Linn County IAGenweb - 24th Iowa Infantry Companies - Jacob Casebeer

Jacob Casebeer was born on February 11, 1838 in Ohio. He later moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where he married Myra Riggs. He worked as a minister, but when the United States Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the 24^th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was appointed Captain on August 9, 1862, at the young age of twenty-four. He was mustered in on September 18, 1862. He resigned from his commission on June 23, 1864, in Natchez, Mississippi. Jacob Casebeer died on December 18, 1889, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The location of his grave is (81-336).