JOHN H. McCUNE

MCCUNE

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/20/2020 at 13:57:22

JOHN H. McCUNE, an old settler residing near Mount Etna, Adams county, Iowa, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1886. His parents, Samuel and JNancy McCune, were native; of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. Samuel McCune left Pennsylvania with his father’s family when a young man and settled on a farm in Morgan county, Ohio. There he spent his life,
engaged in agricultural pursuits, and died in 1869, aged sixty-six years. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal 'Church, as is also his wife. The latter is now eighty-three years of age, and, with the exception of having lost her eye-sight, is well preserved.

Mr. McCune began life for himself at the age of twenty-five years. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was with the army of the Tennessee and participated in many important engagements, including the memorable march with Sherman to the sea. His discharge dates July, 1865, after a service of three years, eight months and eleven days. During that time he was never wounded or taken prisoner. The war over, he engaged in farming, and has ever since followed that occupation. He moved to his present location, half a mile north of Mount Etna, in 1867. Here he owns sixty acres of land and has a pleasant home. His chief product is corn, although his land is well adapted to anything that grows in this latitude.

Mr. McCune was married January 1, 1862, to Miss Hannah Roberts, daughter of John A. and Margaret (Steele) Roberts, of Muskingum county, Ohio. Both parents are deceased. The father died in 1863, at the age of sixty-five years, and the mother in 1857, aged forty-seven. They had nine children, seven of whom are yet living. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. McCune have four children, namely: Anna L., Gertie, Charles and Frank. Anna L. is the wife of James Leach, of Creston, Iowa, and Gertie is the wife of Enoch E. Burrus, of Corning. Mr. and Mrs. Burrus have two children, Bessie and Milo.

Mrs. McCune and her younger daughter are members of the Evangelical Church. Mr. McCune is a member of the G. A. R. Post.