One of 12 children. His siblings were: Milton, William, Abram, Margaret, John, Benjamin H., Sarah Jane, Mary, Martha, Rachel and an unnamed child born in 1849.
Job, along with his brothers, Milton and Benjamin, walked 40 miles to the town of Brunswick to catch a train to go to war to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
He was a Corporal in Co. C, 23rd Missouri Infantry. He was enrolled from Aug. 25, 1861 to Sept. 22, 1864, and lost an eye at the Battle of Shiloh when a bullet clipped off a tree branch and struck him. He continued to fight until the battle was over. In later years, he was almost blind.
On Oct. 16, 1864, in Altamonte, Mercer Co., MO., he married Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Goe. He worked as a butcher and a laborer.
They became the parents of 10 known children; William Sherman (Lily Submit Hampshire); Malissa Jane (Oscar Nathaniel Austin) Twin daughters, died at birth; Georgia Ann, died at 1 year of age; Infant son, died at birth; John H.(killed while fighting for the USA in the Phillipines. His death was devastating to his parents and siblings).
Cousin Oren told me that their family battles were a sight to behold. Their favorite argument was over which one of them had the most famous ancestor. She was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone. He was a descendant of the Presidents Harrison. Dishes would fly, along with anything else they could pick up. They really had some knock down, drag outs.
When his brother, Milton, was killed in a fight, Job grabbed his gun, jumped on his horse and set off to kill the man who killed his brother. Luck was on his side. The sheriff caught up with him and to keep him from going to jail, tied him up and left him in a ditch by the side of the road until he could get the man in custody.
Job was a tough man, drinking and fighting every day. At the age of 60, he was saved and never drank another drop of liquor.
On the day of his death, he was waiting on the train platform of the Mill Grove train depot with his daughter in law, Estelle, when he dropped dead.
Job, along with his brothers, Milton and Benjamin, walked 40 miles to the town of Brunswick to catch a train to go to war to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
He was a Corporal in Co. C, 23rd Missouri Infantry. He was enrolled from Aug. 25, 1861 to Sept. 22, 1864, and lost an eye at the Battle of Shiloh when a bullet clipped off a tree branch and struck him. He continued to fight until the battle was over. In later years, he was almost blind.
On Oct. 16, 1864, in Altamonte, Mercer Co., MO., he married Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Goe. He worked as a butcher and a laborer.
They became the parents of 10 known children; William Sherman (Lily Submit Hampshire); Malissa Jane (Oscar Nathaniel Austin) Twin daughters, died at birth; Georgia Ann, died at 1 year of age; Infant son, died at birth; John H.(killed while fighting for the USA in the Phillipines. His death was devastating to his parents and siblings).
Cousin Oren told me that their family battles were a sight to behold. Their favorite argument was over which one of them had the most famous ancestor. She was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone. He was a descendant of the Presidents Harrison. Dishes would fly, along with anything else they could pick up. They really had some knock down, drag outs.
When his brother, Milton, was killed in a fight, Job grabbed his gun, jumped on his horse and set off to kill the man who killed his brother. Luck was on his side. The sheriff caught up with him and to keep him from going to jail, tied him up and left him in a ditch by the side of the road until he could get the man in custody.
Job was a tough man, drinking and fighting every day. At the age of 60, he was saved and never drank another drop of liquor.
On the day of his death, he was waiting on the train platform of the Mill Grove train depot with his daughter in law, Estelle, when he dropped dead.
One of 12 children. His siblings were: Milton, William, Abram, Margaret, John, Benjamin H., Sarah Jane, Mary, Martha, Rachel and an unnamed child born in 1849.
Job, along with his brothers, Milton and Benjamin, walked 40 miles to the town of Brunswick to catch a train to go to war to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
He was a Corporal in Co. C, 23rd Missouri Infantry. He was enrolled from Aug. 25, 1861 to Sept. 22, 1864, and lost an eye at the Battle of Shiloh when a bullet clipped off a tree branch and struck him. He continued to fight until the battle was over. In later years, he was almost blind.
On Oct. 16, 1864, in Altamonte, Mercer Co., MO., he married Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Goe. He worked as a butcher and a laborer.
They became the parents of 10 known children; William Sherman (Lily Submit Hampshire); Malissa Jane (Oscar Nathaniel Austin) Twin daughters, died at birth; Georgia Ann, died at 1 year of age; Infant son, died at birth; John H.(killed while fighting for the USA in the Phillipines. His death was devastating to his parents and siblings).
Cousin Oren told me that their family battles were a sight to behold. Their favorite argument was over which one of them had the most famous ancestor. She was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone. He was a descendant of the Presidents Harrison. Dishes would fly, along with anything else they could pick up. They really had some knock down, drag outs.
When his brother, Milton, was killed in a fight, Job grabbed his gun, jumped on his horse and set off to kill the man who killed his brother. Luck was on his side. The sheriff caught up with him and to keep him from going to jail, tied him up and left him in a ditch by the side of the road until he could get the man in custody.
Job was a tough man, drinking and fighting every day. At the age of 60, he was saved and never drank another drop of liquor.
On the day of his death, he was waiting on the train platform of the Mill Grove train depot with his daughter in law, Estelle, when he dropped dead.
Job, along with his brothers, Milton and Benjamin, walked 40 miles to the town of Brunswick to catch a train to go to war to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
He was a Corporal in Co. C, 23rd Missouri Infantry. He was enrolled from Aug. 25, 1861 to Sept. 22, 1864, and lost an eye at the Battle of Shiloh when a bullet clipped off a tree branch and struck him. He continued to fight until the battle was over. In later years, he was almost blind.
On Oct. 16, 1864, in Altamonte, Mercer Co., MO., he married Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Goe. He worked as a butcher and a laborer.
They became the parents of 10 known children; William Sherman (Lily Submit Hampshire); Malissa Jane (Oscar Nathaniel Austin) Twin daughters, died at birth; Georgia Ann, died at 1 year of age; Infant son, died at birth; John H.(killed while fighting for the USA in the Phillipines. His death was devastating to his parents and siblings).
Cousin Oren told me that their family battles were a sight to behold. Their favorite argument was over which one of them had the most famous ancestor. She was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone. He was a descendant of the Presidents Harrison. Dishes would fly, along with anything else they could pick up. They really had some knock down, drag outs.
When his brother, Milton, was killed in a fight, Job grabbed his gun, jumped on his horse and set off to kill the man who killed his brother. Luck was on his side. The sheriff caught up with him and to keep him from going to jail, tied him up and left him in a ditch by the side of the road until he could get the man in custody.
Job was a tough man, drinking and fighting every day. At the age of 60, he was saved and never drank another drop of liquor.
On the day of his death, he was waiting on the train platform of the Mill Grove train depot with his daughter in law, Estelle, when he dropped dead.
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Uncle Jobe and I share the same birthday...95 years apart. Thanks to Frank Murphy for the picture of Uncle Job's headstone.
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