The son of Jacob Adam & Rachael (Kiefer) Behm, he married Maria E. Landis September 25, 1854, and fathered Margaret (b. 08/08/57), Jacob Wesley (b. 08/12/59), Elizabeth L. (b. 12/31/61 - married James R. Craddock), Mary (b. 05/28/64), Jesse L. (b. @1866), Horace L. (b. 02/29/68), Stephen L. (b. 08/28/69), and David Albert (b. 04/16/71). In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He is in the 1860 census and buried as "Jesse."
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-two in Lancaster September 17, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, but discharged by surgeon's certificate to date April 25, 1862. The reason for the early discharge is as yet unknown, but it was not a battle wound. He is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Isaac Beam," but he is "Jesse Beam" in the company register and his compiled military service records, "J Beam" in a roster published in the October 23, 1861, Lancaster Examiner, and "Jesse Behm" in that newspaper's July 16, 1862 issue. Adding confusion to the Isaac vs. Jesse issue is the fact that Jesse had a brother named Isaac, but he was nearly twelve years younger.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three as a substitute for Simon Kind (although the company register suggests he was conscripted) November 3, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 8 as a sergeant with Co. E, 178th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, March 30, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill (Spotsylvania) on May 10, 1864, he was hospitalized and discharged by surgeon's certificate to date January 11, 1865. His brother Jacob had been serving in the same company since September 1861.
On March 2, 1865, he applied successfully for a disability pension but listed only the 88th Pennsylvania Infantry in the pension index. Specifics on the precise reasons for his two early discharges no doubt can be found in his compiled military service records, but they remain behind the covid-locked doors of the National Archives.
By 1870, he was living with his family in Waterloo, Jackson County, Michigan. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive either in Michigan or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-two in Lancaster September 17, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, but discharged by surgeon's certificate to date April 25, 1862. The reason for the early discharge is as yet unknown, but it was not a battle wound. He is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Isaac Beam," but he is "Jesse Beam" in the company register and his compiled military service records, "J Beam" in a roster published in the October 23, 1861, Lancaster Examiner, and "Jesse Behm" in that newspaper's July 16, 1862 issue. Adding confusion to the Isaac vs. Jesse issue is the fact that Jesse had a brother named Isaac, but he was nearly twelve years younger.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three as a substitute for Simon Kind (although the company register suggests he was conscripted) November 3, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 8 as a sergeant with Co. E, 178th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, March 30, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill (Spotsylvania) on May 10, 1864, he was hospitalized and discharged by surgeon's certificate to date January 11, 1865. His brother Jacob had been serving in the same company since September 1861.
On March 2, 1865, he applied successfully for a disability pension but listed only the 88th Pennsylvania Infantry in the pension index. Specifics on the precise reasons for his two early discharges no doubt can be found in his compiled military service records, but they remain behind the covid-locked doors of the National Archives.
By 1870, he was living with his family in Waterloo, Jackson County, Michigan. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive either in Michigan or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The son of Jacob Adam & Rachael (Kiefer) Behm, he married Maria E. Landis September 25, 1854, and fathered Margaret (b. 08/08/57), Jacob Wesley (b. 08/12/59), Elizabeth L. (b. 12/31/61 - married James R. Craddock), Mary (b. 05/28/64), Jesse L. (b. @1866), Horace L. (b. 02/29/68), Stephen L. (b. 08/28/69), and David Albert (b. 04/16/71). In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He is in the 1860 census and buried as "Jesse."
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-two in Lancaster September 17, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, but discharged by surgeon's certificate to date April 25, 1862. The reason for the early discharge is as yet unknown, but it was not a battle wound. He is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Isaac Beam," but he is "Jesse Beam" in the company register and his compiled military service records, "J Beam" in a roster published in the October 23, 1861, Lancaster Examiner, and "Jesse Behm" in that newspaper's July 16, 1862 issue. Adding confusion to the Isaac vs. Jesse issue is the fact that Jesse had a brother named Isaac, but he was nearly twelve years younger.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three as a substitute for Simon Kind (although the company register suggests he was conscripted) November 3, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 8 as a sergeant with Co. E, 178th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, March 30, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill (Spotsylvania) on May 10, 1864, he was hospitalized and discharged by surgeon's certificate to date January 11, 1865. His brother Jacob had been serving in the same company since September 1861.
On March 2, 1865, he applied successfully for a disability pension but listed only the 88th Pennsylvania Infantry in the pension index. Specifics on the precise reasons for his two early discharges no doubt can be found in his compiled military service records, but they remain behind the covid-locked doors of the National Archives.
By 1870, he was living with his family in Waterloo, Jackson County, Michigan. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive either in Michigan or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-two in Lancaster September 17, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, but discharged by surgeon's certificate to date April 25, 1862. The reason for the early discharge is as yet unknown, but it was not a battle wound. He is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Isaac Beam," but he is "Jesse Beam" in the company register and his compiled military service records, "J Beam" in a roster published in the October 23, 1861, Lancaster Examiner, and "Jesse Behm" in that newspaper's July 16, 1862 issue. Adding confusion to the Isaac vs. Jesse issue is the fact that Jesse had a brother named Isaac, but he was nearly twelve years younger.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three as a substitute for Simon Kind (although the company register suggests he was conscripted) November 3, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 8 as a sergeant with Co. E, 178th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, March 30, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill (Spotsylvania) on May 10, 1864, he was hospitalized and discharged by surgeon's certificate to date January 11, 1865. His brother Jacob had been serving in the same company since September 1861.
On March 2, 1865, he applied successfully for a disability pension but listed only the 88th Pennsylvania Infantry in the pension index. Specifics on the precise reasons for his two early discharges no doubt can be found in his compiled military service records, but they remain behind the covid-locked doors of the National Archives.
By 1870, he was living with his family in Waterloo, Jackson County, Michigan. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive either in Michigan or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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