John immigrated to the US at age 14, settling in Jefferson County, Iowa. He married Eunice Beldon on May 10, 1852, in Fairfield, Iowa. They had five children during their marriage. John moved to Council Bluffs, for a brief period and then to Calhoun, IA in 1855.
In the Civil War, John was commissioned an officer in Company H, (2nd lieutenant) in Iowa 15th Infantry Regiment on December 13, 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on June 8, 1862. He was severely wounded in the hip on April 6, at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee and mustered out on September 13, 1862. He was rescued, carried to a ravine, and later helped onto a horse by private J. E. Rice. He died on October 7, 1888, in Calhoun, Iowa, at the age of 59, and was buried there.
Interestingly, John became captain after Dan Clark resigned. John's daughters, Abigail and Alice married Dan's sons Ora and Sam Clark.
Children with Eunice:
Abigail Elizabeth Clark
Eleanor ‘Ellen' Hanford
Lentha 'Linnie' Elvira Hardin
Alice Lucretia Clark
Cora Morse
Children with second wife Eva F Roseman:
John Arthur Danielson
Edward Roseman Danielson
Clara Augustus Neligh
In the Civil War, John was commissioned an officer in Company H, (2nd lieutenant) in Iowa 15th Infantry Regiment on December 13, 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on June 8, 1862. He was severely wounded in the hip on April 6, at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee and mustered out on September 13, 1862. He was rescued, carried to a ravine, and later helped onto a horse by private J. E. Rice. He died on October 7, 1888, in Calhoun, Iowa, at the age of 59, and was buried there.
Interestingly, John became captain after Dan Clark resigned. John's daughters, Abigail and Alice married Dan's sons Ora and Sam Clark.
Children with Eunice:
Abigail Elizabeth Clark
Eleanor ‘Ellen' Hanford
Lentha 'Linnie' Elvira Hardin
Alice Lucretia Clark
Cora Morse
Children with second wife Eva F Roseman:
John Arthur Danielson
Edward Roseman Danielson
Clara Augustus Neligh
John immigrated to the US at age 14, settling in Jefferson County, Iowa. He married Eunice Beldon on May 10, 1852, in Fairfield, Iowa. They had five children during their marriage. John moved to Council Bluffs, for a brief period and then to Calhoun, IA in 1855.
In the Civil War, John was commissioned an officer in Company H, (2nd lieutenant) in Iowa 15th Infantry Regiment on December 13, 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on June 8, 1862. He was severely wounded in the hip on April 6, at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee and mustered out on September 13, 1862. He was rescued, carried to a ravine, and later helped onto a horse by private J. E. Rice. He died on October 7, 1888, in Calhoun, Iowa, at the age of 59, and was buried there.
Interestingly, John became captain after Dan Clark resigned. John's daughters, Abigail and Alice married Dan's sons Ora and Sam Clark.
Children with Eunice:
Abigail Elizabeth Clark
Eleanor ‘Ellen' Hanford
Lentha 'Linnie' Elvira Hardin
Alice Lucretia Clark
Cora Morse
Children with second wife Eva F Roseman:
John Arthur Danielson
Edward Roseman Danielson
Clara Augustus Neligh
In the Civil War, John was commissioned an officer in Company H, (2nd lieutenant) in Iowa 15th Infantry Regiment on December 13, 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on June 8, 1862. He was severely wounded in the hip on April 6, at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee and mustered out on September 13, 1862. He was rescued, carried to a ravine, and later helped onto a horse by private J. E. Rice. He died on October 7, 1888, in Calhoun, Iowa, at the age of 59, and was buried there.
Interestingly, John became captain after Dan Clark resigned. John's daughters, Abigail and Alice married Dan's sons Ora and Sam Clark.
Children with Eunice:
Abigail Elizabeth Clark
Eleanor ‘Ellen' Hanford
Lentha 'Linnie' Elvira Hardin
Alice Lucretia Clark
Cora Morse
Children with second wife Eva F Roseman:
John Arthur Danielson
Edward Roseman Danielson
Clara Augustus Neligh
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