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 > >