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Descendants of William W. Trueblood

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM W.¹ TRUEBLOOD (JONATHAN^A, ISAAC^B, FISHER^C, JOHN^D, JOHN^E, ARNALL^F, JOHN^G, THOMAS^H)¹ was born December 13, 1839 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina ^2,^2,^3,^4,⁵, and died May 27, 1912 in Decatur, Illinois ^6,^7,⁸. He married (1) SARA DURHAM 1859. She died September 05, 1863 in Spiceland, Henry County, Indiana ⁹. He married (2) LUCY ELLEN PASCHALL^10,^11,^12,¹³ November 28, 1866 in Fayette County, Illinois ^14,¹⁵, daughter of THOMAS PASCHALL and REBECCA .... She was born February 23, 1850 in North Carolina, and died February 19, 1923 in Fayette County, Illinois ¹⁶.

Notes for WILLIAM W. TRUEBLOOD:
William sold a property in Farmland, Indiana 8/26/1865, to Jesse H. Stanley. I cannot find when it was purchased, but probably was purchased from the government and the sale was not recorded until in the 1880's. The value of the land was $15 and improvements were $15. I think the Jesse H. Stanley may have been a cousin of William's listed on page 33 of Mrs. Lungren's (Watson's) book. Both men were residing in Henry Co., Ind. at this time.
William was the only one of this family of children that my Mother, Clara, ever saw or knew about. She often told us the following story:
One stormy night, when they were living near Trenton, Ind. someone knocked at the door. When grandfather opened the door, a young man was standing there. He told how they were caught in a bad storm and asked if they might stay all night. Grandfather said, "Well, I don't know, we have a pretty big family." About that time an older man stepped to the door and said, "Father. Don't you remember me? I a, your son, William, and this is my son, Thomas Lincoln." Needless to say they were very welcome to stay. They had hired a rig to bring them there. They had not seen each other for a long time because William had come north before the war, and had fought with the Union army. Mother remembered that they talked until very late in the night and how the little children, being very shy, just listened to the stories.
William's descendents in Illinois have related many interesting stories about him. Lillia and Lane both told me that Jonathan insisted that William come north before the war. Lane said that William was a volunteer in the cavalry and furnished his own horse. He heard that William's unit was captured by Gen. Johnson's Regiment. I cannot verify this, but another granddaughter said that she had heard the same story but that William would not talk about it.
Lillia said that before went to war, he held Lucy Ellen Paschal on one knee and his son, Thomas Lincoln, on the other. He had taken his son to the Paschals, who were to care for him, while he was in the army fighting. When he returned from the war, he found that the Paschals had moved from Ind. to Ill., taking his son with them. He went to Ill. and married Lucy Ellen in 1865.
William's relatives told me that they had an Uncle William and Aunt Roxie Ballenger, and that Thomas Lincoln often stayed with them. From the information I can find, William Ballenger must have been the brother of Diana, Jonathan's first wife.
In the 1870 Census of Fayette County, Illinois I found the following information:

William Trueblood      29 years old      farmer            born in North Carolina
Lucy E.      22 years old            born in North Carolina
Thomas       9 years old
Charles       3 years old

In the house next to them, were a family named Paschal.
Thomas Paschal      27 years old            farmer            born in North Carolina
Minnie      6 years old
Ida      4 years old
Julie & Willie (twins)      2 years old
Rebecca      54 years old            housekeeper      born in North Carolina
Addison      24 years old                        born in North Carolina

The mother had evidently died and Rebecca was caring for them. I had thought the mother might have been William's sister, Mary. Lillia said that she thought Thomas Paschal was a brother of Lucy Ellen and that Lucy Ellen helped raise these children. I had been told that Lucy Ellen's mother was Rebecca Williams. I suppose Addison was also a brother of Lucy Ellen.
Blanche Kesler, William's grand-daughter said this about him:
Grand-dad was a noble gentleman; kind and gentle, understanding and compassionate, quiet spoken and patient. He had a remarkable physique and wore a charming little goatee on his chin. He was handsome.
Elta Cox, another grandchild of William's said that the family lived in Vandalia, Ill. for several years and ran a hotel there. Later they moved to Decatur, Ill. and operated large boarding and rooming house. He and Ellen lived for a time at the Soldiers Home at Danville, Ill. Later they came to Decatur to live with their son, Addison. He died at their home.

