Lewis Allen John : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Lewis Allen John / jajacks62
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| 説明 | Company B, 20th Ohio InfantryThe Chanute Tribune, Saturday, January 19, 1935, Pg. 1Volume XLIV No. 241LEWIS A. JOHN, OLDEST UNIONSOLDIER, DEAD______END CAME TODAY AFTER ANILLNESS OF SEVERALMONTHS______BORN 101 YEARS AGO______Birthplace Was Ship in AtlanticOcean; Survived 43 BattlesIn Civil War______ Lewis A. John died here at 3:55 a. m. today at the age of 101 years and 11 days. He had been ill since last July. Born on a ship, Jan. 8, 1834, while enroute from Wales to America with his parents. Mr. John lacked 13 years of attaining the age of a grandfather who died during the Civil war. He was personally acquainted with General Grant and Sherman, serving under their leadership during the Civil war, and he was reared within a few miles of the birthplace of Andrew Jackson, whom he also knew.Survived 43 Battles Mr. John, a master mechanic for the government during the war—from Aug. 18, 1861, to June 9, 1865—survived 43 battles and “brushes,” as he called minor engagements with Confederates. He was wounded in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Taken prisoner with 61 other Northern soldiers during the war, Mr. John escaped after three days by jumping from a train while being transferred to a prison. Prior to his death, he was known as the oldest member of the Grand Army of the Republic in Kansas. He was the oldest member registered at the state G. A. R. encampment here in 1928. On his 100th birthday he received a telegraph message of congratulation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At that time, the centenarian was possessed of hearing and eyesight only slightly impaired.“Roosevelt” Republican He was a voter at every presidential election from 1856 to 1928, but considered Franklin Roosevelt’s policies the nearest approach toward democracy this country ever had. He voted the Republican ticket regularly. Not long ago, Mr. John admitted he had never worn a necktie in his life. He was a blacksmith by trade, retiring in 1930. “I think,” he observed once, “some people don’t live longer because they live too fast, expose themselves unnecessarily, drink too much and eat too much. I’ve been a hard worker all my life, and I always went to bed on regular time.” He began chewing tobacco when 6 years old, as a remedy for phthisic. He said he had never taken a drink of whiskey.In School One Day He attended school only one day in his 101 years, unable to continue because of a lack of money. He was educated by a girl living in the same house where he lived. She attended school daily and at night taught Mr. John what she had learned. In this manner, he learned to write shorthand. Upon arriving in America, his parents settled in Richmond Ind., and later moved to Dayton, O. In 1872 after the war, Mr. John came to Kansas, locating at Osage City. He helped build the town of Dunlap. Later he moved to Humboldt, coming to Chanute 32 years ago.Home With Daughter His wife Lucinda Parrish, to whom he was married in 1873 at Burlington, died in 1931 at the age of 76. In recent years, Mr. John had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Cox. Surviving are six children, 17 grandchildren. The survivors include three sons, L. A. John Jr., of Santa Monica, Calif., C. L. John of Venice, Calif., and Roy D. John of Chanute, and three daughters, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Earl Williams and Mrs. Charles Durall of Chanute. A. A. McClorey is a stepson. Funeral services will be held from the Wilson-Johnson Chapel at 2:30 Monday afternoon, with Rev. V. F. Cloninger, pastor of the Grant Avenue Baptist church, in charge. |
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