Mary Frances Jayne

Female 1896 - 1967  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Frances Jayne was born 1 Jan 1896, Arvada, Adams, Colorado, United States (daughter of John Whitaker Jayne and Marcella Lucetta Thurber); died 15 Sep 1967, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.

    Mary married Henry Francis Bunn 2 Sep 1913. Henry was born 17 Nov 1879, Oberline, Decatur, Kansas, United States; died 15 Nov 1966, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; was buried , Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jacob Harry Bunn was born 21 Jul 1914, Raven, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 27 Jul 1995, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
    2. John Samson Bunn was born 29 Oct 1915, Raven, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 24 Jul 1977, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; was buried , Rosehill Cemetery, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States.
    3. Henry Francis Bunn was born 18 Sep 1917, New Castle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 22 Feb 1990, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; was buried , Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States.
    4. Mary Marcella Bunn was born 22 Oct 1919, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 17 Oct 1990, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; was buried , Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States.
    5. Susan Hannah Bunn was born 30 Nov 1921, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 12 Jun 2001, Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States; was buried , La Verkin Cemetery, La Verkin, Washington, Utah, United States.
    6. Jay Richard Bunn was born 15 Aug 1923, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 10 Nov 2000, California, United States; was buried 15 Nov 2000, Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California, United States.

    Mary married Herbert S. Jones Aft 1921. Herbert was born 17 Jun 1891, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; died 8 Aug 1958, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Herbert S. Jones was born 26 Jul 1926, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States; died 17 Sep 1991, Citrus, Florida, United States.
    2. Rita F. Jones was born 21 Apr 1930, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States; died 17 Feb 2005, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.
    3. Josephine Jones
    4. Jack W. Jones

    Mary married Paul Young Aft 1958. Paul was born 1892, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; died , Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Whitaker Jayne was born 15 Jul 1866, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States (son of Whitaker Jayne and Alice Amanda Budlong); died 24 Oct 1942, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; was buried 26 Oct 1942, Riverside Cemtry, Denver, Sec 65 Lot 1, Block 29, United States.

    Notes:

    Picture left to right: Indian Guide, John Whitaker Jayne, Whitaker Jayne, Henry Bunn, Theodore Roosevelt, with bear in the foreground.

    (Research):Whitaker and Theodore
    The following is from a newspaper item: "The death of the late John Whitaker Jayne ) of Lone Tree, Iowa has thrown an interesting sidelight upon the character of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, through the medium of a letter found among Mr. Jayne's effects. It tells of the manner in which Mr. Roosevelt secured an increase in pension for Mr. Whitaker Jayne of Colorado, the son of John Whitaker Jayne. The two Jaynes, father and son, one a middle aged man, the other a mere youth, served thru the Civil War together in the same Regiment, until Whitaker Jayne was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and was honorably discharged. It is with this arm that the Roosevelt story has to do.
    When the President was on a hunting expedition in Colorado early during the present administration, he stopped for some days near the ranch owed by Mr. Jayne, and was an occasional visitor on his property. The first time Mr. Roosevelt came to the House, there was a demonstration in his honor by all the little folks in the neighborhood, armed with flags and flowers, singing and performing marches. Mr. Roosevelt had not met Mr. Jayne and had never heard of him, but as he came up he said, in his characteristic hearty manner: "I might have known an old soldier lived here. No one else would have arranged such a patriotic demonstration."
    When the two men greeted, the president noted that Mr. Jayne extended his left hand. ''What is the matter with your right arm" he asked. The old soldier replied that it was shattered by a bullet at the battle of Shiloh & that the elbow was stiff. "Do you get a pension?" was the next query, and then, "How much?" "Don't you know, asked Mr. Roosevelt, when he learned the amount he said, "That if your right arm had been amputated above the elbow that you would have received a much larger pension?" Mr. Jayne knew it. The President continued, "So you have an arm & you haven't an arm, what you have is useless and you ought to get as much as you would if you didn't have it. Now I don't regulate the pensions, but I name the men "who do, and I am going to use my influence in seeing that you get the pension that you deserve."
    The President did not forget his promise. Before he left he asked Mr. Jayne if he had any pension blanks, and receiving an affirmative reply, obtained one of them. The next Sunday Mr. Jayne went to church with his family. Mr. Roosevelt was there, and seeing Mr. Jayne on the other side of the building came over to him at once. "I sent the blank to Washington'', the President said, "And you can be watching out for your increase.
    (A note of interest to this story by Leslie R. Jayne as related to him by Olive A. Jayne, the,wife of Morton Sterling Jayne who was the son of Whitaker, taken 25 Nov 1966.)

    Mr. Roosevelt often visited the Jayne home after this time & became a staunch friend. At one time, before season, the Jayne family shot an Elk for meat and was having the first steaks prepared for dinner when who should arrive on the scene, unannounced , but the President himself. The meat was hurriedly hidden, but there was not time to prepare other sustenance and the President was invited to a steak dinner. After the meal President Roosevelt, with a twinkle in his eye said, "Mrs. Jayne, I believe that was the best beef I have ever eaten, now I wonder if I could have some to take back with me on my return." The Elk was hurriedly recovered and generous steaks were given the President. He warmly thanked Mrs. Jayne again for the beef dinner and the beefsteaks and with a twinkle in his eye left.

