ANNETT, John 1824-1893

ANNETT, BLODGET

Posted By: Terry Carlson (email)
Date: 9/5/2005 at 04:48:32

Obituary: (printed in the New Hampton paper, Feb. 1893)

Died: Annett - At his home in New Hampton, at 9 o'clock a.m., Feb. 7th, 1893, John Annett, aged 69 years.

John Annett was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1824. In 1831 he came with his parents to America and settled in Cornwall, Lower Canada. When he was sixteen years old, his father moved to Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York. On October 12th, 1845, he was married to Miss S. Blodget, who survives him.

On the breaking out of the rebellion, his patriotism led him to support the American flag, and he volunteered at Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., in the sixtieth infantry, company E. and he remained in the service three years and four months, and received a severe bullet wound at the battle of Antietam, on the 17th of September, 1862 and still carries the bullet in his body as a mark of his fidelity to the flag of the country of his adoption. He was discharged on account of wounds, and returned home, but partially recovering, his burning patriotism prompted him to again enter the service of his country and he joined the ninety fifth regiment, in which he served until the close of the war. He received his final discharge in June, 1865, after being released from Southern prisons, where he had spent six months in Libby, Salsibury and Belle Isle. He was captured within the half mile of Petersburg, October 1, 1864. Returning home, he sold his property and moved to Chickasaw County and purchased a farm about two miles northeast of New Hampton, where he remained until bodily infirmities and age admonished him that others must bear the heavier burdens of life, and leaving his farm to be worked by his sons, he moved to the village of New Hampton, in the spring of 1883, where he has since resided.

He has had thirteen children, but only four survive him. The mourning friends have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement. The portly figure, the pleasant smile, the warm greeting and Gentle shake will be missed by all, but especially by the comrades of the G.A.R., of which he was a member. A true patriot, a good citizen and a loving husband and father, his memory will be cherished by many.