Was an elder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, veteran of the Civil War. The son of Henry and Nancy (Harmon) Sappenfield.
When 18 years of age, enlisted in Company E, 117th Indiana Infantry and later served with the 12th Indiana Battery. For two years he fought with the Union armies and participated in several great battles, among them being Lookout Mountain, Blue Spring, Tenn., and his last battle was at Nashville, Tenn. He returned to Indiana after the close of the war and followed horticulture as a vocation until he removed to Independence in March, 1911.
Was Married at Byrneville, Ind. April 15, 1866 to Penina Byrn, daughter of Charles Leason Byrn and Nancy Kenoyer. The town being named after Mrs. Sappenfield's uncle, Temple C. Byrn.
James and Penina had three children: Byrd Sylvester, Charles Edward and Nettie O.
When 18 years of age, enlisted in Company E, 117th Indiana Infantry and later served with the 12th Indiana Battery. For two years he fought with the Union armies and participated in several great battles, among them being Lookout Mountain, Blue Spring, Tenn., and his last battle was at Nashville, Tenn. He returned to Indiana after the close of the war and followed horticulture as a vocation until he removed to Independence in March, 1911.
Was Married at Byrneville, Ind. April 15, 1866 to Penina Byrn, daughter of Charles Leason Byrn and Nancy Kenoyer. The town being named after Mrs. Sappenfield's uncle, Temple C. Byrn.
James and Penina had three children: Byrd Sylvester, Charles Edward and Nettie O.
Was an elder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, veteran of the Civil War. The son of Henry and Nancy (Harmon) Sappenfield.
When 18 years of age, enlisted in Company E, 117th Indiana Infantry and later served with the 12th Indiana Battery. For two years he fought with the Union armies and participated in several great battles, among them being Lookout Mountain, Blue Spring, Tenn., and his last battle was at Nashville, Tenn. He returned to Indiana after the close of the war and followed horticulture as a vocation until he removed to Independence in March, 1911.
Was Married at Byrneville, Ind. April 15, 1866 to Penina Byrn, daughter of Charles Leason Byrn and Nancy Kenoyer. The town being named after Mrs. Sappenfield's uncle, Temple C. Byrn.
James and Penina had three children: Byrd Sylvester, Charles Edward and Nettie O.
When 18 years of age, enlisted in Company E, 117th Indiana Infantry and later served with the 12th Indiana Battery. For two years he fought with the Union armies and participated in several great battles, among them being Lookout Mountain, Blue Spring, Tenn., and his last battle was at Nashville, Tenn. He returned to Indiana after the close of the war and followed horticulture as a vocation until he removed to Independence in March, 1911.
Was Married at Byrneville, Ind. April 15, 1866 to Penina Byrn, daughter of Charles Leason Byrn and Nancy Kenoyer. The town being named after Mrs. Sappenfield's uncle, Temple C. Byrn.
James and Penina had three children: Byrd Sylvester, Charles Edward and Nettie O.
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