Desoto Joe/The Record Man ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desoto Joe/The Record Man" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 2:55 AM Subject: Fw: [MO-CW] Civil War Veteran/Is service mentioned on tombstone in Neosho? > > Desoto Joe/The Record Man > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet K. Theberge" <[email protected]> > To: "Desoto Joe/The Record Man" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Civil War Veteran/Is service mentioned on tombstone in > Neosho? > > > > Hello, > > > > My ggggrandfather, John Hiram Moody, fought with Company K, 20th Alabama > > Infantry. He enlisted from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and was taken > > prisoner at the Battle of Lookout Mountain. From there, I believe he was > > put on a train in Nashville where he was taken to a prison camp. He > served > > time in Rock Island Arsenal Federal Prison until he was released to fight > > indians in the service of the North. I believe he "took the oath" to save > > his own life as he had developed a bad case of scurvy due to starvation in > > the prison camp. He permanently lost use of one arm due to the scurvy he > > developed while at Rock Island. After the war ended, he returned home and > > married Martha Jane Watson. They lived at Tuscaloosa for a time, then > moved > > to Jefferson County (I believe they lived in Bessemer in Jefferson > County). > > AFter fathering 6 children and losing one to death, they moved to Texas > and > > then to Oklahoma. John died in 1905 in Neosho, Newton County, Missouri. > He > > was buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Neosho. > > > > I need to know if he has a headstone or not. I need to know if his civil > > war service is mentioned on his headstone. Is there anyone who can help > me? > > > > Janet Graham Theberge > He is listed here: I.O.O.F. Cemetery Neosho, Newton County, Missouri http://www.interment.net/data/us/mo/newton/ioof/ioof_m.htm Moody, H., d.1/29/1905, Age 59 yrs, Heart Failure, Dr. Lamson, dropped dead on Spring Street, Transit No mention of military service. Desoto Joe/The Record Man