Descendants of James Davidson and Margaret Bell Return

Descendants of
JAMES DAVIDSON and MARGARET BELL





Generation No. 1

	1.  James1 DAVIDSON was born in Ireland.  He married Margaret
BELL.
	
Child of James DAVIDSON and Margaret BELL is:
            +	2	i.	Hugh2 DAVIDSON, born
15-April-1781 in Ireland; 			died 25-January-1867 in
Darke Co., Ohio, USA.


  Generation No. 2

	2.  Hugh2 DAVIDSON (James1) was born 15-April-1781 in Ireland,
and died 25-January-1867 in Darke Co., Ohio, USA.  He married Elizabeth
ALLEN.
	
Child of Hugh DAVIDSON and Elizabeth ALLEN is:
            +	3	i.	Elizabeth3 DAVIDSON, born 1811 in
Ireland; died 			8-August-1869 in Darke Co., Ohio.


  Generation No. 3

	3.  Elizabeth3 DAVIDSON (Hugh2, James1) was born 1811 in Ireland,
and died 8-August-1869 in Darke Co., Ohio.  She married Levi Gibby
BRANDON 20-October-1836 in Darke Co., Ohio, USA, son of Walter BRANDON
and Alice McGREW.

Notes for Elizabeth DAVIDSON:
Burial: Mendenhall Cemetery (Yorkshire Cemetery), age: 57 yrs.

Notes for Levi Gibby BRANDON:
Burial: Mendenhall Cemetery (Yorkshire Cemetery), Darke Co. Ohio
Age: 60y, 5m, 25da.

	
Children of Elizabeth DAVIDSON and Levi BRANDON are:
            4	i.	Hugh4 BRANDON, born in Darke Co.
			Ohio; died 14-September-1841 in Darke Co. Ohio.
	5	ii.	Walter BRANDON, born 1837 in Darke Co. Ohio;
			died in Kansas.  He married Sarah Jane Coble
			16-December-1858 in Darke Co. Ohio.
	6	iii.	William M. BRANDON, born February-1839 in
			Patterson Twp., Darke Co. Ohio; died
			31-October-1912 in Muncie, Delaware Co. Ind..  He
			married (1) Isabelle Coble 5-January-1860 in Darke
 			Co. Ohio.  He married (2) Rebecca Blotner
			29-April-1885 in Darke Co. Ohio.
	7	iv.	Margaret Jane BRANDON, born 13-December-1841
			in Patterson Twp., Darke Co., Ohio; died
			13-March-1913 in Osgood, Darke Co., Ohio.  She
			married Asa Mason PEARSON 23-August-1866 in
			Osgood, Darke Co., Ohio, USA.

Notes for Margaret Jane BRANDON:
Burial: Mendenhall Cemetery (Yorkshire Cemetery), Darke Co. Ohio

Death record: Darke County, Ohio #14568
Margaret Jane Pearson
Date of Birth: 13 December 1841, Darke Co. Ohio.
Date of Death: 13 March 1913, Osgood, Darke Co. Ohio.
Age: 71 yrs., 3 mo.
Occupation: Housewife
Father: Levi Brandon of Ohio (Note: Born In Bourbon Co. Ky.)
Mother: Elizabeth Davidson of Ireland
Cause of Death: Cancer of Stomach
Place of Burial: Yorkshire Cemetery on 16 March 1913
Informant: Ada Becker

Notes for Asa Mason PEARSON:
Burial: Mendenhall Cemetery (Yorkshire Cemetery), Darke Co. Ohio

Information from Pension and War records.
Before 1862, born and resided at Troy, Miami Co. Ohio.
1866 - Osgood, Darke Co. Ohio
1889 - resident of Marion Twp., Mercer Co. Ohio.
1890 - resident of Wabash Twp., Darke Co. Ohio
1898 - Yorkshire, Darke Co. Ohio
1900-Osgood, Patterson Twp., Darke Co. Ohio

