JOHN B. BEASCHLER, Company "M"
Submitted by Nira Parkhurst Beaschler.
Quartermaster Sergeant
John B. Beaschler
Prominent Farmer & Stock Raiser
John B. Beaschler, the youngest son of George Beechler, was born in White Rock, Maryland 13 August 1839. His parents and seven siblings immigrated to this country from Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany.
On 8 Sept. 1861, John enlisted as a Private in Company M, 1st Regiment of West Va. Cavalry; he discharged 8 July 1865. Following the Civil War, he moved to Ohio, (Monroe County/Noble County) where he spent the remainder of his life.
John married Eliza Brand 9 August 1866 in Mt. Ephiriam, Noble County, Ohio. They had 8 children:
In Cumberland, Ohio, John died 16 June 1903.