    John married Marcella Lucetta Thurber 17 Nov 1892, Harlan, Nebraska, United States. Marcella (daughter of Albert Edgar Thurber and Mary Roupe) was born 3 Nov 1877, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States; died 6 Apr 1916, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried Apr 1916, Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Marcella Lucetta Thurber was born 3 Nov 1877, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States (daughter of Albert Edgar Thurber and Mary Roupe); died 6 Apr 1916, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried Apr 1916, Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States.

    Notes:

    Marcella Thurber Gravestone
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b49506d3-c55e-4172-8224-389d8b3910f2&tid=15173327&pid=223543489

    Marcella Thurber and others
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=d91ca276-c617-4245-adb6-83ce60d44b97&tid=15173327&pid=223543489

    Notes:

    Marriage Record John and Marcella Jayne
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=29a7adba-c98d-435f-b38d-148a2e87fbde&tid=15173327&pid=223543488

    Children:
    1. Alice Jayne was born 1894, Arvada, Adams, Colorado, United States; died 1895.
    2. 1. Mary Frances Jayne was born 1 Jan 1896, Arvada, Adams, Colorado, United States; died 15 Sep 1967, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.
    3. Sterling Lester Jayne was born 13 Aug 1897, Arvada, Adams, Colorado, United States; died 25 Jul 1979, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
    4. Daisy Marien Jayne was born 15 Oct 1900, Orleans, Harlan, Nebraska, United States; died 1914; was buried , Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States.
    5. Whitney Whitaker Jayne was born 4 Nov 1901, Wilcox, Kearney, Nebraska, United States; died 30 Oct 1986, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried 4 Nov 1986, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.
    6. Susan Amelia Jayne was born 22 Jan 1904, New Castle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 11 Mar 1986, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
    7. John Allen Jayne was born 15 Oct 1906, Silt, Garfiled, Colorado, United States; died 1 Sep 1983, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States.
    8. Ernest Thomas Jayne was born 1910, New Castle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 1910; was buried , Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States.
    9. Christian Albert Jayne was born 4 May 1911, New Castle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 21 Jul 1999, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried , Silt, Garfiled, Colorado, United States.
    10. Harry Ernest Jayne was born 21 Jul 1913, New Castle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; died 18 Apr 2007, Noel, Mcdonald, Missouri, United States.
    11. David Henry Jayne was born 18 Oct 1915, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; died 16 Apr 1995, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Whitaker Jayne was born 25 Jun 1842, Scott Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States (son of John Whitaker Jayne and Deborah Early); died 4 May 1921, Silt, Garfiled, Colorado, United States; was buried 6 May 1921, Veterans Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

    Notes:

    Enlisted in Company B, Iowa 8th Infantry Regiment on 12 Sep 1861. Mustered out on 3 Jul 1862 at Davenport, Iowa.
    Eighth Infantry -- Cols., Frederick Steele, James L. Geddes;
    Lieut.Cols., James L. Geddes, John C. Ferguson; Majs., John C.
    Ferguson, Joseph Andrews. This regiment was organized in the
    latter part of the summer of 1861, and was mustered in Sept.
    Soon after its organization it went to St. Louis, from which
    place it moved to Syracuse, where it joined Fremont's army in
    pursuit of Price's forces and operated in southwestern
    Missouri, losing heavily through sickness. It returned to
    Sedalia in November and remained there until ordered to join
    Grant's forces in Tennessee the following spring. Col. Steele
    was appointed brigadier-general and Lieut. Col. Geddes
    succeeded to the command, Maj. Ferguson being commissioned
    lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. Joseph Andrews of Co. F was made
    major. The regiment participated in the battle of Shiloh,
    fighting 10 hours on the first day, repelling attack after
    attack, and, with the battery which it was supporting,
    inflicting terrible punishment upon the enemy. It was the
    last to leave the advanced line of the army, being surrounded
    as it attempted to withdraw and compelled to surrender. Out
    of 650 men engaged, it lost 64 killed, 100 wounded, and 47
    missing. The 8th, 12th and 14th Ia. formed four-fifths of the
    little force that held back ten times its numbers at the close
    of the first day at Shiloh, giving Buell time to bring up his
    forces and snatch victory from defeat. Entirely cut off, they
    fought until they could fight no longer, and threw down their
    arms only to see many of their number shot down in cold blood
    after they had surrendered as prisoners of war. The officers
    above the rank of lieutenant were sent to Selma, thence to
    Talladega, returned to Selma soon afterward, three months
    later to Atlanta, thence to Madison until Nov. 7, when they
    were sent to Libby prison, Richmond, and were paroled a week
    later at Aiken~s landing. The lieutenants and enlisted men
    were sent to various prisons in Alabama and suffered the
    miseries and privations so common to southern prisons. A few
    of the 8th who escaped capture went into the "Union Brigade" a
    consolidated regiment rather than a brigade, and took part in
    the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, distinguishing itself
    at Corinth. The regiment was reorganized at St. Louis early
    in 1863 and made an expedition to Rolla, after which it joined
    Grant's movement upon Vicksburg. It took part in the battle
    of Jackson, participated in the assault at Vicksburg on May 22
    and also in the siege. It accompanied the army to Jackson,
    and after the evacuation there engaged in the pursuit of the
    enemy. It then went into camp at Vicksburg where Lieut.-Col.
    Ferguson died of disease. A short march to Brownsville was
    the only movement of interest until early in November, when
    the regiment moved to Memphis, thence to Lagrange and
    Pocahontas, where it remained until ordered to Vicksburg to
    take part in the Meridian raid. Soon after that event most of
    the command reenlisted and visited Iowa on veteran furlough.
    Returning to Memphis, it performed provost guard duty during
    1864 and the early part of 1865, its most notable work being
    the repulse of Forrest, who made an attack on the city Aug.
    21, 1864, the regiment being assisted by the "Gray-beard"
    regiment from Iowa. Early in March, 1865, the regiment moved
    to New Orleans and proceeded to Mobile bay, where it took part
    in the assault upon Spanish Fort and captured several hundred
    prisoners. This assault was made by a brigade commanded by
    Col. Geddes. Maj.Gen. Steele, the former colonel of the 8th,
    won high praise for the manner in which he conducted his part
    of the siege of Mobile, and Geddes' assault on Spanish Fort
    was conceded to be the most brilliant performance of that
    campaign. The regiment moved to Montgomery shortly after and
    served until mustered out. The original strenght of the
    regiment was 921; gain by recruits 106; total 1,027

