James Wesley Bausell

Biography
Born	07/06/1845, 7/22/1845
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	08/23/1934
Death Location	Russell Co., VA
Father	William Thurman Boswell
Mother	Hannah Price
Married	09/12/1865
Spouse	Martha Elizabeth Daugherty
Military Units
21st Battalion Cavalry
2nd VSL
37th Cavalry Battalion
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
37th Battalion Cavalry
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Misc
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Pension
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Census Information: 1850: 822, Age 5 1860: 221, Age 13 1870: Lebanon 38, Age 30 1880: Moccasin 105, Age 34 1900: Lebanon 57, 151, Age 54 1910: Lebanon Town 3, Age 64, Veteran: No 1920: Lebanon 79, 175, Age 74 1930: Lebanon 11, 56, Age 84, Veteran: Yes

Miscellaneous Information: Filed pension: 1904, Russell County Widow filed pension: 1934, Russell County Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1902, 1917 Appears on pension applications for: Andrew J. Campbell, 1902. Whitley Thomas, 1903. David Kimberland, 1904. Asa Thompson, 1905. A. L. Hurt, 1906. Joseph B. Wampler widow 1907. Joseph Breeding, 1908. C. W. Powers, 1909. Isaac Puckett widow, 1910. William W. Meade widow, 1915. John W. Hackney widow, 1915. Charles B. Price widow, 1918. William Henry Vanderport widow, 1922. Joseph C. F. Carty widow, 1924. William G. Alderson widow, 1925. John T. King widow, 1925. Henry Farmer widow, 1926. James Johnson widow, 1927. James M. Finney, KY, 1928. N. B. Smith, 1928. John Counts, 1931. Nathaniel S. Dickenson widow, 1933. Newspaper mentions: Bickley Mills Post, 10/1/1891 Norton Free Press, 3/22/1907 Lebanon News, 5/29/1908, 1/7/1910, 7/17/1925, 7/22/1927, 8/24/1934, 8/31/1934, 9/14/1934, many others McKinney (TX) Daily Courier, 3/11/1903 Harrisburg Telegraph, 7/9/1925 (Harrisburg) Evening News, 7/27/1925 Crawford's Weekly, 4/27/1929 San Bernardino County Sun, 6/15/1930 Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 9/6/1931 Richmond Times Dispatch, 8/24/1934 Gate City Herald, 8/30/1934 Notes: Pictured at Reunion Photo. Founding member of McElhaney Camp Confederate Veterans, 1896. Received Southern Cross of Honor from Daughters of the Confederacy, 1907. Headstone application. Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Company K, 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Appears on a muster roll for ____ to Oct 31st, 1864 (Dated Oct. 31, 1864) Enlisted: When: Apr. 20, 1863 Where: Russell Co., Va By whom: Lt. Thomas Period: For the war Last paid: By whom: N. H. Thompson To what time: 31st Dec., 1863 Absent Remarks: Prisoner of war	Card 2 Appears on a roll of Prisoners of War forwarded from Harper's Ferry, West Va., to Camp Chase, O., August 11, 1864. Roll dated Hd. Qrs., Dept. West VA., Office Provost Marshal General, Harper's Ferry, Aug. 24, 1864 Where captured: Moorefield, Va When captured: Aug. 7, 1864	Card 3 Appears on a list of Prisoners confined in Military Prison at Wheeling, Va. (also known as Atheneum Prison). Aug. 10/64 Age: 30 years; height, 5 ft. 6 in. Complexion: fair, eyes: brown; hair: dark Occupation: Farmer Residence: Town: County: Russell State Va Arrested: By whom: Gen'l Averal Where: Moorefield, Va Date: Aug. 7, 1864 Remarks: Sent to Camp Chase O Aug. 11/64
Card 4 Appears on a Descriptive Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Chase, Ohio. Arrested: Where: Moorefield, Va Date: Aug. 7, 1864 Received at Camp Chase, Ohio: When: Aug 12, 1864 Whence: Wheeling, Va By whose order: Capt. E. W. Olver Date of departure: Mch. 4, 1865 Remarks: Transferred to City Point	Card 5 Name appears as signature to a Roll of Prisoners of War paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, and transferred to City Point, Va., March 4, 1865, for exchange. Roll dated Headquarters Camp Chase, Ohio, March 4, 1865 Where captured: Morfield Va When captured: Aug. 7, 1864 name appears in column of names as Jas. W. Bausell