Enrolled on the 30 January 1862 in Co. F 71st. Regiment of Ohio Inf., at
Troy, Miami Co.Ohio,  as a corporal, commanded by Rodney Mason.
Discharged on 30 January 1865 at Columbus, Ohio. He was 5 ft. 11 inches,
dark complexion, brown hair and black eyes. 
That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in
the line of duty  at Fort Donaldson, in the state of Tennessee on or
about the 9th. May 1862, he had his right hip dislocated by a piece of
heavy timber falling upon him while assisting to get out timber for the
repairs of the tents. Being detailed for said work by 1st. Lient. J.C.
Rollins, then in charged of company. He was captured at Clarksville,
Tenn. August 1862. Returned prior to Aug. 1862. Rank: First Sergt.
Discharged from service on 30 November 1865 at San Antonio, Texas.

 71st Ohio Infantry
 
      References for this Unit
 
* see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
* Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore,
   Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
* Fields Without Honor: Two Affairs in Tennessee. Noah A.Trudeau. 
   CWTI. 32. July-August 1991. pp. 42-49. Per.
   USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. Pa.
 
      History
 
This Regiment was organized in February, 1862, under Colonel Rodney
Mason, who was succeeded by Colonel H.K. McConnel. It soon took the field
in Kentucky under Sherman, and after a demonstration on Columbus it moved
up the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing, and participated in the battle of 
Shiloh both days, sustaining a loss of 130 men. During the summer of 1862 it 
performed garrison duty on the Cumberland River, and in August was obliged 
to surrender to an overwhelming force at Clarksburg Tennessee. 
After its exchange it garrisoned the railroads in Tennessee until the battle of 
Nashville, where it was actively engaged with severe loss. At the close of the 
war it was ordered to Texas, where it served until mustered out in January, 1866.
 
      From Dyer's Compendium
 
71st Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Todd, Troy, Ohio, September,
1861, to January, 1862. Mustered in February 1, 1862. Ordered to Paducah, Ky.,
February 10. 
Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th
Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Garrison at Fort
Donelson, Tenn., to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1863. 
Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the to April, 1864. 
Unassigned, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to
August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.

SERVICE.--Reconnaissance toward Columbus, Ky., February 25-March 3, 1862.

Action at and occupation of Columbus March 3. Moved from Paducah, Ky., to

Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10. Expedition to Yellow Creek, Miss., and
occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,  March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 
April 6-7. Ordered to Fort Donelson, Tenn., April 16. Garrison duty at Fort Donelson
and Clarksville, Tenn., and operations in Northern and Middle Tennessee till
August. Action at Clarksville August 18. Post surrendered by Col. Mason. Fort
Donelson August 25 (Cos. "A," "B," "G" and "H"). Cumberland Iron Works August 
26 (Cos. "A," "B," "G" and "H"). Expedition to Clarksville September 5-10.
Pickett's Hill, Clarksville, September 7. Garrison duty at Forts Donelson
and Henry, Tenn., till August, 1863. Guard duty along Louisville & Nashville 
Railroad (Headquarters at Gallatin, Tenn.) till July, 1864. 
Expedition from Gallatin to Carthage October 10-14, 1863 (Detachment). 
Near Hartsville October 10  (Detachment). Expedition from Gallatin to
Cumberland Mountains January 28-February 8.  Winchester May l0 (Detachment).
Relieved from garrison duty July, 1864, and ordered to join Sherman's Army 
before Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta (Ga.) 
Campaign July 31-September 8. Siege of  Atlanta July 31-August 25. Flank
movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-
September 1.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 
29-November 3. At Athens, Ga., 
October 31-November 23. March to Columbia, Tenn., November 23-24.
Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November
24-27. 
Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16.
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, 
Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. 
Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty at Strawberry Plains
and Nashville till June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence moved 
to Texas. Duty at San Antonio till November. Mustered out November 30, 1865. 
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally 
wounded and 5 Officers and 132 Enlisted men by disease. Total 206.
 
