According to a Memorial Day article published on 5 June 1884, John died "at home" sometime prior to that date, buried in the southwest corner lot 2, block 5.
Son of George and Rebecca Mintun-Key.
John and three brother's enters the Civil War.
Brother's were:
David Key
Joseph S Key
Solomon Key
Enlisted in Company I, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 18 Jul 1861.Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 01 Mar 1863.Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 30 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
There is a bit of a mystery surrounding John's burial. The marker shown here was ordered in 1900, with the order form stating his date of death was unable to be obtained. Although his service record index card shows he was discharged at the rank of 1st Lt., having served in Co. E and Co. I of the 6th Infantry, the headstone received was that of a Private. John was a member of the Louisa county Pioneers' Association, and registered that he was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana - although his family removed from Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana not long after his birth. The 1889 biography of his brother Darius did not list John as one of his surviving siblings. The 1889 history of the Pioneers' Association, published in the same book simply stated he had left Louisa county. I found an article dated 1874 which stated John had brought a pet horned toad to Wapello from Texas, and it was quite a popular attraction. There was a John Key listed as a blacksmith in the 1880 Davenport city directory (his father was a blacksmith), and a John Key also received a few dollars from Scott county that year for constable services, but it may or may not have been a match (not found in the 1880 census). Beyond that, I have found no other records of him. He never filed for a disability pension, nor was there a widow's pension in his name. As of the time his headstone was ordered in 1900, he still had several living siblings, some in the Wapello area - his sister Eliza Jane Key Mincher in Wapello, and his brother, James Alvin Key, in Burlington. Brother Ambrose, who served in the CSA from Texas, was residing in Kansas, and brothers Darius and Joseph (a bugler in Co. K , 2nd Iowa Cavalry) were living in California.
There is another marker in another cemetery for John, which lists his correct rank. It wasn't ordered until 1937, long after the death of his last sibling, apparently as part of a WPA graves registration project. It was placed in Sloan cemetery, Sloan, Woodbury county, Iowa. There are two possibilities - John is actually buried in Wapello, or his siblings somehow obtained a cenotaph marker (not very likely, as his body was not lost in battle). If he was buried in Wapello, then the grave in Woodbury county is mismarked:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38540003/john-h.-key
Contributor: Richard S. Clark (46794212)
Son of George and Rebecca Mintun-Key.
John and three brother's enters the Civil War.
Brother's were:
David Key
Joseph S Key
Solomon Key
Enlisted in Company I, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 18 Jul 1861.Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 01 Mar 1863.Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 30 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
There is a bit of a mystery surrounding John's burial. The marker shown here was ordered in 1900, with the order form stating his date of death was unable to be obtained. Although his service record index card shows he was discharged at the rank of 1st Lt., having served in Co. E and Co. I of the 6th Infantry, the headstone received was that of a Private. John was a member of the Louisa county Pioneers' Association, and registered that he was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana - although his family removed from Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana not long after his birth. The 1889 biography of his brother Darius did not list John as one of his surviving siblings. The 1889 history of the Pioneers' Association, published in the same book simply stated he had left Louisa county. I found an article dated 1874 which stated John had brought a pet horned toad to Wapello from Texas, and it was quite a popular attraction. There was a John Key listed as a blacksmith in the 1880 Davenport city directory (his father was a blacksmith), and a John Key also received a few dollars from Scott county that year for constable services, but it may or may not have been a match (not found in the 1880 census). Beyond that, I have found no other records of him. He never filed for a disability pension, nor was there a widow's pension in his name. As of the time his headstone was ordered in 1900, he still had several living siblings, some in the Wapello area - his sister Eliza Jane Key Mincher in Wapello, and his brother, James Alvin Key, in Burlington. Brother Ambrose, who served in the CSA from Texas, was residing in Kansas, and brothers Darius and Joseph (a bugler in Co. K , 2nd Iowa Cavalry) were living in California.
There is another marker in another cemetery for John, which lists his correct rank. It wasn't ordered until 1937, long after the death of his last sibling, apparently as part of a WPA graves registration project. It was placed in Sloan cemetery, Sloan, Woodbury county, Iowa. There are two possibilities - John is actually buried in Wapello, or his siblings somehow obtained a cenotaph marker (not very likely, as his body was not lost in battle). If he was buried in Wapello, then the grave in Woodbury county is mismarked:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38540003/john-h.-key
Contributor: Richard S. Clark (46794212)
According to a Memorial Day article published on 5 June 1884, John died "at home" sometime prior to that date, buried in the southwest corner lot 2, block 5.
