Casbeer, Joseph L.
Ozona, Crockett County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A Confederate veteran. Born in Lamar County. In Civil War, was in Co. G, Col. R.T.P. Allen's Texas Infantry, and was discharged in 1865. On September 5, 1871, married Miss Matilda Peacock, in Lampasas County. They had 2 sons. Moved to Ozona in 1898. Recorded - 1970.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Joseph L. Casbeer, born in Lamar County, served the Confederacy in Company G of Col. R. T. P. Allen's Texas Infantry, mustering out at the war's end in 1865. He married Matilda Peacock in Lampasas County in 1871, raised two sons, and in 1898 moved west to Ozona in the ranching country of Crockett County. His grave marker records a life carried from the Civil War into the settlement of far West Texas.
Why it matters
Markers to Confederate veterans who later became western pioneers trace how the generation shaped by the Civil War went on to settle the Texas frontier.
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Related people
- · Joseph L. Casbeer
- · Matilda Peacock
- · R. T. P. Allen
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