Caleb C. OSTEEN^[1]

1832 - 1862  (29 years)

• Name	Caleb C. OSTEEN  [2]
  Birth	22 Mar 1832	Sumter District, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  MILI	Pvt. in Co. H 5th SC Calvary; Co. A 1st Regt. SCVC Private, Company A He enlisted at age 31 on 2 January 1862 at Sumter District, South Carolina (South Carolina 1860 Census, Sumter Distict, Page 165). He is presented as having died in the 1st SC Cavalry (Broken Fortunes, Kirklnad, Page 211) but, in actuality, died as a member of the 1st SC Cavalry Battalion.  [1, 2]
  Occupation	Shoemaker
  Reference Number	1959
  _UID	2AE3A59416F34B7585D4EB120BD7BC0003F4
  Death	1 Mar 1862	at home on sick furlough, of measles, during the Civil War   [2]
  	Measels
  Person ID	I26896	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	William OSTEEN,   b. 13 Jan 1793, South Carolina d. 3 Oct 1877, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susanna/h CHINA,   b. 28 May 1793, South Carolina d. 29 Dec 1872, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 79 years)
  _UID	263F1001E2704823B09D2CC86190E7E53113
  _UID	263F1001E2704823B09D2CC86190E7E53113
  Family ID	F18886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary E. BROADWAY,   b. 1834, Sumter District, South Carolina d. Abt 1910, Sumter District, South Carolina (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1854	Sumter District, South Carolina
  _UID	A6DBA07480F640DBB093DF758784C7E776C3
  _UID	A6DBA07480F640DBB093DF758784C7E776C3
  Notes	Married by the Rev. N. Graham. Marriage and Death Notices from Baptist Newspapers of South Carolina, 1835-1865 Southern Baptist Issue of November 15, 1854 page 46 Baptist Marriages and Deaths, South Carolina, 1835-1865, p.48 By Rev. N. Graham, on the evening of the 25th ult., Miss Mary Broadway, youngest daughter of Mr. G. Broadway, deceased, to Caleb Osteen, Esq. all of Sumter District, S. C.
  Children	1. Alice OSTEEN,   b. 1855
  Family ID	F18900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The 1860 Sumter District Census show Caleb 30, Shoemaker, P. P. $25, living with him were Mary 26, Alice 5. They were living next door to his father William Osteen in the Providence P. O. Section.

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Cochran Gedcom File. [S22865] Herbert O. Chambers, III, (Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1907 Buena Vista Circle, Wilmington, NC 28411-7892 (910)686-4816), page 2.