Son of Zachariah & Sally A McCoy Henness
JOHN MCCOY HENNESS, a retired farmer residing at Frankfort, and Union veteran with an unusually creditable military record, has been long and favorably known in that part of Ross county. The founder of the family in Ohio was William Henness, who married Nancy Bernard in Virginia, subsequently came to Ross county, settled in Union township and there began the cultivation of a leased farm. They were but little behind the vanguard of the earliest settlers, as the time of their arrival is placed in the year 1800. To this couple were born eight children, all long since dead, named as follows: Mary, wife of Scott Finley; Martha, wife of Joseph Beard; a daughter who married Aaron Mowbray; William, Stephen, Zachariah, James and Levi, the latter killed at Kenesaw Mountain. The parents, who lived to unusually advanced age, found a final resting place in the Baptist cemetery near Frankfort. Zachariah, sixth of this family, was horn in Ross county in 1816, and in early youth learned the cooper's trade, which he worked at during much of his subsequent life. He married Sally Ann McCoy, a native of Ross county and daughter of John McCoy, took possession of the McClintick farm in Union township and lived there for the next twenty-seven years. Besides farming and cooperage he did considerable work with a threshing machine, of which he had charge a number of years. In 1867, he went to Seymour, Champaign county, 111., where both himself and wife ended their days, he when eighty-two and she when eighty years old. Their children, nine in number, were named as follows: John M.; William B., of Piatt county, Ill.; James A., of Champaign county, Ill.; Margaret, wife of W. D. Earl, of Illinois;. Jane, wife of Thomas Cain, of same state; Ann (deceased), wife of Benjamin Miller, same state; Edmund, of Champaign, Ill.; David, of Ross county, and Charles, of Illinois. John McCoy Henness, eldest of the family, .was born in Union township, Ross county, March 22, 1842. When nineteen years old he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-first Ohio infantry, and went to Missouri by way of Cincinnati and St Louis for the purpose of joining his command, which was located in that state. The regiment underwent the necessary drilling, did some marching back and forth to different Missouri points and in 1862 was placed aboard steamer at St Charles for shipment to Pittsburg Landing, arriving in time to take part in the bloody battle at that place. While in Missouri, Mr. Henness had been accidentally wounded and after the Tennessee battle was in the hospital for a few days, received a furlough, and came home. After reporting for duty at Camp Dennison, he was assigned to a local corps in Cincinnati and remained there until August, during which time the corps was sent to Cynthiana, Ky., where it engaged General Morgan. He was then sent to his regiment at Corinth, Miss., in time to take part in the noted battle at that place. His regiment remained in that locality until the spring of 1863, when they were sent to Pulaski, Tenn., where they remained doing guard duty until the spring of 1864. Mr. Henness had re-enlisted January 1, 1864, in his old company in Tennessee, which was ordered to Chattanooga in May. During the following summer, he participated with his command in the famous Atlanta campaign, during which he took part in twenty-two fights, large and small, among the battles being Kenesaw Mountain and Oostenaula river. In the latter, Mr. Henness and one of his companions, while making a charge, succeeded in capturing all the officers and eight men of one company. He was in the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, and later, while occupying the trenches, made a capture of two more of the enemy's soldiers. During a sharp engagement on August 28, Mr. Henness received two bullet shots through his hat, grazing his head, and though a close call no damage was done. After the surrender of Atlanta, Mr. Henness went with his command in Sherman's world-famous "march to the sea," which commenced about the middle of November and ended on December 21, by arrival at Savannah, Ga. After a long rest at this place, the veteran army again took up its line of march in February, 1865, through the Carolinas. In the battle of Bentonville, N. C, Mr. Henness received a gunshot wound in the muscle of the right arm, which disabled him for duty, but he marched right along with his regiment. At Goldsboro, the first news was received of those two momentous events, the surrender of Lee and the assassination of Lincoln. From that point, the march was continued on to Washington, where Mr. Henness took part in that event, never to be forgotten by a Union soldier, the grand review of the great armies before their final retirement to private life. The "muster out" and honorable discharge took place at Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865, after which Mr. Henness came directly home. He enlisted as a private, filled all the intermediate positions, and quit the service with a commission as lieutenant. He married Sarah E., daughter of Levi and Nancy Cory, and located in Twin township, where Mr. Henness had charge of a toll gate and did teaming. After various removals to different places in the neighborhood, the family finally settled down on a place bought by Mr. Henness in Concord township. Mrs. Henness died in 1889 and the family, after remaining on the farm until November 1, 1900, removed to Frankfort. Mr. Henness was the first rural mail carrier in Ross county and is at present in charge of Route No. 1. His children, six in number, are, Charles M., died in infancy; Cora, wife of Lott Acton, of Concord township; Lulu (deceased) ; Edna, at home; Alpha McCoy and Anna, died in infancy. On May 18, 1902, Mr. Henness was married to Mrs. Frank Roberts, of East Liverpool, Columbia county. Quite a little romance is connected with this wedding. Mr. Henness became acquainted with his bride in 1865, after he came home from the war, having served in the same company with her father, W. W. Merrill, who at that time lived at East Monroe, and at whose home Mr. Henness visited for a short time. A strong friendship was formed at that time, but they drifted apart, married, and never saw each other again for thirty-six years, until 1901. In the meantime, however, their helpmates had died, and the friendship formed in early life was renewed and culminated in their marriage.
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902..
INFO: Bushong Weiss 47042370
JOHN MCCOY HENNESS, a retired farmer residing at Frankfort, and Union veteran with an unusually creditable military record, has been long and favorably known in that part of Ross county. The founder of the family in Ohio was William Henness, who married Nancy Bernard in Virginia, subsequently came to Ross county, settled in Union township and there began the cultivation of a leased farm. They were but little behind the vanguard of the earliest settlers, as the time of their arrival is placed in the year 1800. To this couple were born eight children, all long since dead, named as follows: Mary, wife of Scott Finley; Martha, wife of Joseph Beard; a daughter who married Aaron Mowbray; William, Stephen, Zachariah, James and Levi, the latter killed at Kenesaw Mountain. The parents, who lived to unusually advanced age, found a final resting place in the Baptist cemetery near Frankfort. Zachariah, sixth of this family, was horn in Ross county in 1816, and in early youth learned the cooper's trade, which he worked at during much of his subsequent life. He married Sally Ann McCoy, a native of Ross county and daughter of John McCoy, took possession of the McClintick farm in Union township and lived there for the next twenty-seven years. Besides farming and cooperage he did considerable work with a threshing machine, of which he had charge a number of years. In 1867, he went to Seymour, Champaign county, 111., where both himself and wife ended their days, he when eighty-two and she when eighty years old. Their children, nine in number, were named as follows: John M.; William B., of Piatt county, Ill.; James A., of Champaign county, Ill.; Margaret, wife of W. D. Earl, of Illinois;. Jane, wife of Thomas Cain, of same state; Ann (deceased), wife of Benjamin Miller, same state; Edmund, of Champaign, Ill.; David, of Ross county, and Charles, of Illinois. John McCoy Henness, eldest of the family, .was born in Union township, Ross county, March 22, 1842. When nineteen years old he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-first Ohio infantry, and went to Missouri by way of Cincinnati and St Louis for the purpose of joining his command, which was located in that state. The regiment underwent the necessary drilling, did some marching back and forth to different Missouri points and in 1862 was placed aboard steamer at St Charles for shipment to Pittsburg Landing, arriving in time to take part in the bloody battle at that place. While in Missouri, Mr. Henness had been accidentally wounded and after the Tennessee battle was in the hospital for a few days, received a furlough, and came home. After reporting for duty at Camp Dennison, he was assigned to a local corps in Cincinnati and remained there until August, during which time the corps was sent to Cynthiana, Ky., where it engaged General Morgan. He was then sent to his regiment at Corinth, Miss., in time to take part in the noted battle at that place. His regiment remained in that locality until the spring of 1863, when they were sent to Pulaski, Tenn., where they remained doing guard duty until the spring of 1864. Mr. Henness had re-enlisted January 1, 1864, in his old company in Tennessee, which was ordered to Chattanooga in May. During the following summer, he participated with his command in the famous Atlanta campaign, during which he took part in twenty-two fights, large and small, among the battles being Kenesaw Mountain and Oostenaula river. In the latter, Mr. Henness and one of his companions, while making a charge, succeeded in capturing all the officers and eight men of one company. He was in the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, and later, while occupying the trenches, made a capture of two more of the enemy's soldiers. During a sharp engagement on August 28, Mr. Henness received two bullet shots through his hat, grazing his head, and though a close call no damage was done. After the surrender of Atlanta, Mr. Henness went with his command in Sherman's world-famous "march to the sea," which commenced about the middle of November and ended on December 21, by arrival at Savannah, Ga. After a long rest at this place, the veteran army again took up its line of march in February, 1865, through the Carolinas. In the battle of Bentonville, N. C, Mr. Henness received a gunshot wound in the muscle of the right arm, which disabled him for duty, but he marched right along with his regiment. At Goldsboro, the first news was received of those two momentous events, the surrender of Lee and the assassination of Lincoln. From that point, the march was continued on to Washington, where Mr. Henness took part in that event, never to be forgotten by a Union soldier, the grand review of the great armies before their final retirement to private life. The "muster out" and honorable discharge took place at Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865, after which Mr. Henness came directly home. He enlisted as a private, filled all the intermediate positions, and quit the service with a commission as lieutenant. He married Sarah E., daughter of Levi and Nancy Cory, and located in Twin township, where Mr. Henness had charge of a toll gate and did teaming. After various removals to different places in the neighborhood, the family finally settled down on a place bought by Mr. Henness in Concord township. Mrs. Henness died in 1889 and the family, after remaining on the farm until November 1, 1900, removed to Frankfort. Mr. Henness was the first rural mail carrier in Ross county and is at present in charge of Route No. 1. His children, six in number, are, Charles M., died in infancy; Cora, wife of Lott Acton, of Concord township; Lulu (deceased) ; Edna, at home; Alpha McCoy and Anna, died in infancy. On May 18, 1902, Mr. Henness was married to Mrs. Frank Roberts, of East Liverpool, Columbia county. Quite a little romance is connected with this wedding. Mr. Henness became acquainted with his bride in 1865, after he came home from the war, having served in the same company with her father, W. W. Merrill, who at that time lived at East Monroe, and at whose home Mr. Henness visited for a short time. A strong friendship was formed at that time, but they drifted apart, married, and never saw each other again for thirty-six years, until 1901. In the meantime, however, their helpmates had died, and the friendship formed in early life was renewed and culminated in their marriage.
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902..
INFO: Bushong Weiss 47042370
Son of Zachariah & Sally A McCoy Henness
JOHN MCCOY HENNESS, a retired farmer residing at Frankfort, and Union veteran with an unusually creditable military record, has been long and favorably known in that part of Ross county. The founder of the family in Ohio was William Henness, who married Nancy Bernard in Virginia, subsequently came to Ross county, settled in Union township and there began the cultivation of a leased farm. They were but little behind the vanguard of the earliest settlers, as the time of their arrival is placed in the year 1800. To this couple were born eight children, all long since dead, named as follows: Mary, wife of Scott Finley; Martha, wife of Joseph Beard; a daughter who married Aaron Mowbray; William, Stephen, Zachariah, James and Levi, the latter killed at Kenesaw Mountain. The parents, who lived to unusually advanced age, found a final resting place in the Baptist cemetery near Frankfort. Zachariah, sixth of this family, was horn in Ross county in 1816, and in early youth learned the cooper's trade, which he worked at during much of his subsequent life. He married Sally Ann McCoy, a native of Ross county and daughter of John McCoy, took possession of the McClintick farm in Union township and lived there for the next twenty-seven years. Besides farming and cooperage he did considerable work with a threshing machine, of which he had charge a number of years. In 1867, he went to Seymour, Champaign county, 111., where both himself and wife ended their days, he when eighty-two and she when eighty years old. Their children, nine in number, were named as follows: John M.; William B., of Piatt county, Ill.; James A., of Champaign county, Ill.; Margaret, wife of W. D. Earl, of Illinois;. Jane, wife of Thomas Cain, of same state; Ann (deceased), wife of Benjamin Miller, same state; Edmund, of Champaign, Ill.; David, of Ross county, and Charles, of Illinois. John McCoy Henness, eldest of the family, .was born in Union township, Ross county, March 22, 1842. When nineteen years old he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-first Ohio infantry, and went to Missouri by way of Cincinnati and St Louis for the purpose of joining his command, which was located in that state. The regiment underwent the necessary drilling, did some marching back and forth to different Missouri points and in 1862 was placed aboard steamer at St Charles for shipment to Pittsburg Landing, arriving in time to take part in the bloody battle at that place. While in Missouri, Mr. Henness had been accidentally wounded and after the Tennessee battle was in the hospital for a few days, received a furlough, and came home. After reporting for duty at Camp Dennison, he was assigned to a local corps in Cincinnati and remained there until August, during which time the corps was sent to Cynthiana, Ky., where it engaged General Morgan. He was then sent to his regiment at Corinth, Miss., in time to take part in the noted battle at that place. His regiment remained in that locality until the spring of 1863, when they were sent to Pulaski, Tenn., where they remained doing guard duty until the spring of 1864. Mr. Henness had re-enlisted January 1, 1864, in his old company in Tennessee, which was ordered to Chattanooga in May. During the following summer, he participated with his command in the famous Atlanta campaign, during which he took part in twenty-two fights, large and small, among the battles being Kenesaw Mountain and Oostenaula river. In the latter, Mr. Henness and one of his companions, while making a charge, succeeded in capturing all the officers and eight men of one company. He was in the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, and later, while occupying the trenches, made a capture of two more of the enemy's soldiers. During a sharp engagement on August 28, Mr. Henness received two bullet shots through his hat, grazing his head, and though a close call no damage was done. After the surrender of Atlanta, Mr. Henness went with his command in Sherman's world-famous "march to the sea," which commenced about the middle of November and ended on December 21, by arrival at Savannah, Ga. After a long rest at this place, the veteran army again took up its line of march in February, 1865, through the Carolinas. In the battle of Bentonville, N. C, Mr. Henness received a gunshot wound in the muscle of the right arm, which disabled him for duty, but he marched right along with his regiment. At Goldsboro, the first news was received of those two momentous events, the surrender of Lee and the assassination of Lincoln. From that point, the march was continued on to Washington, where Mr. Henness took part in that event, never to be forgotten by a Union soldier, the grand review of the great armies before their final retirement to private life. The "muster out" and honorable discharge took place at Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865, after which Mr. Henness came directly home. He enlisted as a private, filled all the intermediate positions, and quit the service with a commission as lieutenant. He married Sarah E., daughter of Levi and Nancy Cory, and located in Twin township, where Mr. Henness had charge of a toll gate and did teaming. After various removals to different places in the neighborhood, the family finally settled down on a place bought by Mr. Henness in Concord township. Mrs. Henness died in 1889 and the family, after remaining on the farm until November 1, 1900, removed to Frankfort. Mr. Henness was the first rural mail carrier in Ross county and is at present in charge of Route No. 1. His children, six in number, are, Charles M., died in infancy; Cora, wife of Lott Acton, of Concord township; Lulu (deceased) ; Edna, at home; Alpha McCoy and Anna, died in infancy. On May 18, 1902, Mr. Henness was married to Mrs. Frank Roberts, of East Liverpool, Columbia county. Quite a little romance is connected with this wedding. Mr. Henness became acquainted with his bride in 1865, after he came home from the war, having served in the same company with her father, W. W. Merrill, who at that time lived at East Monroe, and at whose home Mr. Henness visited for a short time. A strong friendship was formed at that time, but they drifted apart, married, and never saw each other again for thirty-six years, until 1901. In the meantime, however, their helpmates had died, and the friendship formed in early life was renewed and culminated in their marriage.
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902..
