Served with Co. I of the 15th MO Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska.
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WHITED, JOHN ELMORE—John Elmore Whited was born July 10, 1844, at Crawfordsville, Ind. He departed this life at his home in Geneva, Neb., November 3, 1939, aged 95 years, 3 months and 24 days.
At the age of two years his mother passed away and he was cared for by friends until seven years of age. He then moved with his father and step-mother to Cedar Rapids, Ia. At the age of fifteen he moved to Worth county, Missouri, with the family. At eighteen he joined the Union Army, the Fifteenth Missouri Infantry, Company I, at St. Joseph, Mo. He enlisted in the fall of 1864, and was mustered out in December, 1865, in time to get home from Victoria, Tex., for Christmas with his family at St. Louis. He walked across the Mississippi River on the ice to do this. He was in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and Wilson Creek. He was doing picket duty when the report of peace being signed reached the camp, and he was impressed by the firing of guns now no longer needed forever.
He was married to Sarah Ann Jones September 20, 1866, at Springfield, Mo. To this union were born ten children. Eight are living, Mrs. Martha Madsen of Bruning, Neb., James E. of Washington, Mrs. Laura Hacker of Strang, William F. of Hiwassee, Ark., Charles of Lincoln, Mrs. Alice Briggs of Denver, Col., Fred of Kodiak, Alaska, and Anice, at home. His wife preceded him in 1927, two children having passed away earlier. Besides these he leaves sixteen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was a mason and plaster by trade, a good citizen and true man.
He came to Geneva in 1905 to spend the remainder of his life. He was an earnest Christian, having made his confession at an early age and joined the Primitive Baptist church. In Geneva he joined the Free Will Baptists until that church closed. He was then too aged and infirm to fellowship with others, but was true to his Christ.
His body was laid to rest in the Geneva cemetery Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Hrubesky funeral home with sermon by Rev. H. A. Dierdorff. Military honors were paid at the grave. Daughters of Union Veterans and the W. R. C. attended in a body. The military service was in charge of Sloan-Bolton post, American Legion.
Mr. Whited was Geneva's last remaining Civil War Veteran. The only veteran of this war remaining in the county is Ralph W. Stowell of Ohiowa, who attended Mr. Whited's funeral. One member of Wilson post, G. A. R. L. H. Corbin, formerly a resident of Ohiowa and Geneva, now resides at Dallas, Tex. Mr. Stowell and Mr. Corbin are the only surviving members of Wilson post, which once numbered 240 veterans. (The Nebraska Signal 1939)
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WHITED, JOHN ELMORE—John Elmore Whited was born July 10, 1844, at Crawfordsville, Ind. He departed this life at his home in Geneva, Neb., November 3, 1939, aged 95 years, 3 months and 24 days.
At the age of two years his mother passed away and he was cared for by friends until seven years of age. He then moved with his father and step-mother to Cedar Rapids, Ia. At the age of fifteen he moved to Worth county, Missouri, with the family. At eighteen he joined the Union Army, the Fifteenth Missouri Infantry, Company I, at St. Joseph, Mo. He enlisted in the fall of 1864, and was mustered out in December, 1865, in time to get home from Victoria, Tex., for Christmas with his family at St. Louis. He walked across the Mississippi River on the ice to do this. He was in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and Wilson Creek. He was doing picket duty when the report of peace being signed reached the camp, and he was impressed by the firing of guns now no longer needed forever.
He was married to Sarah Ann Jones September 20, 1866, at Springfield, Mo. To this union were born ten children. Eight are living, Mrs. Martha Madsen of Bruning, Neb., James E. of Washington, Mrs. Laura Hacker of Strang, William F. of Hiwassee, Ark., Charles of Lincoln, Mrs. Alice Briggs of Denver, Col., Fred of Kodiak, Alaska, and Anice, at home. His wife preceded him in 1927, two children having passed away earlier. Besides these he leaves sixteen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was a mason and plaster by trade, a good citizen and true man.
He came to Geneva in 1905 to spend the remainder of his life. He was an earnest Christian, having made his confession at an early age and joined the Primitive Baptist church. In Geneva he joined the Free Will Baptists until that church closed. He was then too aged and infirm to fellowship with others, but was true to his Christ.
His body was laid to rest in the Geneva cemetery Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Hrubesky funeral home with sermon by Rev. H. A. Dierdorff. Military honors were paid at the grave. Daughters of Union Veterans and the W. R. C. attended in a body. The military service was in charge of Sloan-Bolton post, American Legion.
Mr. Whited was Geneva's last remaining Civil War Veteran. The only veteran of this war remaining in the county is Ralph W. Stowell of Ohiowa, who attended Mr. Whited's funeral. One member of Wilson post, G. A. R. L. H. Corbin, formerly a resident of Ohiowa and Geneva, now resides at Dallas, Tex. Mr. Stowell and Mr. Corbin are the only surviving members of Wilson post, which once numbered 240 veterans. (The Nebraska Signal 1939)
Served with Co. I of the 15th MO Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska.
