John Tranum was born in 1827 near the town of Posey in Clay County, Indiana. He was the son of Shelton J. Tranum and Sarah (Starrett) Tranum. After his mother died in 1842, his father moved part of the family to Mercer County, Illinois. John married Clementine McGreer in 1848 in Millersburg, Illinois. They had four children, Harris, Clarenda, Elmira and Caddie Tranum. It is believed that his wife died about 1864. Their daughter, Elmira, was reared by Joseph and Amanda (McGreer) Howe and their youngest daughter Caddie was reared by William and Sarah (Allen) Morris. It is not known what happened to Harris and Clarenda.
In 1862, John enlisted in the Union Army and served in the Iowa Volunteers, Company A, 16th Regiment. He fought in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured on July 22, 1864 by the Confederate Army at the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia. He was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia from July 22, 1864 until October, 1864. His military records stated that he was transferred from Andersonville to a prison in Florence, South Carolina on October 2, 1864. He was then transferred to a prison at Salisbury, North Carolina and then to Richmond, Virginia where he was paroled at Aikens Landing on February 24, 1865. He was discharged in Louisville, Kentucky. Following the end of the war, he married Nancy Smashey in Hannibal, Missouri. John was 23 years older than Nancy. They had two children: Seymour and Florence Tranum. John died from tuberculosis on December 17, 1876 in Shepherd, Pike Co., Illinois. There is a Civil War headstone on his grave. His last name is misspelled on the headstone (Jno. Frannom).
Family members visited the grave in October 2018 and discovered that the headstone has been moved several feet to the east from the original burial place and the headstone has been reset.
In 1862, John enlisted in the Union Army and served in the Iowa Volunteers, Company A, 16th Regiment. He fought in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured on July 22, 1864 by the Confederate Army at the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia. He was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia from July 22, 1864 until October, 1864. His military records stated that he was transferred from Andersonville to a prison in Florence, South Carolina on October 2, 1864. He was then transferred to a prison at Salisbury, North Carolina and then to Richmond, Virginia where he was paroled at Aikens Landing on February 24, 1865. He was discharged in Louisville, Kentucky. Following the end of the war, he married Nancy Smashey in Hannibal, Missouri. John was 23 years older than Nancy. They had two children: Seymour and Florence Tranum. John died from tuberculosis on December 17, 1876 in Shepherd, Pike Co., Illinois. There is a Civil War headstone on his grave. His last name is misspelled on the headstone (Jno. Frannom).
Family members visited the grave in October 2018 and discovered that the headstone has been moved several feet to the east from the original burial place and the headstone has been reset.
John Tranum was born in 1827 near the town of Posey in Clay County, Indiana. He was the son of Shelton J. Tranum and Sarah (Starrett) Tranum. After his mother died in 1842, his father moved part of the family to Mercer County, Illinois. John married Clementine McGreer in 1848 in Millersburg, Illinois. They had four children, Harris, Clarenda, Elmira and Caddie Tranum. It is believed that his wife died about 1864. Their daughter, Elmira, was reared by Joseph and Amanda (McGreer) Howe and their youngest daughter Caddie was reared by William and Sarah (Allen) Morris. It is not known what happened to Harris and Clarenda.
In 1862, John enlisted in the Union Army and served in the Iowa Volunteers, Company A, 16th Regiment. He fought in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured on July 22, 1864 by the Confederate Army at the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia. He was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia from July 22, 1864 until October, 1864. His military records stated that he was transferred from Andersonville to a prison in Florence, South Carolina on October 2, 1864. He was then transferred to a prison at Salisbury, North Carolina and then to Richmond, Virginia where he was paroled at Aikens Landing on February 24, 1865. He was discharged in Louisville, Kentucky. Following the end of the war, he married Nancy Smashey in Hannibal, Missouri. John was 23 years older than Nancy. They had two children: Seymour and Florence Tranum. John died from tuberculosis on December 17, 1876 in Shepherd, Pike Co., Illinois. There is a Civil War headstone on his grave. His last name is misspelled on the headstone (Jno. Frannom).
Family members visited the grave in October 2018 and discovered that the headstone has been moved several feet to the east from the original burial place and the headstone has been reset.
In 1862, John enlisted in the Union Army and served in the Iowa Volunteers, Company A, 16th Regiment. He fought in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured on July 22, 1864 by the Confederate Army at the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia. He was imprisoned in Andersonville Prison in Georgia from July 22, 1864 until October, 1864. His military records stated that he was transferred from Andersonville to a prison in Florence, South Carolina on October 2, 1864. He was then transferred to a prison at Salisbury, North Carolina and then to Richmond, Virginia where he was paroled at Aikens Landing on February 24, 1865. He was discharged in Louisville, Kentucky. Following the end of the war, he married Nancy Smashey in Hannibal, Missouri. John was 23 years older than Nancy. They had two children: Seymour and Florence Tranum. John died from tuberculosis on December 17, 1876 in Shepherd, Pike Co., Illinois. There is a Civil War headstone on his grave. His last name is misspelled on the headstone (Jno. Frannom).
Family members visited the grave in October 2018 and discovered that the headstone has been moved several feet to the east from the original burial place and the headstone has been reset.
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