John Henry and Amanda
John Henry and
Amanda Jane's family in the
Westbrook Community, Jack County, Texas.
l - r Victoria or Cora, Alice, Bill, John Henry,
Henry
A., Amanda holding Mattie, Cora or
Victoria, and
Minnie.
After his return home from the Civil War, he married
Elizabeth MAYNARD November 26, 1866. She
was born November 18, 1844 in Pike County to Henderson
MAYNARD and Lucinda McCOY. Elizabeth
died April 26, 1871 in Wise County, Texas. Both she and her baby daughter's graves are lost
to us.
On December 24, 1871, John
married Amanda Jane ARMSTRONG in Wise
County, Texas. Amanda was born 26 August
1853 in Daviess County, Missouri to John R. ARMSTRONG
and Susan Elizabeth SHERRILL.
Amanda died January 29,
1923 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. John and
Amanda are buried in the Rush Springs Cemetery.
Amanda's headstone lists her as
Mandy, wife of J. A. Etter.
Although 2 ETTER, 2 SEYMOUR, and 2 FITZPATRICK were connected by marriage, I am only related to the Etter-Fitzpatrick and Seymour-Fitzpatrick lines.
The Civil War began and
John enlisted in the Confederate Army on May
27, 1861 at the Logan County, Virginia Courthouse. He served in the
Confederate 36th Virginia Volunteers Infantry. On February 14, 1862,
he was wounded at Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
The battle lasted two days and he was wounded on the
second day. He was left at Clarksville, Tennessee. During his
service in the 36th, he made Sergeant. On the Company Muster Roll dated
November 1, 1862, it states "now Adjt. in Va State line. He was in
the Virginia State Line when he made First Lieutenant.
On April 28, 1865, Sergeant. John
H. ETTER from Co. K 36th Infantry, took the oath of allegiance.
His physical description is 5'11" tall, fair complexion, gray eyes,
and fair hair. His occupation is a blacksmith of Pike County,
Kentucky.
After our father's death, my older
brother, Kenneth, obtained a military stone for
John. Military archives had no record
of John's First Lieutenant commission in the 36th. In 1996, I learned
he was in the Virginia State Line where he received the commission.
Between 1867 and 1869, John moved his family and his mother
to Wise County, Texas. We believe he might have left Pike County due
to the Hatfield and McCoy feud.
John Henry and Elizabeth's daughters:
1. Minnie
2. Octavia was born March 11, 1870 and died October 12, 1870 in Texas
John Henry and Amanda's children are:
