Benton County Mo. obituary Drennon James S.


Contributed by: <paulaj@insightbb.com> Paula Johnson

Benton County Enterprise Friday December 11, 1931


James S. Drennon Dies

Civil War Veteran and Towns Oldest Citizen Buried at Bethel Saturday.

American Legion Members Are Pall Bearers, Boy Scouts Form Honorary Guard

The years of 1930 and 31 have taken a heavy toll of those veterans  of  the
Civil War and the passing of Uncle Jimmy Drennon, Thursday December 3, 1931
has startlingly diminished those ranks of the few  remaining  survivors  of
Benton County.

Mr. Drennon was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Drennon who came to the United
States in the early 1800s from Ireland. The family settled in Tennessee and
a few years later took their household belongings  by  covered  wagon  over
treacherous mountain trails, unknown forest paths and finally located on an
attractive fertile tract of land in Hickory County. In the year 1842 on the
25th day of January James Drennon was born and was reared to early  manhood
on the old homestead. When a young man he moved  to  a  farm  near  Edwards
where he made his home until 1910; afterwards moving to Warsaw.  In  recent
years he has made his home here with his son Al Drennon and family.

Member of 45th Division

In July 1862, July 27th he enlisted in Company A. 60th  Missouri  Reg.  and
was discharged November 27th 1863. He re-enlisted the following June in Co.
F of the 5th Missouri Reg. and served until November 27th of that  year..In
December 1864 he re-enlisted in 45th div of  the  US  Army  from  which  he
received an honorable discharge at the close of the war in 1865.

A few months after the war ended he and his  wife  crossed  the  plains  by
covered wagon to Texas. They returned shortly to Benton County  where  they
made their home. Mrs. Drennon often spoke of the Texas trip saying that her
husband walked all the way from Texas to Missouri. Uncle Jimmy was a  great
hunter and he would walk ahead of the wagon searching for game.  The  front
porch of his home in Warsaw is adorned with antlers of deer under which  is
a printed card telling when and where he killed them.

Burial at Bethel Campground

Rev. C. B. McCormick conducted short service at the home in Warsaw Saturday
morning after which the body was taken to the Bethel Campground  where  the
Rev. Charles Waisner, of the Bethel Methodist Protestant  Church  of  which
Mr. Drennon was a member, delivered the  sermon.  The  flag  draped  casket
carried by the following members of the American Legion; Earl Wright,  R.A.
Breese, Geo. Huse. H.H. Miles, Chas. Babbit,I.L. Bennett, Walter Martin. As
the casket was lowered into the grave, bugler Irvin Bennett  sounded  taps.
These members of the boy Scouts troop were  honorary  pall  bearers,  Edwin
Brady, Billie Drake, Clyde McCarty Jr., William Helbner, Harry  Lee  White,
and Arnaold Dyer.

Mr. Drennon is survived by the following children;  Lem  Drennon,  Edwards,
Tom and Noah Drennon, Hastain; Eli Drennon, Madison, Kansas; Henry Drennon,
Cole Camp; Mrs Ollie Edrington, sate of California and  Albert  Drennon  of
Warsaw.