Henry and Elizabeth Schasteen
and descendants

Elizabeth Inman was a younger sister of Jeanette's great-grandfather. She was born 25 March 1849 in Ohio, and was enumerated in the 1850 census in Mercer county, OH, and in 1860 in DeKalb county, IN, along with her parents, John and Julia Inman. Elizabeth moved to Logan county, IL, along with her parents and siblings, during the 1860s. In 1868 she married Henry S. Schasteen, who was a farmer in Logan county. The West Lincoln township section of the 1878 Logan county history's directory, on page 400, provides some basic information on Elizabeth and Henry:

SCHASTEEN, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Meth; born in Ross Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1844; married Oct. 21, 1868, to Elizabeth Inman; who was born in Ohio, March 25, 1849; died April 7, 1877; had four children: Edward Arthur, Charles Henry, and John Harrison, lost one; enlisted Dec. 8, 1861, in Company F, 44th Illinois Inf., 4th army corps, under Sherman; was stationed at Gallatin, Tenn; was in the battles of Franklin, Atlanta, Resaca, Altoona, Savannah, and Bentonville; was discharged at close of war, Sept. 25, 1865.

The only person I could find with a surname resembling Henry's in the 1870 Logan county census was Henry's father, Edward Shasteen, a 50-yr-old farm worker living on somebody else's farm. He was born in Ohio. I found 40-yr-old Edward Chasteen in the 1860 census in the Lincoln precinct with his 38-year-old wife, Caroline, and five children including 14-year-old Henry. Edward, Caroline and the first two children were born in Ohio. It looks like they came to Illinois between 1848 and 1852.

Henry's last name is spelled Shasteen in the records of the 44th Illinois. The Illinois Marriage Index (volume 2, page 53, license 2106) shows that Henry Schasteen married Lizzie C. Inman in Logan county on the date given.

Henry and Elizabeth's children. The only child about whom we have any information is Charles. This is in large part due to the research of his great-grandson, James William "Bill" Schasteen.

Charles Henry Schasteen² was born in Logan county, Illinois 19 Jan 1872 and died in Kern county, California 4 Aug 1948.¹

In the 1880 census, an 8-year-old Charles H. Chasteen was enumerated with a young couple on a farm in Bourbon county, Kansas, S. S. and Lizzie Birch. His relationship is given as "other". Charles married Estella Laura Lybarger² 16 Nov 1891 in Carthage, Missouri.³ Estella was born 13 Mar 1876 in Kansas, and died 8 Aug 1965 in Kern county, CA.¹ She may have been part Wyandotte Indian. According to the 1910 census, Charles and Estella had nine children, of whom five survived. They were living in Carthage, MO, in 1910 with all 5 children, and were living in Pittsburg, KS, along with their two youngest children, at the time of the 1920 census, in which both of his parents' birthplaces are listed as Germany!

The following are Charles and Estella (or Stella)'s children who survived infancy. All were born in Missouri:

