Obrien-Johnson County IA Archives Biographies.....Breneman, John 1840 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Breneman, John. Resides at Wichita, Kan.; born May 19, 1840, in Maytown, Pa.;
father, Frederick Breneman (born 1814, at Maytown, Pa.), mother, Elizabeth
Breneman (born 1817 at Maytown, Pa.). Married to his wife, Paulina Breneman,
January 18, 1869; children: Frederick, Benjamin, Maggie, Edward and Frank.
Enlisted August 9, 1862, at Iowa City, Iowa, in Company E, Twenty-eighth Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, Third Division, Thirteenth Army Corps;
suffered a broken knee at Port Gibson, Miss.; other battles: Champion Hill,
Black River, Vicksburg, Winchester, Va.; Strasburg, Va.; Cedar Creek, Va.; taken
prisoner at last named battle, October 19, 1864, and served six months and
thirteen days in Libby Prison; discharged July 31, 1865, at Savannah, Ga.
Settled at Sheldon, Iowa, 1874. Member Methodist Episcopal Church and Garfield
Post No. 25, G. A. R.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately 
PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909

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