Luetta Metz Miller, Jonathan's Children, 1975

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Seventeenth Indiana Mounted Infantry

Seventeenth Infantry.ÄCols., Milo S. Hascall, John T. Wilder, Jacob G. Vail, Lieut.-Cols. John T. Wilder, George W. Gorman, Henry C. Jordan, Jacob G. Vail, Frank White; Majs., George W. Gorman, Henry C. Jordan, James Thompson, William T. Jones Jacob G. Vail, James U. Anderson, John J. Weller, Henry Henley.

This regiment was organized at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, in May, 1861, and was mustered in on June 12. It left the state July 1, for Parkersburg W. Va., and on the 23rd reached Oakland, Md.

It was engaged in constructing fortifications at Camp Pendleton until Aug. 7, and was then ordered to Cheat Mountain, going into camp at Elk Water. It was engaged at the Green Brier River Oct. 3.

On Nov. so, it reported to Gen. Buell at Louisville, Ky., and was assigned to Nelson's division. It remained at Camp Wickliffe, near New Haven, from Dec. 10 until Feb. 10, 1862, and then moved to Nashville. Col. Hascall was appointed brigadier-general, Mar. 25, and was succeeded as colonel by
Lieut.-Col. Wilder.

The regiment left Nashville on Mar. 29, reaching Shiloh on April 8. It was in the siege of Corinth and moved with Buell's army through Alabama to McMinnville, Tenn., where it was engaged in the attack and rout of Forrest.

It marched to Louisville, skirmishing with Bragg's rear-guard at Munfordville, and was in camp at Bardstown until Oct. 18, when it began the march to Nashville. It was engaged in numerous expeditions until Feb. 1, 1863, and then moved to Murfreesboro, where the regiment was mounted and kept on
scouting expeditions, being equipped with Spencer rifles in May.

At Hoover's gap, it repulsed several charges by superior numbers, and when reinforced captured 75 prisoners and 126 stands of arms, its loss being 48 killed and wounded. It next marched to Manchester, capturing many prisoners, was in a skirmish near Chattanooga on Aug. 21, and moved towards North Chickamauga and Dalton.

It was in a sharp fight with Scott's brigade of cavalry and 2 pieces of artillery, near Ringgold in September, defeating the enemy, and was in frequent skirmishes until the battle of Chickamauga, in which the regiment several times broke the enemy's lines and repulsed a severe charge with a counter-
charge, in which the Confederates were driven back, leaving many prisoners with the 17th. The regiment attacked and routed a brigade at Thompson's cove on Oct. 3, and was in a skirmish at McMinnville the next day, driving the enemy from the town.

It also attacked a Confederate force near Shelbyville, driving it from the field and into Farmington, where a charge was made, resulting in the capture of 3 guns, a large number of small arms and 300 prisoners. The regiment then moved for Huntsville, Ala., going into winter quarters at Mayville, on
the 27th. On Nov. 18, 250 of the regiment marched towards Chattanooga, destroying a quantity of the enemy's stores and 77 wagons near Ringgold, and a foundry at Cleveland.

On the 30th they run the enemy's lines into Knoxville, and on Dec. 5, crossed into North Carolina, thence back into Tennessee, and camped at Charleston from Dec. 14, to Jan. 18, 1864, when they joined the regiment at Nashville. About this time 286 men reenlisted and were furloughed home, reporting at Louisville on April 2. On the 18th the regiment marched for Nashville and proceeded from there to join the movement on Atlanta.

From May 10 until Oct. 31, it was constantly engaged in the cavalry and scouting operations incident to that campaign, being in many skirmishes and the engagements at Pumpkin Vine Creek, Big Shanty, Belle Plain Road, Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta, Chattahoochee River, Stone Mountain, Flatrock, New Hope Church, Rome and Coosaville.

