J. B. GEDNEY

GEDNEY, LYNCH

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 6/4/2009 at 11:22:19

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. B. GEDNEY, farmer, Sec. 7; born Dec. 10, 1825, in Dearborn Co., Ind.; in 1838, came to Lee Co., Iowa; in 1854 to Appanoose Co.; owns 155 acres of land. He was commissioned Captain in 1862 of Co. I, 36th I.V.I.; served in this capacity three years and was honorably discharged; was in the battles of Helena, Ark.; Elkins' Ford, Prairie de Ann, Little Rock, Camden and Mark's Mills, where he was captured and held a prisoner for ten months; he also participated in several other battles. In 1870 he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors, and by re-election held this position six years; then resigned; has held about all the township offices; was eight years President of the County Agricultural Society. Married Sarah Lynch, Feb. 1, 1848; she was born May 28, 1828, in Hamilton Co., Ohio; have six children - Julia C., Charles H., John J., Manford H., Samuel H. and Maggie I. Republican; she is a member of the Christian Church.