Jacob Belton Bedenbaugh

A 37 year old farmer in the Newberry District, he enlisted as a Private in Company M, 7th South Carolina Infantry on 17 March 1862.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA to 25 October and was wounded again, at Chancellorsville, VA on 4 May 1863. He was listed as missing in action at Cedar Creek, VA on 19 October 1864, but returned to duty, with no further military record.

By 1870, and to at least 1880, he was a farmer in Cannon's Township in Newberry County, SC.

His service from Swain.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1870 and 1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sarah (?, 1843-1936) in January 1862 and they had 7 children.

09/10/1833; Prosperity, Newberry District, SC

04/17/1915; Newberry County, SC; burial in Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pomaria, SC