Jonathan Cessna (abt. 1818 - 1895)

Born about 1818 in Coshocton, Ohio, United States

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Died 22 Mar 1895 at about age 77 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States

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^[1]186.JONATHAN6 CESSNA (CHARLES P.5, JONATHAN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JEAN1DE CESSNA) was born 1818 in Cessna, Hardin County, Ohio, and died 22 Mar 1895 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas. He married ELIZABETH ELY 28 May 1846 in Hardin County, Ohio540.
She was born 06 Jun 1818 in Pennslyvania, and died 18 Jan 1900 in St Louis, Missouri.
Notes for JONATHAN CESSNA:
rootsweb.com message board from JoAnn Schleis Jonathan Cessna who served in Co F, 43rd Regiment of the Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He was born in Coshocton (?) Co, Ohio.
From the discharge papers I have that he was 45 years of age, 5' 9 " high, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair and by occupation, when enrolled, a Farmer. (Discharge) Given at Little Rock, Ark this 25th day of February 1864.
This is not a proven relationship with parents as he is not mentioned in most genealogies as one of the children, yet the fact that he and sister Sarah both state in the 1880 census that mother was born in Ireland suggests that he is one of Charles's children.
He was in the Civil War, company E, 54th Illinois Infantry. The census said his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother born in Ireland.
Jonathan Cessna b. abt 1818 in Ohio (some records I have found say Ill.)d. March of 1895 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas. Married Elizabeth Ely on May 28, 1846 in Canton, Ohio. Elizabeth was b. June 6, 1818 in Penn. and d. Jan 18, 1900 in St. Louis, MO. They raised their children in Kansas.
Their children are:
Jasper Newton; Frank; Jack; Cerilda Jane;Margaret Ann; and Isabelle. I have found a Jasper Newton Cessna that m. Jennie Summers abt. 1875 in Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas.
Their children were listed as: All born. in Arkansas City.
Nellie Mae
John
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Civil War Regiment: 43rd Infantry Regiment IL

Date Mustered: 30 November 1865 Regiment Type: Infantry Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 8 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 75 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers Regimental History ILLINOIS FORTY-THIRD INFANTRY (Three Years) Forty-third Infantry. - Cols., Julius Raith, Adolph Engelmann; Lieut.-Cols., Adolph Engelmann, Adolph Dengler; Majs., Adolph Dengler, Charles Stephani, Hugo Westerman. This regiment was organized at Camp Butler in Sept., 1861, and was mustered into the U. S. service on Oct. 12. On the following day, containing only eight companies, it moved by railroad to Benton barracks, St. Louis, Mo., where it was armed with old Harper's Ferry and English Tower muskets, changed from flint locks to percussion guns. On Jan. 20-2l Cos. I and K were added to the regiment and it was armed with new Belgian rifles, an excellent arm, but very heavy. At the battle of Shiloh the 43d for a long time alone supported the Waterhouse battery and with it offered a stubborn resistance to the enemy, leaving in this first position 36 of its number dead, while many had been carried to the rear severely wounded. In every position held by the regiment during the first day's fighting it left its dead and wounded, and the latter, being carried off by the enemy, were the only men who had to be reported missing. The advance the next day was slow and it was 4 P.M. when what was left of the regiment again stacked arms in front of its camp. Out of a total of 500 taken into action it had lost 206, of whom 49 had been left dead on the field. In the early spring of 1863, 200 men of the regiment were mounted and made expeditions to the distance of 40 miles from Bolivar, Tenn. (where the regiment was stationed), engaging in several skirmishes and capturing many prisoners and horses. In the spring of 1864 the 43d took part in the Red river expedition, after which it remained at Little Rock, Ark., until the enlistment for three years expired, when the non-veterans were mustered out on Dec. 16. 1864.
Forty-third (Consolidated) Infantry.- Col., Adolph Dengler; Lieut.-Cols., Adolph Dengler, Hugo Westerman; Maj., Hugo Westerman. Not quite three-fourths of the membership of the original organization re-enlisted in the veteran service and Col. Engelmann succeeded in prevailing on the state authorities to assign a sufficient number of drafted men to the 43d, so that Lieut.-Col. Dengler could be commissioned colonel,
in which capacity he afterward commanded. The regiment remained at Little Rock, Ark., till its muster out, Nov. 30, 1865, from where it returned to Camp Butler for final pay and discharge, Dec. 14, 1865. Source: The Union Army, vol. 3 Battles Fought Fought on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN. Fought on 07 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN. Fought on 09 October 1862 at Grand Junction, TN. Fought on 30 April 1864 at Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River. Fought on 30 April 1864 at Saline River AR. More About JONATHAN CESSNA: Burial: Unknown, Union Cemetery, Winfield Census: 1860, Jasper, Jasper, Illinois541 Military service: 1861, Co. E 54th Illinois Infantry542 Pension: 24 Sep 1867, Awarded pension for disability543
More About JONATHAN CESSNA and ELIZABETH ELY:
Marriage: 28 May 1846, Hardin County, Ohio544

Children of JONATHAN CESSNA and ELIZABETH ELY are:
i. FRANCIS M7 CESSNA, b. 1847, Pleasant, Hardin, Ohio; d. Unknown.
ii. WILLIAM ANDREW JACK CESSNA, b. 1848, Pleasant, Hardin, Ohio; d. Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM ANDREW JACK CESSNA:
1850 Census name Andrew J. Cessna age 1.
iii. MARGARET ANN CESSNA, b. 1851, Pleasant, Hardin, Ohio; d. Unknown.
549. iv. CERILDA JANE CESSNA, b. 20 Feb 1853, Jasper, Illinois; d. 23 Mar 1899, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas.
v. ISABELLE CESSNA, b. 1857, Jasper, Illinois; d. Unknown.
550. vi. JASPER NEWTON CESSNA, b. 1860, Jasper, Illinois; d. Unknown.

Acknowledgements

Jonathan was born about 1818. Jonathan Cessna ... He passed away in 1895. First-hand information as remembered by Lana Chase, Thursday, July 31, 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ Diana Sutor Greenwood Genealogy Report: Descendants of Jean De Cessna online https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/u/t/Diana-Sutor-Greenwood/GENE2-0068.html#CHILD186

See also:

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPX-K4D : 26 August 2019), Jonathan Cessna and Eley, 28 May 1846; citing Marriage, Hardin, Ohio, United States, p 172, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX45-9ZV : 10 November 2020), Jonathan Cesna, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W3-Z2K : 19 March 2020), Johnathan Cesna, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP5-WF9 : 29 August 2017), Johnithan Cessna, Silver Dale, Cowley, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 182, sheet 607B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,377.

• "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8J-5QLZ : 12 March 2020), Jonathon Cessna, 1895.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKQ-6N6P : 16 December 2020), Jonathan Cessna, ; Burial, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States of America, Union-Graham Cemetery; citing record ID 35421467, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.