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John W. Gladwish

Birth	:	6 May 1828 Hastings, Hastings Borough, East Sussex, England
Death	:	9 Apr 1917 Seward, Seward County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Seward Cemetery, Seward, Seward County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9296989, -97.0986023
Description	:	Served as Sergeant with the Co. D of the 3rd MO Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. John W. Gladwish was born in Hastings, Sussex county, England, May 6, 1828, and died in Seward, Nebraska, April 9, 1917, aged 88 years, 11 months and 3 days. When he was seven years of age he came to Hudson, Ohio with his mother and stepfather. At Cleveland, Ohio he learned the carpenter trade, serving for three years as an apprentice with Hurd, Warner & Company, Architects and Builders. On January 3, 1859, he was married to Lena... Read More	Served as Sergeant with the Co. D of the 3rd MO Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. John W. Gladwish was born in Hastings, Sussex county, England, May 6, 1828, and died in Seward, Nebraska, April 9, 1917, aged 88 years, 11 months and 3 days. When he was seven years of age he came to Hudson, Ohio with his mother and stepfather. At Cleveland, Ohio he learned the carpenter trade, serving for three years as an apprentice with Hurd, Warner & Company, Architects and Builders. On January 3, 1859, he was married to Lena Liggett, in Henry county, Illinois. To this union were born four children: Charles H., James, Mrs. Emma Wathen and Mrs. Lulu Lemon. James died at the age of 5 and Mrs. Wathen at the age of 27. He leaves to mourn his loss the two children, Charles H., of Seward, and Mrs. Lulu Lemon of Omaha, his wife, one sister living in Hudson, Ohio, and four grandchildren. When the Civil War began he enlisted on October 4, 1861, in Co. D, 3rd Regiment of Missouri Volunteers. On January 1, 1862, he was appointed by the commanding officer of the Regiment the position of Second Sergeant, later receiving his commission as First Sergeant of Company D. He served his country three years and eighteen days. On October 22, 1864, he was mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., receiving an honorable discharge from service in the Army of the U.S.A. From St. Louis he returned home where he again took up his former occupation. Mr. Gladwish came to Seward county May 25, 1869, from Genesco, Illinois. In the same year, June 6, he took a homestead three miles northwest of Staplehurst. In 1891 he moved from the homestead to Seward where he spent the remainder of his life. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace in Seward county from about the time of his coming here. For 23 years he has been Police Judge of the City of Seward. His first wife died October 15, 1907, aged 69 years. He was married to Mrs. Louisa Seagrave in Seward January 6, 1909. In his early life Mr. Gladwish united with the Presbyterian church and later united with the Methodist church. He was the superintendent of the first Methodist Sunday School in the city of Seward. Any words of eulogy would fail to describe the life of this remarkable man who has lived so long among us and left the stamp of his character written all over the community Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Bert L. Story, at the M.E. church on Wednesday, April 11, at 2:30 p.m. Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, April 11, 1917

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John W. Gladwish's memorial is located at: Seward Cemetery, Seward, Seward County, USA.
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John W. Gladwish death on 9 Apr 1917 in Seward, Seward County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.9296989
Longitude: -97.0986023

Family Members:

Spouse

Lena A. Leggitt Gladwish

(1837 - 1907)

Louisa Swope Gladwish

(1856 - 1940)

Children

Charles H. Gladwish

(1859 - 1936)

James M. Gladwish

(1865 - 1870)

Lucille Gladwish Lemon

(1876 - 1964)

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