Mary Malissa Wassom about 1860 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 12 December 1830 in Tennessee
Died: 2 May 1907 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Beasley Family Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Elijah and Cassa (Garrison) Wassom
Children:
- William T. Beasley
- Rebecca "Beckie" Beasley
- Avo Tennessee Beasley
- James Henry Beasley
- Isaac Houston Beasley
MILITARY INFORMATION
13th Tennessee (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment
(also known as 8th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company C
ABSTRACT:
- Entered military as Private and left as a Private
- Enlisted 1 Sep 1862 at Cookeville, TN
- Captured near Sparta on 10 Aug 1863
- Captured near McMinnville on 11 Aug 1863
- Transferred to Louisville, KY
- Received at Camp Chase, OH on 14 Aug 1863
- Transferred to Fort Delaware, ME on 29 Feb 1864
- Exchanged 27 Feb 1865
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
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ABSTRACT:
- Filed: 10 Aug 1899
- Rejected
- Member: 8th TN Cavalry, Company C
- Residence: Brotherton, Putnam County, TN
- Wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN by gunshot wound to the groin
- Born: 1831 in Jackson County, TN
- Enlisted 1862 in Captain Woolsey's Co., Col. G. G. Dibrell
- Captured in a skirmish at Rock Island, TN
- Wife is 65 years old
- 3 sons and 2 daughters
- Attest: P. B. Rector & George M. Moore
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 238
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 35
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 291
- 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 136B
- 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 4A