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WHITED, JOHN ELMORE—John Elmore Whited was born July 10, 1844, at Crawfordsville, Ind. He departed this life at his home in Geneva, Neb., November 3, 1939, aged 95 years, 3 months and 24 days.
At the age of two years his mother passed away and he was cared for by friends until seven years of age. He then moved with his father and step-mother to Cedar Rapids, Ia. At the age of fifteen he moved to Worth county, Missouri, with the family. At eighteen he joined the Union Army, the Fifteenth Missouri Infantry, Company I, at St. Joseph, Mo. He enlisted in the fall of 1864, and was mustered out in December, 1865, in time to get home from Victoria, Tex., for Christmas with his family at St. Louis. He walked across the Mississippi River on the ice to do this. He was in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and Wilson Creek. He was doing picket duty when the report of peace being signed reached the camp, and he was impressed by the firing of guns now no longer needed forever.
He was married to Sarah Ann Jones September 20, 1866, at Springfield, Mo. To this union were born ten children. Eight are living, Mrs. Martha Madsen of Bruning, Neb., James E. of Washington, Mrs. Laura Hacker of Strang, William F. of Hiwassee, Ark., Charles of Lincoln, Mrs. Alice Briggs of Denver, Col., Fred of Kodiak, Alaska, and Anice, at home. His wife preceded him in 1927, two children having passed away earlier. Besides these he leaves sixteen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was a mason and plaster by trade, a good citizen and true man.
He came to Geneva in 1905 to spend the remainder of his life. He was an earnest Christian, having made his confession at an early age and joined the Primitive Baptist church. In Geneva he joined the Free Will Baptists until that church closed. He was then too aged and infirm to fellowship with others, but was true to his Christ.
His body was laid to rest in the Geneva cemetery Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Hrubesky funeral home with sermon by Rev. H. A. Dierdorff. Military honors were paid at the grave. Daughters of Union Veterans and the W. R. C. attended in a body. The military service was in charge of Sloan-Bolton post, American Legion.
Mr. Whited was Geneva's last remaining Civil War Veteran. The only veteran of this war remaining in the county is Ralph W. Stowell of Ohiowa, who attended Mr. Whited's funeral. One member of Wilson post, G. A. R. L. H. Corbin, formerly a resident of Ohiowa and Geneva, now resides at Dallas, Tex. Mr. Stowell and Mr. Corbin are the only surviving members of Wilson post, which once numbered 240 veterans. (The Nebraska Signal 1939)
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WHITED, JOHN ELMORE—John Elmore Whited was born July 10, 1844, at Crawfordsville, Ind. He departed this life at his home in Geneva, Neb., November 3, 1939, aged 95 years, 3 months and 24 days.
At the age of two years his mother passed away and he was cared for by friends until seven years of age. He then moved with his father and step-mother to Cedar Rapids, Ia. At the age of fifteen he moved to Worth county, Missouri, with the family. At eighteen he joined the Union Army, the Fifteenth Missouri Infantry, Company I, at St. Joseph, Mo. He enlisted in the fall of 1864, and was mustered out in December, 1865, in time to get home from Victoria, Tex., for Christmas with his family at St. Louis. He walked across the Mississippi River on the ice to do this. He was in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and Wilson Creek. He was doing picket duty when the report of peace being signed reached the camp, and he was impressed by the firing of guns now no longer needed forever.
He was married to Sarah Ann Jones September 20, 1866, at Springfield, Mo. To this union were born ten children. Eight are living, Mrs. Martha Madsen of Bruning, Neb., James E. of Washington, Mrs. Laura Hacker of Strang, William F. of Hiwassee, Ark., Charles of Lincoln, Mrs. Alice Briggs of Denver, Col., Fred of Kodiak, Alaska, and Anice, at home. His wife preceded him in 1927, two children having passed away earlier. Besides these he leaves sixteen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was a mason and plaster by trade, a good citizen and true man.
He came to Geneva in 1905 to spend the remainder of his life. He was an earnest Christian, having made his confession at an early age and joined the Primitive Baptist church. In Geneva he joined the Free Will Baptists until that church closed. He was then too aged and infirm to fellowship with others, but was true to his Christ.
His body was laid to rest in the Geneva cemetery Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Hrubesky funeral home with sermon by Rev. H. A. Dierdorff. Military honors were paid at the grave. Daughters of Union Veterans and the W. R. C. attended in a body. The military service was in charge of Sloan-Bolton post, American Legion.
Mr. Whited was Geneva's last remaining Civil War Veteran. The only veteran of this war remaining in the county is Ralph W. Stowell of Ohiowa, who attended Mr. Whited's funeral. One member of Wilson post, G. A. R. L. H. Corbin, formerly a resident of Ohiowa and Geneva, now resides at Dallas, Tex. Mr. Stowell and Mr. Corbin are the only surviving members of Wilson post, which once numbered 240 veterans. (The Nebraska Signal 1939)
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