Baxter Bean

Baxter Bean (December 1, 1829 - March 8, 1889) served as a sergeant in Company L, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.

Personal life
Baxter Bean was born December 1, 1829 in Washington County, Tennessee to Baxter and Margaret (Leach) Bean. He married first Elizabeth E. Sampson (1827-1885); they had no children.

Civil War service
Bean enlisted as a private in Company L on October 6, 1864 in Bean Station, Tennessee for a period of three years and mustered in October 25, 1864 at New Market, Tennessee. He was appointed sergeant on February 20, 1865 by order of Colonel Miller.

He is described as 35 years old, 5' 7" tall, fair complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, and by occupation a blacksmith.

Bean is listed as present for duty throughout his term of service for which muster roll records have survived.

Bean mustered out with the regiment on September 5, 1865 at Knoxville. He had never been paid, owed $10.00 to the government for clothing, was owed $28.31 from the government for clothing, and was owed a $100 bounty.

Post-war life
Bean was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, James T. Haun Post No. 43 in Russellville, Tennessee.

Bean applied for an invalid's pension on November 6, 1886. He died March 8, 1889 in Hamblen County, Tennessee and is buried at Old Russellville Cemetery in Hamblen County. Although his grave is marked, a military headstone was ordered in 1940; it was either never received or received and not set.