Son of George and Rebecca Mintun-Key.
John and three brother's enters the Civil War.
Brother's were:
David Key
Joseph S Key
Solomon Key
Enlisted in Company I, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 18 Jul 1861.Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 01 Mar 1863.Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 30 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
There is a bit of a mystery surrounding John's burial. The marker shown here was ordered in 1900, with the order form stating his date of death was unable to be obtained. Although his service record index card shows he was discharged at the rank of 1st Lt., having served in Co. E and Co. I of the 6th Infantry, the headstone received was that of a Private. John was a member of the Louisa county Pioneers' Association, and registered that he was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana - although his family removed from Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana not long after his birth. The 1889 biography of his brother Darius did not list John as one of his surviving siblings. The 1889 history of the Pioneers' Association, published in the same book simply stated he had left Louisa county. I found an article dated 1874 which stated John had brought a pet horned toad to Wapello from Texas, and it was quite a popular attraction. There was a John Key listed as a blacksmith in the 1880 Davenport city directory (his father was a blacksmith), and a John Key also received a few dollars from Scott county that year for constable services, but it may or may not have been a match (not found in the 1880 census). Beyond that, I have found no other records of him. He never filed for a disability pension, nor was there a widow's pension in his name. As of the time his headstone was ordered in 1900, he still had several living siblings, some in the Wapello area - his sister Eliza Jane Key Mincher in Wapello, and his brother, James Alvin Key, in Burlington. Brother Ambrose, who served in the CSA from Texas, was residing in Kansas, and brothers Darius and Joseph (a bugler in Co. K , 2nd Iowa Cavalry) were living in California.
There is another marker in another cemetery for John, which lists his correct rank. It wasn't ordered until 1937, long after the death of his last sibling, apparently as part of a WPA graves registration project. It was placed in Sloan cemetery, Sloan, Woodbury county, Iowa. There are two possibilities - John is actually buried in Wapello, or his siblings somehow obtained a cenotaph marker (not very likely, as his body was not lost in battle). If he was buried in Wapello, then the grave in Woodbury county is mismarked:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38540003/john-h.-key
Contributor: Richard S. Clark (46794212)
Son of George and Rebecca Mintun-Key.
John and three brother's enters the Civil War.
Brother's were:
David Key
Joseph S Key
Solomon Key
Enlisted in Company I, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 18 Jul 1861.Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 01 Mar 1863.Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 30 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
There is a bit of a mystery surrounding John's burial. The marker shown here was ordered in 1900, with the order form stating his date of death was unable to be obtained. Although his service record index card shows he was discharged at the rank of 1st Lt., having served in Co. E and Co. I of the 6th Infantry, the headstone received was that of a Private. John was a member of the Louisa county Pioneers' Association, and registered that he was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana - although his family removed from Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana not long after his birth. The 1889 biography of his brother Darius did not list John as one of his surviving siblings. The 1889 history of the Pioneers' Association, published in the same book simply stated he had left Louisa county. I found an article dated 1874 which stated John had brought a pet horned toad to Wapello from Texas, and it was quite a popular attraction. There was a John Key listed as a blacksmith in the 1880 Davenport city directory (his father was a blacksmith), and a John Key also received a few dollars from Scott county that year for constable services, but it may or may not have been a match (not found in the 1880 census). Beyond that, I have found no other records of him. He never filed for a disability pension, nor was there a widow's pension in his name. As of the time his headstone was ordered in 1900, he still had several living siblings, some in the Wapello area - his sister Eliza Jane Key Mincher in Wapello, and his brother, James Alvin Key, in Burlington. Brother Ambrose, who served in the CSA from Texas, was residing in Kansas, and brothers Darius and Joseph (a bugler in Co. K , 2nd Iowa Cavalry) were living in California.
There is another marker in another cemetery for John, which lists his correct rank. It wasn't ordered until 1937, long after the death of his last sibling, apparently as part of a WPA graves registration project. It was placed in Sloan cemetery, Sloan, Woodbury county, Iowa. There are two possibilities - John is actually buried in Wapello, or his siblings somehow obtained a cenotaph marker (not very likely, as his body was not lost in battle). If he was buried in Wapello, then the grave in Woodbury county is mismarked:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38540003/john-h.-key
Contributor: Richard S. Clark (46794212)
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