It left Rome on Nov. 1, for Louisville, leaving its horses with Kilpatrick's cavalry. It was remounted and left for Gravelly Springs Ala., on Nov. 28, and on March 12, 1865, marched with Wilson's cavalry overtaking the forces under Roddey and Forrest at Ebenezer Church 29 miles from Selma, on
April 1, where in a charge, the 17th captured 100 prisoners and a gun.

It participated in the action at Selma, driving the enemy into the forts, then out of them and out of the interior works and from their position behind the railroad embankment, taking all the forts from No. 18 to the river on the west side of the town. It also took 4 pieces of artillery and 300 prisoners
and lost 12 killed and 80 wounded.

It then moved to Macon, GA, where it drove the enemy into the city and saved two bridges which were about to be destroyed. The city was surrendered, together with 3,000 prisoners, including Gens. Howell Cobb, Mackall, Mercer and G. W. Smith, 5 stands of colors, 60 pieces of artillery and 3,000 small
arms. The regiment had but 451 men in this action, but the enemy believed it was the advance of a large force.

The regiment was on post duty at Macon until Aug. 8, 1865, when it was mustered out. Its original strength was 1,063. Gain by recruits, 960; reenlistments, 288; total, 2,311. Loss by death, 232; desertion, 161; unaccounted for, 82

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

More About WILLIAM W. TRUEBLOOD:
Burial: Unknown, Welch Cemetery, Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois
Cause of Death: Uremia
Fraternal: George W. Bolt Post -- Grand Army of the Republic ¹⁷
Military service: Bet. February 08, 1864 - August 08, 1865, Civil War - Company F, 17th Indiana Reg (Mounted)-Promoted to Corporal 6/30/1865 ¹⁸
Occupation: Farmer ¹⁹
Residence 1: Bef. January 01, 1866, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina¹⁹
Residence 2: Bet. January 01 - August, 1866, Knightstown, Indiana¹⁹
Residence 3: Bet. 1866 - 1901, Ramsey, Illinois¹⁹
Residence 4: Bet. 1901 - 1904, Vandalia, Illinois¹⁹
Residence 5: Bet. 1901 - 1912, Decatur, Illinois^19,²⁰

More About WILLIAM TRUEBLOOD and SARA DURHAM:
Marriage: 1859

More About LUCY ELLEN PASCHALL:
Burial: Unknown, Welch Cemetery, Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois
Cause of Death: Paralytic Stroke
Fraternal: Hiawatha Council 67, Improved Order of Red Men ²¹
Residence: Bet. 1903 - 1912, Decatur, Illinois ²²

More About WILLIAM TRUEBLOOD and LUCY PASCHALL:
Marriage: November 28, 1866, Fayette County, Illinois ^23,²⁴
Wedding Official: Calvin L. Bolt ²⁵

Child of WILLIAM TRUEBLOOD and SARA DURHAM is:

THOMAS LINCOLN² TRUEBLOOD, b. August 20, 1860, Spiceland, Henry County, Indiana; d. May 30, 1923, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

Children of WILLIAM TRUEBLOOD and LUCY PASCHALL are:

3.	ii.	CHARLES AUGUSTUS² TRUEBLOOD, b. September 11, 1867, Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois; d. October 10, 1941, Decatur,Macon County, Illinois.
4.	iii.	ROLLA BENJAMIN TRUEBLOOD, b. January 26, 1871, Fayette County, Illinois; d. September 20, 1954, Vandalia, Illinois.
5.	iv.	LENA RIVERS TRUEBLOOD, b. February 21, 1873, Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois; d. February 25, 1942, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
6.	v.	EARL WILLIAM TRUEBLOOD, b. April 26, 1878, Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois; d. May 24, 1942, Bristow, Oklahoma.
7.	vi.	OCE TRUEBLOOD, b. April 25, 1882, Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois; d. November 06, 1951, Macon, Macon County, Illinois.
8.	vii.	JULIUS ADDISON TRUEBLOOD, b. June 17, 1884, Fayette County, Illinois; d. September 26, 1940, Decatur, Illinois.

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