| Note* | | OBITUARY FOR JOSEPH DENNEY PERSHIRLEY JOHNSON Joseph Denney, son of John and Sarah Denney, was born near West Elkton,Preble County, Ohio, March 18, 1831; died at the home of his daughter,Mrs. Rosa C. Frazier, December 15, 1905, aged 74 years 8 months 27 days.In 1846 came to Iowa with his parents, settled in Lee County. Has eversince been a resident to Lee and Henry Counties. In April, 1854, he wasunited in marriage to Ruth C. Harrold. To this union seven children wereborn. His wife and three children preceded him to the better land. Heleaves four children, John A. Denney, Pendennis, Kansas, Rosa C. Frazier,Salem, Iowa, Louisa E. Caldwell, Arapahoe, Nebraska, Mary S. Thompson,Clebourne, Texas, and eighteen grandchildren, three brothers and threesisters, to mourn his loss. Joseph was a farmer and of quaker religion. Joseph and wife Ruth buried at the Salem South (Friends?) Cemetery,Salem, IA. His wife Ruth's last name may have been HARBOLD instead of HARROLD. Per the Salem South Cemetery records, Joseph served in Co. D. 7th IowaInfantry in the Civil War, February 24, 1864. He was wounded at Resaca,Georgia. Joseph was granted a certificate from the Elk Monthly Meeting in PrebleCounty, Ohio to the Salem Monthly Meeting in Henry County, IA on 16September, 1848. He was received on certificate from Elk MM by the SalemMM on 15 November, 1848. He was disowned for 'disposition to strikeanother' by the Salem MM on 15 May, 1850. At the time of the 1860 Lee County, IA census, they were living in MarionTownship; post office of Clay Grove. Joseph owned $625 of real estate and$385 of personal property. MEMORIES FROMSHIRLEY (GRAHAM) JOHNSON Joseph was a Civil War veteran. He served with Sherman on the march toGeorgia, and took a minnie ball in the roof of his mouth at the Battle ofResaca, Georgia. Since Ruth Harrold Denney was a native of Greenville,Tennessee, she had relatives still living there and was able to get apass to go and bring her husband home to Iowa. I don't know how this wasaccomplished, but I do know it was done. Grandma said that the doctorswere not able to remove the ball and for many many years, her grandmotherwould change and put clean packing in the roof of his mouth to take careof the drainage every day. Joseph was a Quaker and grandma would go to meetings with him in thehorse drawn buggy, The women and men sat on opposite sides of the meetingroom, and one meeting day, she saw her grandfather get up and leaveduring meeting which was just not done. She also went out and found himby the buggy. That minnie ball had finally worked out of the roof of hismouth. She was old enough that she was able to help him into the buggyand take him home where her grandmother cleaned out the wound and itfinally began to heal. He had had that thing in his mouth for at leastthirty years! It is amazing that he even survived in the first place!!ADDITIONAL DATA ON CHILDREN Elma died of inflammation and rupture of the bowels ; enteritis &peritonitis. She is buried in Pilot Grove Cemetery, Lee County, IA. William may have been 'WILLIE'.2 |