Joseph Chilson and his wife Mary Elizabeth Cook
My second great grandfather, Joseph Chilson, son of Jonathan Alvord Chilson and Philinda Slack, was born 22 September 1838 in Chester, Geauga Co., Ohio. He moved, with his birth family, a number of times to several counties in Ohio, then to Cass Co., Missouri, then to several counties in Kansas. It was in Kansas that he met and married my second great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Cook, daughter of Oliver Hartwell Cook and Clarissa Quincy. They were married on 1 August 1860 in Miami Co., Kansas.
Joseph Chilson served for the Union in the Civil War as follows: He enlisted at Paola, Kansas on 15 August 1863 and began his service at Ft. Scott, Kansas on 26 August 1863. He served in Co. F, 14th Kansas Cavalry under Col. Charles Blair and Capt. Albert F. Briggs. The 14th Kansas was organized in the Spring of 1863 and, on the 20th of November 1863, moved from Ft. Scott to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where it engaged in scouting, foraging, and picketing. Then they moved to Choctaw Country and later returned to Ft. Smith. Then they served in the Camden Expedition in Arkansas, Missouri, and Indian Territory.
Joseph began his service as a Private and later served as a Commissary Sergeant. He became ill and was left at the hospital in Paola, Kansas. After he recovered, he served as an Assistant Surgeon in the 16th Kansas Cavalry until he mustered out at the end of the war.
Joseph later moved to Fallbrook, San Diego Co., California, and was among the early settlers there. He was a Baptist minister and served in San Diego Co. until after his wife died in 1899. He then moved north to Los Gatos in Santa Clara Co. and then to San Mateo in San Mateo Co. There he married Hannah T. Carson in 1908.
Joseph collected a pension for his military service and, after his death, his wife Hannah collected it until her death. He died on 23 January 1915 in San Mateo and is buried in St. John's Cemetery.
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