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As Time Marched Forward:
“Battle Anniversary Observed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Crawfordsville, Ind. March 10.
Five members of Company B, One Hundred-and-Twentieth Indiana Infantry, met at the Ramsey House to-day and observed the anniversary of the battle of Kingston, N.C., in 1865. They were Captain E. P. McClaskey, Captain C.W. Elmore, H.M. Perry, William Steele and Noah Flannigan. During the past year Alex Duncan and Fred Pearson, members have died.
The Indianapolis Journal. Vol. LIV. No. 71. Friday, March 11, 1904. Indianapolis, Ind. Page 3.
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Ebenezer Patrick McClaskey-
Ebenezer Patrick McClaskey was born 3 May 1834 in Darlington, Montgomery, Indiana. He was the son of James McClaskey and Anna "Nancy" (Poage) McClaskey.
As a young man he farmed and taught school. In 1857, he married Elizabeth Cox. They had two sons, Elijah, who died as an infant and John, who died of typhoid. She died in 1860.
In 1861, he was made Captain of the Darlington "Home Guard". He and others in the
Guard enlisted in the 120th Indiana Infantry. He attained the rank of Captain in the Union army and saw action in the Atlanta campaign including the battle of New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and others.
On 3 May 1870, he married Atlanta Harland. They had two sons, William P. and Joseph.
He farmed and served as a township trustee, for three terms as representative to the state legislature and two terms as Montgomery County sheriff.
He died, age 86, in Franklin, Montgomery County, Indiana on 16 August 1920 and is buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Darlington, Montgomery County, Indiana.
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011", Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1920; Roll: 15; Death file no. 28733. Ebenizer McClaskey death 16 August 1920 (born 3 May 1834), child of James McClaskey & Nancy McClaskey, in Franklin, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60716 #4318401 (accessed 5 December 2022).
↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #27034531 accessed 24 April 2020, memorial page for Capt Ebenezer Patrick McClaskey (3 May 1834–16 Aug 1920), citing Darlington Odd Fellows Cemetery, Darlington, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by ekip. No tombstone photo attached. Portrait and newspaper clipping attached.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Woodworth, Robert Bell. The descendants of Robert and John Poage, Pioneer Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia; a Genealogy based on the manuscript collections of Prof. Andrew Woods Williamson, Henry Martyn Williamson, and John Guy Bishop, supplemented and arr. by Robert Bell Woodworth. Staunton, Virginia: McClure Print. Co., 1954. Page 618
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile McClaskey-241 was created by Elida on 13 April 2018.
William H. Steele (1838-1906), a well known and generous citizen, died at his home this morning at 4 o'clock of a complication of diseases, aged sixty-eight years. He was a veteran of the civil war and was an active member of the P.O.S. of A in the city. He enlisted in Company B of the 120th infantry and followed his country's flag for two years and four months when he was pierced by a musket ball at the battle of Franklin. This disabled him as the ball entered his body near one of the suspender buttons on his trousers in front, passed through the body and came out near the suspender button in the rear. His remarkable vitality enabled him to withstand the shock. The deceased was generous to a fault. One little daughter died in infancy and after that no children came to bless his home. Strange as it may appear to some he and his good wife welcomed fifteen children to their home. They took care of them, treated them as their own until they grew to be men and women or until they were married. The following are those he took into his heart and home: William Debard, Howard Baldwin (he lived with his foster parents for thirty-five years), Charles French, David and Joseph White, James Runnels, Frank Steele and another Frank Steele, two of the same name but not related, Alice and Sadie Baldwin, Malinda Norman, Lida Black, Nettie Yales, Anna Buck and Mary Buck. Fifteen in all. A remarkable statement. This speaks louder than words of the goodness of Mr. and Mrs. Steele. The deceased was born in Indiana, his parents coming west from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He leaves besides his faithful wife, one sister and three brothers. The funeral will occur at the residence on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Earl Wilfey. Burial at the Masonic cemetery.
Crawfordsville Daily Journal, July 24, 1906