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History: WASSON & MAHAN
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James B Wasson circa 1863.
This Photo provided Aunt Dottie& Uncle Jim
In or around 1858 Great Grandpa James Buchanan Wasson went west from Butler Co.Pa. to seek his fortune in the hills of Colorado. Somewhere between Pa. and the mining town of Buckskin Joe, he lost his wife, we think, least ways he had her in PA. but not in Colo. So Susanna disappeared or died or run off. By 1861 James must have lost interest in mining and joined the Colorado Vol. Union Army to fight the Rebels . So down to New Mexico he went and at the battle of Valverdas he fought charging head long. or so we would like to believe. His pension records don't say much about the War except he got piles while riding and was on sick call at Fort Union New Mexico. After the War, he was mustered out in Kansas but went back to New Mexico. One of the first things he did was to set up a woolen mill and haul the equipment from the East to Watrous, New Mexico. In or around the 1875 depression the mill went belly up and he went into farming at Shoemaker N.M which is now called Cherry Valley. He fell in love with a little Spanish Girl by the name of Maria Clieta Gonzalas. After a year of court'n J.B. married her sometime in the 1870's she was a ripe old 14 and he was a mature War vet of 47
(WHAT!)
Yep! They did things a little different then, Say! He liked New Mexico so he continued to farm, but also worked for the Atichson.Topeka.& Santa Fe Railroad as a railroad Guard when he seemed to have a problem with a handgun, it went off in the direction of his person.He lived in Shoemaker N.M until his death in 1900.
He Had nine kids and my Grandmother was the fifth. She was 18 when she and her older sister Laura met two Cowboys, The Mahan brothers, on a trail drive thru Watrous , they ended up marrying, so Ellen Wasson married William Thomas Mahan and Laura Wasson married Gus Mahan. We think the Mahan boy's were from the EaglePass Tx. area. or somewhere in Texas.
Sometime later it seems Grandpa Tom had to leave Shoemaker. Seems he left rather sudden like, and took the long route, over the mountains. He moved his family down to Hagerman, N.M. and later Lake Arthur. On the trip down in a covered wagon in 1920 My Father Clarence was born. He was the next to the youngest of the tribe.Charles was the oldest,then Bertha E, Ruth, Ernest, Leonard, and the youngest Dorthy E. All the children except Charles stayed in the New Mexico area. Charles was a wanderer like his father, and no one is sure what happened to him. Grandfather William (Billy! the kid!!!! from New Mexico!!!!!naw!!!)got restless and right around the time of the Great Depression took off for Ariz and died in 1944 in Buckeye,Ariz. My father was on a trip studying the ministry in New Jersey and met my Mother and were married in 1950. The rest is history.
William Thomas Mahan approx.age 20,
This Photo provided Aunt Dottie& Uncle Jim
We Know little about J.B. Wassons early life in Pa. and Thanks to Col. James V.Wasson,Ret. we have some additional information about who his father was. J.B's father was a remarkable man in that he served in the Mexican War and at the ripe young age of 70+ joined the Mo. Cav. in 1861 to fight again. In Mo. the state was split in half with both North and South. William Wasson was born in 1791 in Scrubgrass Twpt., Venango Co. Pa. and died in 1863 serving his country as a Union solder. He may have also served in the War of 1812.His first wife was Elizabeth Marshall, Mother of J.B. Wasson after she passed on William married his second wife, Mary Standiff. William had several more children, one of which was Mark Wasson, this would have been James B's half brother. Mark took care of James' younger children after his death in 1900.
William's father was Daniel Wasson Born in Peters Twp. Cumberland Co.Pa in 1761 and he served in the Revolutionary War. He married Esther(Elizabet?) Orrey and was one of the first settlers of Scrubgrass Twp. Venango Co. He died sometime between 1839-1843.
Daniel's father was Thomas Wasson born about 1744 in Peters Twp.Cumberland Pa., and he was married to Margaret(?) He also served in the Revolutionary War and died in Petersburg Cumberland Co. in 1803 His father was
John Wasson Born in Peters Twp., Cumberland Co. Pa in 1715 and he was married to a Nancy Or Means(1717-aft 1769) He was Killed by Indians in Cumberland Co. in 1756. The story of the Killing of John Wasson
Now, for the Question, any of you good people reading this, have any more information about Buckskin Joe, Colorado Vol. during the Civil War, or (the Southern war for Independence.) How about histories of New Mexico? Or any info on the Mahan / Mayhan Clan, Give me a ring (e-mail) and we can swap lies.
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