This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RobertLJackson29 Surnames: ARMSTRONG, DAUGHERTY, FERGUSON, FIELDS, HUDSON, WILSON Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.greene/9884/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, October 3, 1935, Volume LIX, Number 49, Page 6, Column 7, "DEATH'S HARVEST-WILSON." [Transcribed on January 17, 2008 by RLJ from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.] Caswell T. WILSON, son of Andrew and Nettie (FERGUSON) WILSON, was born on August 18, 1847, and departed this life September 19, 1935, aged eighty-eight years, one month and one day. At a very early age his mother died, leaving him to live among his relatives, chiefly of whom were the ARMSTRONGS, to which family his grandmother belonged. At the beginning of the Civil War his father enlisted and died there. Later, on July 16, 1863, Cas having made a trip to Bedford, found COMPANY H 117TH INDIANA INFANTRY being completed, and at the request of his friends , although only fifteen years old, he enlisted with this company. He stayed until it was mustered out February 14, 1864, On September 3, 1864, he re-enlisted in the 140TH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY and served until he was honorably discharged at Greensburg, North Carolina, July 11, 1865. Toward his latter years he and his comrades wondered who would be the next to go from the township roster, but since the death of Uncle George O'BANNON he knew and often spoke of the fact that he was the last of the line. Cas was married twice, first to Mattie DAUGHERTY, to whom three children were born, namely: Nora FIELDS, of Indianapolis; Walter, of Pontiac, Michigan, and Minnie FIELDS, of Terre Haute. He later married Solly, or as some knew her, Lizzie HUDSON. To them were born six children, five boys and one girl, the girl dying in infancy. The boys surviving are: Jay, of Bedford; Ery, Guy, Roy and Dye, of Owensburg. He also leaves seventeen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Cas was a man of honesty, integrity and straightforwardness; a man noted for hard work. As a carpenter his barns stand in the neighboring counties as monuments to his skill, as a reader few surpassed him in the events of the day, and as one who remembered the things of the past, few were his equal. In all his lines of activity Cas will be sadly missed. "According to his virtue let us use him, with all respects and rites of burial; within (this) tent tonight his bones shall lie, most like a soldier, ordered honorably-So, call the field to rest, and let's away to part to glories of this happy day."-Shakespeare (Julius Caesar). Funeral services were in charge of the Bloomfield American Legion Post. - NOTES-RLJ: CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, G.C.H.S., 1994, Owensburg Cemetery, Page 139, Column 3: WILSON, Caswell T., (18 Aug 1847-18 Sep 1935), CO H 117TH REG IND INF (Civil War); WILSON, Sally E., (25 Feb 1862-3 Nov 1933); WILSON, Roy Langston (12 Apr 1896-23 Sep 1972); WILSON, Ery (24 Jul 1890-10 Jan 1956) WWI; WILSON, Dye B. (25 Dec 1896-22 May 1982) - THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, September 26, 1935, Volume LIX, Number 48, Page 1, Column 2, "TWO CIVIL WAR VETERANS DIE IN THE COUNTY-Caswell Wilson, Owensburg, and F. R. Rattabaugh, Bloomfield, Succumb." [Transcribed on January 17, 2008 by RLJ from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.] Greene County lost two Civil war veterans in the twenty-four hour period ending Friday. Caswell WILSON, aged eighty-eight, died at the home of a son, Dye WILSON, in Owensburg. He had been ill for six weeks. "Uncle Cass," as he was called, was well known throughout the county. He was a carpenter by trade and last Civil War Veteran in Jackson Township. He is survived by eight children, Walter WILSON, of Pontiac, Michigan; Mrs. Nora FIELDS, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Minnie FIELDS, of Terre Haute; Jay WILSON, of Bedford; Roy WILSON, Guy WILSON, Ery WILSON and Dye WILSON, all of Owensburg. Seventeen grandchildren also survive. The second Civil war soldier to die was Frederick R. RATTABAUGH {sic}, aged eighty-six, who died at his home on North Washington Street in Bloomfield, where he had been seriously ill for a week. Mr. RATTABAUGH enlisted in the Civil war as drummer boy at the age of twelve years. His parents died when he was nine years old, and at the time of the war he was making his home with an uncle who entered the war as a captain. He enlisted on August 15, 1862, and was honorably discharged on June 3, 1865. He was drummer boy of Captain Archibald BAXTER's CO A, 66TH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Bloomfield. Survivors include a niece, Mrs. Crawford JOHNSON, of Bedford, and a nephew, William CHESTNUT, of Bedford. His wife, Mandy RATTABAUGH, died eighteen years ago. Rites for Mr. RATTABAUGH were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the family home. The Masons conducted the funeral. Funeral services for Mr. WILSON were held Saturday afternoon at Owensburg. - Link to the Obituary of Frederick RADEBAUGH [1847IN-1935IN], A Civil War Veteran: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.greene/5126/mb.ashx Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.