Asa mustered in at Troy, Ohio 30 Jan.1862 as a corporeal in Co. F, 71st
Reg of Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Capt. Chas. H. Kramer ad Col.
Rodney Mason; he was discharged Feb., 1864 at Gallakin, TN; re enlisted
same day under Capt. Alexander Gable and Col. Henry K. McConnell.  The
regiment was assigned to the 2nd brigade (?), 3rd Div., 4th Corps Army
of the Cumberland; promoted to Sgt. 1 March1864; 1st Sgt. 22 Feb.1865;
2nd Lieutenant 30 Nov.1865 but not mustered; final discharge 3 Dec.1865 
at San Antonio, TX.  Souvenir dated 20 March1898.

Obituary

Asa M. Pearson was born in Miami County, near Troy, Ohio on 25 July 1837,
died at the home of Adam Hall, Versailles, Ohio on 13 Nov. 1907 at the
age of 70 years, 3 months, and 18 days. He united in marriage to Margaret
Brandon on Aug. 23, 1866. This union was blessed with 8 children, four sons 
and four daughters, two daughters having preceded him to the spirit land. 
In 1862, he enlisted in the Civil War and faithfully served his country until
February 1864, when he was honorably discharged and again faithfully served 
his country until Nov. 13, 1865 when he was again honorably discharged. 
About 20 years ago, he enlisted in the great army of the Lord at Osgood, Ohio 
and remained a member of the church until death claimed him. He leaves a 
loving wife; 4 sons, 2 daughters, 3 sisters, 13 grandchildren; 5 grandchildren 
having preceded him to the great beyond. Funeral services were held in the
Osgood Christian Church where the writer preached to a very large concourse. 
The remains were laid to rest in Yorkshire Cemetery by L. Marker.

Death Record - Darke Co. Ohio  1907-1908, page 366, No#9
Name: Pearson, Aca M.
died: 13 November 1907, age: 70 yrs., 3mo., 18da.
Born: Miami Co. Ohio (Troy, Ohio)
Place of death: Patterson Twp., Darke Co. Ohio (Versailles, Ohio)
Occupation: Laborer
Cause of death: Heart disease
Residence: Osgood, Patterson Twp., Darke Co. Ohio.

	8	v.	John BRANDON, born 1844 in Darke Co. Ohio.  He
			married Sarah Ann Coble 30-May-1867 in Darke Co.
			Ohio.
	9	vi.	Robert G. Brandon, born 16-August-1845 in
			Patterson Twp, Darke Co., OH; died 10-June-1912 in 			Versailles, Darke Co., OH.  He married Mary Ann 			Mendenhall 28-February-1871 in Darke Co., OH.

Notes for Robert G. Brandon:
Obituary
SUDDEN DEATH IN VERSAILLES

Robert Brandon, One of the most Prominent of the Retired Citizens of
Versailles, died Suddenly at his Residence the Evening of June 10, 1912

Apparently enjoying the best of health the announcement of the death, at
his residence in Versailles, of Robert Brandon, the evening of the 10th.
inst., from causes unknown, was a great shock to the community.  All the
day preceding his death there was no evidence of infirmity, except a
complaint from the deceased a few minutes before retiring that he felt
tired.  Nothing unusual could appear from that, but a few minutes later
his wife went into the sleeping room and found him dead.  There had been
no intimation of impending distress and the conclusion is arrived at that
death was due to cerebral hemorrhage, soon after he retired.

He was 67 years of age, a former most of his life, but resided in
Versailles the past four years, retired.  The survivors are a wife, two
daughters and five sons, who were present at he funeral services from the
Christian, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, 13th. inst.


	10	vii.	Alice "Elsie" BRANDON, born 23-January-1847 in 			Darke Co. Ohio; died 9-July-1894 in Darke Co. Ohio.  			She married Low J. "Jack" Minick 19-August-1869 in 			Darke Co. Ohio.
	11	viii.	Mariah C. BRANDON, born 1849 in Darke Co. Ohio.  			She married Andrew Waucop 20-May-1869 in Darke 			Co. Ohio.
	12	ix.	Levi BRANDON, born December-1851 in Darke Co. 			Ohio.  He married Rosanna Coble 4-January-1872 in 			Darke Co. Ohio.

contact - Michael O. Reck

Hosted by RootsWeb              Contact Site Administrators