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Caddo Co. Oklahoma - Civil War 
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Willim S. DeBaun
8th Indiana Artillery
Battles of Chatanooga, Lookout Mountai, 
Missionary Ridge and Shiloh
born 13 Dec 1841
died  21 Apr 1915

The Apache Review
April 29, 1915

OBITUARY

Willim(sic) S. DeBaun was born December 13th, 1841, near 
Middletown, Ind., and died at Apache, Okla., April 21st, 
1915, aged 73 years, 4 months and 8 days. He united with 
the Christian church at the age of 19 years of which he was 
always a faithful member and an earnest worker at all times 
and at the time of his death he had been an elder in the 
church for over forty years.

When the civil war spread its dark pall of strife and 
bloodshed over the nation he was among the first to answer 
his country's call and to place his life on the alter of 
patriotism and love for his country, enlisting in the 8th 
Indiana Artillery and serving for three years and three 
months, participating in the battles of Chatanooga, Lookout 
Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Shiloh and others of the 
bloodiest battles of that great conflict.

He was married July 4th, 1866 to Miss Angeline Pogue, of 
Middletown, Indiana, and they moved to Shelbyville, 
Illinois, to make their home, two boys and two girls, both 
of the boys dying in infancy. The girls grew to womanhood 
and both were present during his last hours and at the 
funeral. They are Mrs. J.S. Eads of Piedmont, Okla., and 
Miss (unable to read) DeBaum, of this city.

Mr. DeBaun moved to Prescott, Ark., in 1880, where he lived 
until the opening of Oklahoma, when he took part in the 
great race and secured a claim one mile from El Reno. The 
city has since grown out to this place and it is now an 
addition to the city. His wife died here on June 17th, 1898 
and was taken back to the old home in Shelby county, Ill., 
for burial in the old family cemetery. 

On June 3rd, 1901, Mr. DeBaun was married to Miss Mary 
Lambeth who survives him. In 1909 they sold the old place 
at El Reno and moved to Apache where he made his home until 
the day of his death.

He was one of our most highly beloved citizens, a man of 
whom everyone spoke well and who had not a single enemy. A 
man who lived the religion he professed in his daily life 
and his last thoughts were of his family and his church. He 
was a member of the G.A.R. Post, but when it came near the 
close of his life and his last thoughts were of his (a line 
must have been left out) was finished. He designated those 
whom he wished to act as pall bearers from among the board 
of decons of the church, saving that church came first with 
him, and his wishes were carried out.

His place in the family can never be filled. His place in 
the community and in the church will be hard indeed to 
fill. The entire community will join with us in extending 
the deepest sympathy to the family in their hour of 
bereavement. May the God in whom he trusted be with them 
and lighten the burden of their sorrow.

Mrs. A.J. Sherman, Mrs. Maggie Gaskins and Mrs. (unable to 
read) McClain, Mr. DeBaun's three sisters survive him. They 
live in Farmersburg, Ind.