CONSALUS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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CONSALUS, J. L. - b: 1835 Seneca Co, NY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 746
residence: Osage

Captain J. L. Consalus, a native of Seneca County, New York, was born January 23, 
1835, his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Consalus, nee Hendricks, having also 
come originally from that state. The youth of J. L. was spent on a farm and in 
attending the public schools. He came west in 1857, and after traveling through 
Michigan and Wisconsin, located in Henry County, Missouri, the same year, being 
one of the early settlers in this vicinity. At the breaking out of the war in 1861, 
he enlisted in Co. I, Twenty-ninth Missouri volunteer infantry, and when his 
company was organized he was elected captain. He served in that company eight 
months and participated in the charge at Hai? (unreadable) Bluff, where he was 
wounded in the head. This produced a deafness unfitting him for the service and 
causing his discharge. In the fall of 1864 he re-enlisted in the Forty-fifth 
Missouri infantry and served till the close of the war, taking part in the fights at 
Jefferson City and Arkansas Post. After the war he returned to Henry County, and 
in the following year located on the farm which he now occupies. In 1867 he laid 
out the town of Consville, near Browning's Ferry and erected a store building and 
engaged in merchandising, and was appointed postmaster of his town. In this 
capacity he served several years. After selling goods about six years he disposed 
of his goods, and has since been occupied in farming and stock raising. He owns 
146 acres of land, with fair buildings and improvements. Mr. Consalus was 
married in this county in the fall of 1871 to Miss Jane Walker, of Indiana, and a 
daughter of David S. Walker. They have a family of three children: Samuel L., 
Fanny and Hattie. Mr. C. is a member of the M. E. Church.

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