Died at the Battle of Dove Creek as part of Captain S. S. Totten's Company; former findagrave memorial entry 124638053 (now merged as 206106667), entered with further data, though it originally says he died in Tom Green County, TX; the battle was in eventually what became nearby Irion County, TX. At the time of the battle the land was in what was then a huge Bexar County. In 1874 Tom Green County was formed from Bexar, then in 1889, Irion County was formed from Tom Green and the battlefield was then, and now, lies within Irion County, Texas. Commanding Captain S. S. Totten, according to his report, after retreating from the battle and getting out of the severe winter elements, he and 12 men returned to bury the dead. However, according to other post-battle reports, by March 1865, a party of men was organized and returned to the battleground with teams of oxen and removed three bodies, only two of whom were on Captain Totten's list; Captain W H Culver and Private J T "Tom" Parker, who were re-buried back home in either Erath or Comanche Counties, thus those two on Totten's list are not shown now as buried at Dove Creek Battlefield.∼John Brannon Steen, one of Juda McCarrell & Richard Steen's nine children (siblings: Elvira, James Hodge, Margaret Ann, Rebekah, Mariah, George Washington, William Jackson & Christopher Marion) married Permelia T. Roper about 1857. Their union produced three children: John Richard Steen was born Dec. 14, 1859 in Stoddard County, Missouri; Frances Josephine was born in March 1862 in Stoddard County, Missouri and George Jackson Steen was born Oct. 17, 1865 in Fowler, Bosque County, Texas. -- During the Civil War, John was a private in the Bosque County Company of the Second Frontier Division of the Texas Militia headquartered at Gatesville. -- He was killed at the Battle of Dove Creek in what is now Irion County during an action against Kickapoo Indians who may not have been the group responsible for the killings and kidnappings that had initiated the military action and were passing through on their way to Mexico. -- The bodies of those killed in the action were left unburied until January 19 when Captain S. S. Totten and twelve volunteers returned to the battleground. Clothing had been removed from the bodies, but they were in good condition due to the cold. They had not been scalped. Those who died at Dove Creek with the exception of one that could not be found were buried in a mass grave. Others from John Steen's Bosque County Company were Captain R. S. Barnes; Privates J. S. Mabray, A. E. Everett, N. H. Bible & S. M. Wray. -- John Brannon Steen is also listed as "John D. Steen" and "John Sein" in various accounts. -- There is the possibility that John Steen's body could have been the one not found; otherwise he is buried at Dove Creek.
Died at the Battle of Dove Creek as part of Captain S. S. Totten's Company; former findagrave memorial entry 124638053 (now merged as 206106667), entered with further data, though it originally says he died in Tom Green County, TX; the battle was in eventually what became nearby Irion County, TX. At the time of the battle the land was in what was then a huge Bexar County. In 1874 Tom Green County was formed from Bexar, then in 1889, Irion County was formed from Tom Green and the battlefield was then, and now, lies within Irion County, Texas. Commanding Captain S. S. Totten, according to his report, after retreating from the battle and getting out of the severe winter elements, he and 12 men returned to bury the dead. However, according to other post-battle reports, by March 1865, a party of men was organized and returned to the battleground with teams of oxen and removed three bodies, only two of whom were on Captain Totten's list; Captain W H Culver and Private J T "Tom" Parker, who were re-buried back home in either Erath or Comanche Counties, thus those two on Totten's list are not shown now as buried at Dove Creek Battlefield.∼John Brannon Steen, one of Juda McCarrell & Richard Steen's nine children (siblings: Elvira, James Hodge, Margaret Ann, Rebekah, Mariah, George Washington, William Jackson & Christopher Marion) married Permelia T. Roper about 1857. Their union produced three children: John Richard Steen was born Dec. 14, 1859 in Stoddard County, Missouri; Frances Josephine was born in March 1862 in Stoddard County, Missouri and George Jackson Steen was born Oct. 17, 1865 in Fowler, Bosque County, Texas. -- During the Civil War, John was a private in the Bosque County Company of the Second Frontier Division of the Texas Militia headquartered at Gatesville. -- He was killed at the Battle of Dove Creek in what is now Irion County during an action against Kickapoo Indians who may not have been the group responsible for the killings and kidnappings that had initiated the military action and were passing through on their way to Mexico. -- The bodies of those killed in the action were left unburied until January 19 when Captain S. S. Totten and twelve volunteers returned to the battleground. Clothing had been removed from the bodies, but they were in good condition due to the cold. They had not been scalped. Those who died at Dove Creek with the exception of one that could not be found were buried in a mass grave. Others from John Steen's Bosque County Company were Captain R. S. Barnes; Privates J. S. Mabray, A. E. Everett, N. H. Bible & S. M. Wray. -- John Brannon Steen is also listed as "John D. Steen" and "John Sein" in various accounts. -- There is the possibility that John Steen's body could have been the one not found; otherwise he is buried at Dove Creek.
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