• St. John Family Biographical Sketches

St. John Family Reunion, September, 1901

John St. John Pistol

Richard A. St. John writes,
"Picture of the pistol that was owned by my Uncle Stephen St. John, direct descendent of John St. John, which I believe was John's property and may have been carried by him while a colonial soldier in the Revolutionary War."

Pictures of John St. John's Mantle clock that has been passed down to me. On June 22, 1994 the clock was 128 years old based on a note from my dad.

picture of the inside of the clock-total view.

Pictures of John St. John's Mantle clock that has been passed down to me. On June 22, 1994 the clock was 128 years old based on a note from my dad.

picture of the front of the clock showing George Washington and his wife Martha being served by a black servant. To access the inside of the clock you have to use the key that winds the clock.

Pictures of John St. John's Mantle clock that has been passed down to me. On June 22, 1994 the clock was 128 years old based on a note from my dad.

picture of the actual note from my great aunt Amy St. John (daughter of my great grand father Jeniah Franklin St. John and my great grandmother Mary Ellen Hook St. John) passing the clock to my dad's older brother Stephen and then to my dad, Marion Wilford). I also have the note from my dad passing the clock to me.

Pictures of John St. John's Mantle clock that has been passed down to me. On June 22, 1994 the clock was 128 years old based on a note from my dad.

picture close up inside of the clock showing the manufacturer of the clock.

Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen St. John Bible

Cover inscribed J. F. & M. E. St. John

Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen St. John Bible

Bible List of Marriages
Clarence S. St. John & Daisy Heaton, June 18, 1902
Lewis St. John & Nora Wilkinson, Sept. 18, 1901
Walter C. S. John & Cora E. Sutton, Oct. 24, 1894
James G. St. John & Ona Milburn, Jan. 29, 1902
Julia Maude St. John & Harry C. Lytle, Jan. 27, 1900
Clara L. St. John & Leon C. McClellan, Nov. 6, 1912

Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen St. John Bible

Bible List of Births
Jeniah F. St. John was born June the 27th A.D. 1842
Mary E. Hook St. John was born April the 26th 1843
Clarence Sherman St. John was born June the 14th 1869
Louis Elmer St. John was born March the 18th, 1869
Walter Corwin St. John was born December 11th 1871

Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen St. John Bible

Bible List of Deaths
Robert Earl St. John died September 26th 1878
Jeniah Franklin St. John died March 17th, 1917
Mary E. Hook St. John died March 20, 1920
James Garfield St. John died Nov. 2, 1932
Walter Corwin St. John died May 5, 1952
Clarence Sherman St. John died April 18 - Monday - 19tt, Miami Fla
Daisy Heaton St. John died July 6, 1857 born Oct. 14, 1870

Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen St. John Bible

Bible List of Deaths continued
Mary Ermina St. John died Sept. 20, 1986
Nora W. St. John wife of L. E. St. John died Mar. 11, 1957 at Troy, Ohio
L. E. St. John died May 11, 1961 at Troy, Ohio 9:30 A.M.; funeral May 13, at Troy - 1961
Cora E. St. John born Aug 18 1876; died June 12, 1963
Ona Milburn St. John, Dayton O, died Wed. April 7, 1965; funeral servis April 10, 1965

Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen Hook Marriage
Marriage License of Jeniah Franklin and Mary Ellen is in 6 parts because of its age. The top part did not fit in my scanner but I got most of it.

Jeniah Franklin St. John - Civil War Medal

24 Jul 2009 email from Richard A. St. John:
"The front and back of the medal the State of Ohio gave to Jeniah Franklin St John for serving in CO A 74th Reg Inf (Sherman's Army) in the Civil War. Several of his letters home were printed in the Xenia Gazette newspaper. One such article gave direct reference to his parents, Mr & Mrs Daniel St John. "

30 Aug 2009 email from Richard A. St. John:
On the back with the outer circle of wreath from top to bottom reads
"The
State of Ohio
To
J. F. St. John
Veteran
Co A. 74th Reg
Ohio Volunteer
Inf
and at the bottom outside the wreath
"TIFFANY COMP"

Paul Monroe St. John & his father, Lewis Rolandis "Lan" St. John

15 November 2009 Thomas Wayne St. John email:
My Father was Thomas Max St. John; his Father was Paul Monroe St. John; his Father was Lewis Rolandis (Lan)St. John, and his Father was Cyrus Bone St. John (pictured in your site)
I have a son, Marcus Wayne St. John who has a daughter, Hannah Elizabeth St. John. He was married to Elizabeth Farmer St. John and they are divorced.
I have a daughter, Susan Clare (St. John) Schwartz. She is married to Brian Michael Schwartz and they are having a baby girl on the 18th of Nov. 2009. (Madison Grace Schwartz)

Thomas Max St. John & Barbara Lee (Martens) St. John

15 November 2009 Thomas Wayne St. John email:
Thomas Max St. John and Alvin Paul St. John are sons of Paul Monroe St. John and Petronilla Maximilliana (Eichinger) St. John.
Thomas Max and Barbara Lee (Martens)St. John had three children; Margaret Ann (St. John) Lewis, Carolyn Sue (St. John) Ekmark, and Thomas Wayne St. John(m. Peggy Tanner).

Cyrus Bone St. John & Dorothy (Hickman) St. John

15 November 2009 Thomas Wayne St. John email:
Cyrus Bone St. John (and Dorothy Hickman) = Father of Paul Monroe and Carol Audrey
(one of their children passed away at a very young age)

Alvin Paul & Donna St. John, 1997

15 November 2009 Thomas Wayne St. John email:
Alvin Paul and Donna had four children; Mark Monroe St. John(m. Anne ), Reed Paul St. John(m.Carol Priest; then Brenda JoAnn Parsons ), Robert Kent St. John(m.Holly ), and Jill Lydia (St. John) (Jones) Dunkle

Jeniah Franklin St. John

Civil War Reunion ribbon and two medals. The Philadelphia medal was the 1899 reunion of all the Grand Army soldiers from across the country. The other two momentos were just the 74th Ohio Regiment veterans. The one that has the photo of all the veterans of the 74th Ohio Volunteers is very unique, I suspect. That was done for the 39th reunion, Vandalia, Ohio, August 27, 1908. The other annual re-union ribbon was the 23rd reunion of the 74th OVVI at Cadiz, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1892.

Jeniah Franklin St. John

The gold pocket watch and chain belonged to Jeniah Franklin St. John, and dates from around the Civil War period. It is an American Waltham PW, gold-filled, open face design with Roman numerals. The chain is probably gold-filled as well, as it has no carat markings. I will need to do more research on the serial number of the pocket watch to determine exactly what year it was made.

Jeniah Franklin St. John Chassepot rifle
The Chassepot rifle was also Jeniah Franklin St. John's, but obtained shortly after the Civil War. It has its own war history before being used (most likely as a hunting rifle) by our great grandfather.

The Chassepot, officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt action military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and 1871. A great improvement to existing military rifles in 1866, the Chassepot marked the commencement of the era of bolt action, breech-loading, military rifles. This example owned by Jeniah Franklin St. John was manufactured by MAS (an abbreviation of Manufacture d'Armes de St. Etienne). The approximate number of Chassepot rifles available to the French Army in 1870 was close to 1,200,000 units. Manufacturing of the Chassepot rifle ended in February 1875, four years after the end of the Franco Prussian War.