TENNESSEE STATE RECORDS - BIOGRAPHIES - Asa Burdsall
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Asa Burdsall

Surnames:  Landrum, McKee, Detamore, Shake,
Knowel, Archer, Parris, Yeoman, Winn, Woodmansee,
Been

Locations:  Jackson Co., IN; Owen Co., IN; Tennessee;
Kentucky; Kansas; Indianapolis, IN; Johnson Co., IN;
New Jersey; Elnora, Daviess Co., IN

Asa Burdsall, farmer and stock raiser, of Washington township,
was born March 22, 1842, in Jackson county, Indiana, and lived 
at home until a young man, attending the schools in the 
primitive log school houses of those days. He bought and 
maintained at different times several farms in Washington
township, in 1896 moving to his present home. He enlisted 
October 8, 1861, in Company A, Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana 
Volunteer Infantry, at Seymour, Jackson county. After remaining
in camp for awhile at Bedford and New Albany, Indiana, he was
sent to Kentucky and taken prisoner at Mumfordsville, where
he remained for some time, being with about five thousand 
soldiers who were captured there. They were later exchanged
at Indianapolis. The regiment was sent to Tennessee, then into
Arkansas, to take possession of Little Rock. After a successful
campaign this regiment was returned to Little Rock, Arkansas,
fighting for forty-two days. A long siege was also engaged
in at Salina River.  The subject remained in that state during
most of the war.  He was discharged January 5, 1865, at 
Indianapolis and returned home, resuming farm work.

Mr. Burdsall married Martha Landrum in 1873. She was a native
of Owen county, Indiana, a daughter of Wesley and Elvira (Mckee)
Landrum, both natives of Owen county.  Their ancestors came
from Tennessee and Kentucky.  Wesley F. Landrum is still living
in Kansas.  His wife died in 1872.  They had three children, 
Martha, the subject's wife; Mary Mandy, who died in early 
childhood; Anna, the wife of Adam Detamore, living in Kansas.
Wesley F. Landrum was a cooper by trade.  He and his wife 
were both church members.

Mr. and Mrs. Burdsall had seven children, as follows:  Charles,
living in Washington township.  He married Mina Shake, and
they have two children, Lexie and Lloyd.  Oscar, the subject's
second child, lives in Indianapolis.  He married Florence 
Knowel, who has two children, Victor and Wayne.  Thornton,
twin brother of Oscar, lives in Indianapolis, the husband 
of Oma Archer, to whom one child was born, Lanore.  Rosella
is the fourth child of the subject.  She is the wife of Charles
Parris, living in Johnson county, Indiana.  He is a farmer 
and has one child, Leno.  Edward, the fifth child of the subject,
married Mamie Yeoman.  They live in Lyons, Indiana, and have 
one child, Opal.  Mr. Burdsall's last two children died in
infancy.  The subject is the son of James and Margaret (Winn)
Burdsall, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of
Jackson county, Indiana.  James' parents died when he was 
small and he was brought to Jackson county by the Woodmansee
family, where he was reared on a farm.  He married there and
came to Greene county, Indiana, in 1872, locating in Washington
township, where he followed farming until his death, which
occurred in 1876.  He was a Republican and he and his wife 
were members of the Church of Christ.  They had twelve children
as follows:  Sarah and Elizabeth, both deceased; Moses lives
in Jackson county; Asa, the subject of this sketch; Lucinda,
the wife of William Been, of Washington township, Greene county;
Laura, the wife of Lane Been, living in Indianapolis; George M.
lives in Elnora, Indiana; Susan is deceased; the last three
children died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Asa Burdsall are plain, honest farm people, well
represented in the community.  They are members of the Church of
Christ.  The subject is a strong temperance man, but he votes
the Republican ticket.


Source:  "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. 
with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co.,
Indianapolis, IN, 1908.