James A. L. Deal

James A. L. Deal

Male 1845 - Bef 1914  (~ 69 years)

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  • Name James A. L. Deal 
    Born Feb 1845  Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef. Mar 1914 
    Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. (military stone) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Civil War Pension Index:

      "Deal, James, Indiana, widow Deal, Rebecca. Units: Co. H, 48 Ind. Inf.; Co. D., 97 Ind. Inf.

      1879 Dec 6 Class: Invalid; Application# 330417, Certificate# 671497.
      1914 Nov 27 Class: Widow; Application# 1037491; State: Indiana."

    • National Park Service Soldiers & Sailors: "UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS. 48th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. Organized at Goshen, Ind., December 5, 1861, to January 28, 1862. Left State for Paducah, Ky., February 1, 1862. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

      SERVICE.-Duty at Paducah, Ky., till May, 1862. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 13-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto till September 7. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Reconnoissance from Lagrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 10, 1863, and duty there till February. Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3. Forty Hills and Hankinson's Ferry May 3-4. Battle of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at Vicksburg till September 13. Moved to Helena, Ark., thence to Memphis, Tenn., and march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 13-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty at Huntsville, Ala., till June, 1864. Re-enlisted at Huntsville January, 1864, and Veterans on furlough February and March. Duty at Cartersville, Ga., protecting Railroad till October. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S. C., February 2-5, 1865. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. West's Cross Roads February 25. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 15, 1865.

      Regiment lost during service 88 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267."
    Person ID I20439  Complete
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2013 

    Father Andrew Deal,   b. Abt. 1800, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1850, Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Mary Barnett,   b. Abt. 1800, Harrison County, Indiana Territory, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1892, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Married 05 Sep 1822  Harrison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • LDS FamilySearch Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959: "Andrew Deal & Mary Barnett, license & m. 5 Sep 1822, Harrison County by Frederick Leslie."

      This marriage is one of seven Deal family marriages performed between 1815 and 1821 in Harrison County, IN: John, Andrew, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Michael, & Moses Deal.

      ECW, p. 9: "Andrew Deal was a blacksmith in partnership with his brother, John Deal, who married Mary Barnett's older sister, Sally Barnett. Andrew and Mary (Polly) lived in Bowling Green, Clay, IN for some time and then moved to Putnam County, IN, where they lived about two miles from the old [Barnett?] mill. . . ."

      ECW, "Corrections," p. 68:

      "7. Mary (Polly) Barnett (James Otis) correction from p. 9. Born 1808 and m. 5 Sep 1822 in Harrison IN Andrew Deal, a blacksmith. Had 12 children . . ."

      Edited by Roy Richard Thomas July 2007


    Family ID F0110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Melinda J. Watts,   b. Abt. 1853, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Apr 1871  Owen County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "James Deal & Malinda [sic] J. Watts, 16 Apr 1871, Owen, IN, Book 30 OS p. 110."
    Children 
    +1. Rosa B. Deal,   b. Abt. 1873, Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2013 
    Family ID F18041639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lucinda A. Medaris,   b. Abt. 1852, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Jul 1874  Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriages, 1800-1941: "Lucinda Medaris & James Deal, 20 Jul 1874, Owen County, book 30 OS p. 382."
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2013 
    Family ID F18041640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Rebecca Jane Minor,   b. 30 Jun 1838, Johnson, Ripley, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Oct 1921, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN: Indiana Soldiers Home Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1884  Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "James Deal & Rebecca Laswell [sic], 27 Apr 1884, Owen, IN. James Deal, age 40, father Andrew, mother Mary, Owen County, IN; Book H-19, OS p. 48."

      Paul E. Williams wrote Aug 2010, after inspecting the records in the courthouse, Owen, IN:

      "Marriage application (Books C-40 p. 51 and H-19 p. 49)" states that it is the fourth marriage for the bride, Rebecca, "daughter of William Minor and Elizabeth Cole." Rebecca's place of birth is listed as "Ohio," but "all census records indicate Indiana."

      The application indicates that Rebecca is the third wife of the groom, James, "son of Andrew Deal and Mary Barnett." The groom, James was b. "Putnam County, Indiana."

    Last Modified 23 Mar 2013 
    Family ID F18040080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Feb 1845 - Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Apr 1871 - Owen County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jul 1874 - Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Apr 1884 - Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    James A.L. Deal (1845-  )
    James A.L. Deal (1845- )

    Find-A-Grave:

    "Co. H, 48 Ind. Inf"

    est Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. (military stone)


    Census Records
    U.S. Census Washington, Putnam, IN 1870:  Mary Barnett (1800-1892) & James A.L. Deal (1845- )
    U.S. Census Washington, Putnam, IN 1870: Mary Barnett (1800-1892) & James A.L. Deal (1845- )

    "Mary Deal, age 64 b. Abt. 1806 Indiana, keeping house, real estate owned $100, other property $150."

    In the same household:

    "James Deal, age 23 b. Abt. 1847 Indiana, farmer, no real estate owned, no property; John E. Deal, age 19 b. Abt. 1851 Indiana, no occupation; Johnson, age 13 b. Abt. 1857 Indiana."

    Between the U.S. Census of 1870 and 1880, Mary Barnett Deal moved to Harmony, Clay, IN to live with her son, John E. Deal, a coal miner, and daughter-in-law, Amanda.
    U.S. Census Washington Township, Spencer City, Owen, IN 1900: James Deal (1845- )
    U.S. Census Washington Township, Spencer City, Owen, IN 1900: James Deal (1845- )

    "James Deal, age 55 b. Feb 1845 [sic] Indiana, father b. Pennsylvania [sic] mother b. North Carolina [sic], pensioner, m. 16 yrs wife Rebecca, age 61 b. Jun 1838 parents b. Indiana, wash woman; five step-daughters b. Indiana: Fannie Wilson, age 31 b. Jan 1869, wash woman, Dora Wilson b. Nov 1886, Jessie Wilson b. Feb 1888; Rebecca Ridenour b. Jul 1893, Louisa Ridenour b. 1870, wash woman." [Next door lived Wilson, John T., age 59 b. Aug 1840 Indiana, parents b. North Carolina, wife, Adeline, age 48 b. Jun 1851 Indiana, parents b. North Carolina.]

    [James A.L. Deal's father, Andrew Deal was b. North Carolina and his mother Mary Barnett was b. Harrison, IN]

    U.S. Census Marion Branch, National Military Home For D.V.S., Grant, IN 1900 24 Jun:

    "James Deal, age 55 b. Abt. 1845 Indiana."

    James apparently moved in the summer of 1900 to the Indiana Soldiers Home, and was thus counted twice in the U.S. Census of 1900.