30 JUNE 2020, Memorial notes/at or near time of transfer. Added gender. MOD is questionable, given the dating of the obit. (Monument is not engraved with DOD)
1) Service in Harrell's Arkansas Cavalry, CSA and the 17th Arkansas Cavalry.
2) There is an obituary from the "Madison County Record, dated May 31, 1928, in the photo section attached to the IOOF photo posted by Rick Hudson.
3) Father of 13 children.
4) The medal in the flowers section is the Army Civil War Campaign medal; established by the United States War Department on January 21, 1907, by General Order Number 12. The medal was first authorized in 1905 for the fortieth anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion. The blue and gray ribbon denotes the respective uniform colors of the U.S. and Confederate troops and was awarded to soldiers from both sides. To qualify, a soldier had to serve between April 15, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The award was intended for both Union and Confederate soldiers. When it was discovered that medal qualifications included the words "Active Federal Military Service," the Congressional Act of 1945 had those words removed. Confederate flags would use the campaign streamers with the Gray edge up and the Union flags with the blue edge up. The campaign lettering requires two distinct sets of streamers for each campaign, one set for each side. The closing date was extended to August 20, 1866, date of President Johnson's Proclamation officially ending the war. The corresponding Navy Civil War Medal was established on June 27, 1908, by Navy Department.
19 AUG 2022 SAC to change YOD. Added text from a photo, which was a published obituary.*~*"Madison County Record", May 31, 1923; Obituary of James M. Denny (sic) ; James M. Denney died May 24, 1923, at his home near Alabam and his remains were interred in the Alabam Cemetery at 1:30 pm Saturday under the auspices of the Odd Fellows Fraternity. Religious services were conducted by Rev. J.C. Boatright.
Mr Denney was born in Tennessee, December 16, 1842 and came to Madison County, Arkansas in early life, his father, Burnette Denney being among the first settlers here; he was married to Mary E. Daniel, December 19, 1862, and to them was born thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to be grown and eight are still living. His wife died January 3, 1887. He was married to Alice Berry July 26, 1893 and to this union were born four children. He has forty-four grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren. One brother, Jasper Denney of Springtown, Texas and one aunt, Mrs Haley Rainey, aged 86 years were visiting him at the time of his death, and the three had planned to attend Sacramental Services together on the following 4th Sunday in May, as neither had any recollection of ever failing to attend church that day.
The deceased professed religion early in life and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. No one ever did more for the cause of Christianity than he and in addition to his loyalty to his church, he always helped other churches at every opportunity. He was never so busy that he could not lay off his own work to work for Christ. His home was always open to ministers and his heart was full of sympathy for everyone in need of help. His health had been failing the last three years but he always had cheerful words to pass to the young and old alike, and one of his great delights was to tell of something which occurred in the Civil War showing the faithfulness of his comrades.