1. Frank Lybarger Schasteen, born 24 Jul 1893. He married Jessie Kingsbury, who was born in either 1888 or 1893, also in Missouri, 23 Dec 1916, in Carthage, MO.³ When Frank registered for the World War I draft in 1917,⁴ he was working as a machinist at the Vogey mine in Porto Rico, MO, near Joplin. At the time of the 1920 census, he was working as an oil company machinist in Norfolk, Virginia. He died before 1930, when the widowed Jessie was living with her sister in Carthage, MO. Frank and Jessie had the following children:
   1. William Kingsbury Schasteen, born 26 Sep 1917 in Missouri. William enlisted in the U. S. Army Coast Artillery Corps 16 Sep 1940 in Carthage.⁵ He moved to California, but returned to Carthage to marry 53-year-old Mildred A. Kingsbury (a cousin?) 28 Nov 1968.³ He was listed on his marriage license as a resident of San Luis Obispo county, CA, which is where his death was reported 9 Feb 1981.¹
   2. Marialyce Shasteen, born 14 July 1924 in Kansas, died 25 May 1990 in Tulsa, OK, married Ardelle James Lamfers 1 Mar 1943 in Carthage, MO. Marialyce and Ardelle had the following children:
      1. James Ardelle Lamfers.
      2. William Ralph Lamfers, born 27 May 1953 in Bakersfield, CA, died 3 Oct 1990 in Oklahoma City.
      3. Lorraine Frances Lamfers.
      4. Alyce Adelle Lamfers.
2. Samuel Montell Schasteen,² born 23 Jan 1896, died 29 May 1968 in Kern county, CA.¹ Married Helen Albertina Strom,² and moved to Miami, Arizona, with her in time for the 1920 census, then moved on to California soon afterward. Helen was born 12 Jun 1901 in Kansas and died 10 Jul 1972, in Bakersfield, Kern county, CA. Samuel and Helen had the following children:
   1. James Charles Schasteen,² born 20 Aug 1920, Miami, Gila county, Arizona, died 3 Oct 1998 in Bakersfield. James served in the United States Navy during World War II. He married Joyce Whimpey² 17 Jun 1950. Joyce was born 23 Dec 1925 in Payson, Utah county Utah, and died 6 May 2010 in Bakersfield. They had 2 children:
      1. Carol Ann Schasteen
      2. James William Schasteen
   2. John Leland Schasteen,² born 4 Aug 1922 in Kern county, died 12 Dec 1973 in Bakersfield. He married Viola Agnes Kennedy,² 17 April 1943, in Wellington, New Zealand, while serving in the United States Marine Corps. Viola was born 16 Oct 1924 in Christchurch New Zealand, and died 2 Aug 2009 in Idaho Falls, ID. They had 5 children:
      1. Diane Genevieve Schasteen
      2. Sandra Linn Schasteen
      3. Sonia Lynette Schasteen
      4. Mark Richard Schasteen
      5. Kathryn Adele Schasteen
   3. Geraldine Lois Schasteen,² born 24 Jan 1924, in Kern county, died 4 Aug 1983, in Bakersfield, married John Spangle who was born 10 Aug 1920, in Spangle, Spokane county, Washington and died Mar 1973, in Burbank, Los Angeles county, California. They had 2 children:
      1. Janice Spangle
      2. Gary Raymond Spangle
   4. Robert Girard Schasteen, born 7 May 1926, in Kern county, died 20 Mar 1993 in Vancouver, Clark county, Washington. He was married twice. His first wife was named Gloria and they had 2 children:
      1. Robert Lin Schasteen
      2. Linda Schasteen
      His second wife was named Joyce, but they had no children.
3. John L. Schasteen, born 18 Feb 1898, died 6 Mar 1977 in Crest Park, San Bernardino county, CA.¹ In about 1924, he married a woman named Helen, who was born about 1906 in Kansas. In 1930, John was working as a railroad machinist and he and Helen were living in Pittsburg, KS, with their children:
   1. Lida S. Schasteen, born about 1925 in Kansas.
   2. Jean B. Schasteen, born about 1927 in Kansas.
4. Charles Henry "Ted" Schasteen, junior, born 7 Mar 1905, died 17 Apr 1981 in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo county, CA.¹ Married Frankie Mae Davis, who was born 10 Oct 1910 in Pittsburg, Crawford county, KS, and died 7 Feb 1992 in Atascadero, San Luis Obispo county, CA.¹
5. Mable C. Schasteen, born 3 Nov 1907, died 21 Mar 1990 in Norwalk, Los Angeles county, CA.

Henry in Kansas. Soon after Elizabeth's death, Henry moved West, to Pleasanton or Mound City, in Linn county, Kansas, about 80 miles south of Kansas City. We have found some information on his later years there. At the Linn county, KS, USGenWeb site:

• In its marriage data base, we find:
  • SCHASTEEN, Henry, 31y
  • + MERCKLE, Lena, 24y
  • 12/03/1881
  • J.H. Trego, JP
  • Book 3, Page 100
• An 1883 list of "pensioners", i.e. Civil War veterans or their family members being compensated for their disablites, includes a Henry Schasteen of Pleasanton who is receiving $3.00 monthly for chronic diarrhea.
• A list of civil war vets buried in Linn county includes:
  • Shasteen, Henry S.
  • Co. F, 44th ILL. Infantry
  • Woodland
  • Mound City

The Woodland to which this entry refers is Mound City (Woodland) Cemetery, whose Soldiers' Lot is listed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as a place where Civil War veterans are buried. Thanks to findagrave.com, we located Henry's grave, where a beautiful monument commemorating his Civil War service was erected. This memorial is the only place where we find a middle initial for Henry. Findagrave lists at least 24 Schasteens buried at Woodland and provides the following information for Henry:

• Birth: 1843
• Death: 1900
• The spelling of the last name changed from Shasteen to Schasteen starting with Henry.
• Note: Son of Edward Shasteen b 1820 d aft 1870 and Caroline Fowler Caskey Shasteen b 1820/22 d 1867

Henry's death apparently occurred before the 1900 U. S. census was conducted. However, we located entries for a 42-year-old widow, Helen Schasteen, in Mound City township, and the following children:

1. Vincent Schasteen, born October 1882.
2. James Schasteen, born January 1885.
3. George W. Schasteen, born February 1887.
4. Jesse Schasteen, born March 1889.
5. Levi E. Schasteen, born January 1894.
6. Abraham L. Schasteen, born May 1896.

Among the Schasteen burials listed by Findagrave is that of Helena (1858-1936), who is interred along with a child Earnest E. (1891-1898).

A very casual search of internet sources, using Google and census data, indicates that Henry Schasteen had numerous descendants in this part of Kansas, right down to recent times. Some of them, along with his relatives in Ohio and other areas, are listed at the Shasteen Genealogy site. I've barely scratched the surface here in presenting information which is available on this family.