Each Easter we would decorate the grave of Nathan Beason, of the Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry, at Tinker Cemetery in Bug Tussle Missouri (in 1863 called Sexton) while Alva Rains again told us his story.
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Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon.
To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan.
Nathan joined the Union Army in the fall of 1861 during the Civil War. According to the Adjutant General's Office, Nathan had been home on leave and on 19 April, 1863 was returning to camp with a group when they were captured by guerrillas in Dallas County, Missouri. He was murdered in Cedar County, Missouri on April 22, 1863 by gunshot. He was 36 years old.
He was buried in a mass grave in Cedar County, Missouri. Malinda did not want him buried there so two of her brothers retrieved his body. He was buried in Tinker Cemetery the same cemetery as their two sons and her parents.
Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon. To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan. Nathan joined...
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We’d sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic, every verse, over the grave.
Freedom comes at a high cost.
If was paid for by the blood of Nathan Beason and 300,000 other United States soldiers that freed our bothers and sisters in bondage.
It is ours only so long as we choose to keep it.