Caspar Titchworth born in Michigan; tugboat captain in California
Hey everyone, here's the information I promised you about Caspar Titchworth. A little late but what can you expect when it's summer in Canada. Enjoying the sun is more important than genealogy. But there isn't much else that is. Caspar Titchworth was born in 1843 or 1844 according to the census records.When he was he was living with the Peter Doolittle household in Nankin, Wayne, Michigan. It is thought his parents could be Alexander and Sally Titchworth and that the Doolittle’s took over raising him when Sally died in 1847. In 1860 he is working on the Peter Doolittle farm but he either didn’t like farming or felt the need for adventure because on August 8, 1861 he enlisted in Company F the 16th Infantry in Plymouth, Michigan to fight in the American Civil War. He fought for less than a year; was wounded and missing in action on the June 27, 1862. On November 28, 1862 he was discharged. It's not mentioned what kind of wound he suffered or if it affected him ...