Tipton County IN Archives Biographies.....John, D. D. 1840 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   D. D. JOHN, merchant, is a native of Butler County, Ohio, and was born May
24, 1840; he is the son of James and Mary (Conn) John, of English and Irish
descent; his father died July 4, 1863, at the age of fifty-eight. Our subject
worked on a farm until he was eighteen years of age, acquiring a good education;
he began teaching in 1858, and after teaching three terms engaged in farming in
Liberty Township. In the fall of 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-sixth
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and one year later joined the Army of the
Tennessee, Thirteenth Army Corps, at the siege of Vicksburg. They went to New
Orleans, and at an outpost known as Madam Sterling's Plantation, La., he and 450
of his comrades were captured. They were taken to Camp Ford, Texas, where they
were held as prisoners ten months, being exchanged July 22, 1864. Mr. John
rejoined his regiment at New Orleans. They were in the siege of Mobile, and
thence proceeded to Montgomery, Ala. The company was disbanded September 6,
1865, Mr. John being then Fifth Sergeant; he returned to Tipton County, Ind.,
and farmed until May, 1869, when he began working as a clerk for J. H. Zehner,
of Windfall; he has remained here the most of the time since; he is a member of
the I. O. O. F. and of the Democratic party; he is now acting as Town Clerk,
Assessor, Treasurer and member of the School Board. Mr. John was married, May 2,
1858, to Miss Sarah A. Leonard, daughter of Caleb Leonard, one of the pioneers
of Tipton County. This union has been blessed with six children, five of whom
are living-William C., school teacher, Oliver E., David F., Levi C. and Della May.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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