INFO: Bushong Weiss 47042370
JOHN MCCOY HENNESS, a retired farmer residing at Frankfort, and Union veteran with an unusually creditable military record, has been long and favorably known in that part of Ross county. The founder of the family in Ohio was William Henness, who married Nancy Bernard in Virginia, subsequently came to Ross county, settled in Union township and there began the cultivation of a leased farm. They were but little behind the vanguard of the earliest settlers, as the time of their arrival is placed in the year 1800. To this couple were born eight children, all long since dead, named as follows: Mary, wife of Scott Finley; Martha, wife of Joseph Beard; a daughter who married Aaron Mowbray; William, Stephen, Zachariah, James and Levi, the latter killed at Kenesaw Mountain. The parents, who lived to unusually advanced age, found a final resting place in the Baptist cemetery near Frankfort. Zachariah, sixth of this family, was horn in Ross county in 1816, and in early youth learned the cooper's trade, which he worked at during much of his subsequent life. He married Sally Ann McCoy, a native of Ross county and daughter of John McCoy, took possession of the McClintick farm in Union township and lived there for the next twenty-seven years. Besides farming and cooperage he did considerable work with a threshing machine, of which he had charge a number of years. In 1867, he went to Seymour, Champaign county, 111., where both himself and wife ended their days, he when eighty-two and she when eighty years old. Their children, nine in number, were named as follows: John M.; William B., of Piatt county, Ill.; James A., of Champaign county, Ill.; Margaret, wife of W. D. Earl, of Illinois;. Jane, wife of Thomas Cain, of same state; Ann (deceased), wife of Benjamin Miller, same state; Edmund, of Champaign, Ill.; David, of Ross county, and Charles, of Illinois. John McCoy Henness, eldest of the family, .was born in Union township, Ross county, March 22, 1842. When nineteen years old he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-first Ohio infantry, and went to Missouri by way of Cincinnati and St Louis for the purpose of joining his command, which was located in that state. The regiment underwent the necessary drilling, did some marching back and forth to different Missouri points and in 1862 was placed aboard steamer at St Charles for shipment to Pittsburg Landing, arriving in time to take part in the bloody battle at that place. While in Missouri, Mr. Henness had been accidentally wounded and after the Tennessee battle was in the hospital for a few days, received a furlough, and came home. After reporting for duty at Camp Dennison, he was assigned to a local corps in Cincinnati and remained there until August, during which time the corps was sent to Cynthiana, Ky., where it engaged General Morgan. He was then sent to his regiment at Corinth, Miss., in time to take part in the noted battle at that place. His regiment remained in that locality until the spring of 1863, when they were sent to Pulaski, Tenn., where they remained doing guard duty until the spring of 1864. Mr. Henness had re-enlisted January 1, 1864, in his old company in Tennessee, which was ordered to Chattanooga in May. During the following summer, he participated with his command in the famous Atlanta campaign, during which he took part in twenty-two fights, large and small, among the battles being Kenesaw Mountain and Oostenaula river. In the latter, Mr. Henness and one of his companions, while making a charge, succeeded in capturing all the officers and eight men of one company. He was in the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, and later, while occupying the trenches, made a capture of two more of the enemy's soldiers. During a sharp engagement on August 28, Mr. Henness received two bullet shots through his hat, grazing his head, and though a close call no damage was done. After the surrender of Atlanta, Mr. Henness went with his command in Sherman's world-famous "march to the sea," which commenced about the middle of November and ended on December 21, by arrival at Savannah, Ga. After a long rest at this place, the veteran army again took up its line of march in February, 1865, through the Carolinas. In the battle of Bentonville, N. C, Mr. Henness received a gunshot wound in the muscle of the right arm, which disabled him for duty, but he marched right along with his regiment. At Goldsboro, the first news was received of those two momentous events, the surrender of Lee and the assassination of Lincoln. From that point, the march was continued on to Washington, where Mr. Henness took part in that event, never to be forgotten by a Union soldier, the grand review of the great armies before their final retirement to private life. The "muster out" and honorable discharge took place at Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865, after which Mr. Henness came directly home. He enlisted as a private, filled all the intermediate positions, and quit the service with a commission as lieutenant. He married Sarah E., daughter of Levi and Nancy Cory, and located in Twin township, where Mr. Henness had charge of a toll gate and did teaming. After various removals to different places in the neighborhood, the family finally settled down on a place bought by Mr. Henness in Concord township. Mrs. Henness died in 1889 and the family, after remaining on the farm until November 1, 1900, removed to Frankfort. Mr. Henness was the first rural mail carrier in Ross county and is at present in charge of Route No. 1. His children, six in number, are, Charles M., died in infancy; Cora, wife of Lott Acton, of Concord township; Lulu (deceased) ; Edna, at home; Alpha McCoy and Anna, died in infancy. On May 18, 1902, Mr. Henness was married to Mrs. Frank Roberts, of East Liverpool, Columbia county. Quite a little romance is connected with this wedding. Mr. Henness became acquainted with his bride in 1865, after he came home from the war, having served in the same company with her father, W. W. Merrill, who at that time lived at East Monroe, and at whose home Mr. Henness visited for a short time. A strong friendship was formed at that time, but they drifted apart, married, and never saw each other again for thirty-six years, until 1901. In the meantime, however, their helpmates had died, and the friendship formed in early life was renewed and culminated in their marriage.
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902..
INFO: Bushong Weiss 47042370
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