    Source: The Union Army, vol. 4

    Picture left to right: Indian Guide, John Whitaker Jayne, Whitaker Jayne, Henry Bunn, Theodore Roosevelt, with bear in the foreground.

    Name: Whitaker E Jaynentbl Rank:Privatentbl Unit:IA 8 Inf Bntbl Birth Information:1842 PAntbl Cemetery:Grand Army of the Republic ntbl Cemetery Location:Mesa CO CO ntblntbl Comments:enl 15 Aug 1861 age 19 res Muscatine Co IA wounded 06 Apr 1862 Shiloh TN disch 03 Jul 1862 Davenport IA; pension app filed 24 Mar 1863; son of John W. Jayne of same unit and his 1st wife Deborah Early (d 1842)

    Iowas Civl War Soldier Burial Records
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    Garfield County CO Archives Biographies.....Jayne, Whitaker June 25, 1842 - ?
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    File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
    Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net March 12, 2006, 12:36 pm

    Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado: Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

    Since 1889 Whitaker Jayne, of near Raven, Garfield county, has been an
    industrious and progressive resident of Colorado, and during the whole of the
    time has been devoted to the interest of the state and active in the promotion of its welfare. He is a native of Wayne county, Pennsylvania, born on June 25, 1842, and the son of John W. and Deborah (Early) Jayne, the father born in the state of New York and the mother in Pennsylvania. They began their domestic life in Pennsylvania in 1841. In 1854 they moved to Iowa, and when the Civil war began both father and son joined Company B, Eighth Iowa Infantry, in defense of the Union. The son served until discharged on account of disabilities incurred in the line of duty. At the battle of Shiloh the father was taken prisoner, but was soon afterward discharged through the Confederate lines because of his physical disability and weakness. The late years of his life have been devoted to the fire insurance business at Lone Tree, Iowa. Whitaker was the only child born in the family, and he and the father survive the mother, who died on August 25, 1842. She belonged to the Baptist church, as the father does now. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Republican party. The son attended the public schools at Muscatine, Iowa, and also an academy. He remained with his father, working in his interest, until he reached the age of twenty-one, then began farming for himself in Iowa. From 1854 to 1877 he lived in that state, then moved to Franklin county, Nebraska, but meeting with no sufficient success in his efforts there, transferred his energies to Sherman county, Kansas. In 1889 he came to Denver, and locating about seven miles northwest of Denver, began ranching and raising stock, which he continued in that neighborhood eleven years. In 1900 he came to his present location and settled on the ranch that he now owns and operates. It comprises one hundred and sixty acres, one hundred and fifteen of which can be cultivated, and raises good crops of hay, grain and vegetables. He also raises numbers of
    cattle which form a profitable industry. Mr. Jayne was one of the original
    incorporators and has been one of the main promoters of the eighteen-mile high line ditch, and is the present road overseer of his district. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics gives his allegiance without stint to the policies and candidates of the Republican party. On February 25, 1864, he united in marriage with Miss Alice Budlong, a native of Oakland county, Michigan, the daughter of Milton S. and Guli A. (Alvord) Budlong, natives of New York state. Leaving their native state, they lived for a time in Michigan, then in Iowa. In June, 1854, they moved to Nebraska, and in 1872 returned to Iowa.

    The father was a lawyer in active practice, and during the later years of their lives both were members of the Presbyterian church. The mother died on February 8, 1884, and the father on December 18, 1903. Their four children all survive them: Susan A., wife of Ferdinand Furst, of Adair, Iowa; Mrs. Jayne; Augustus, living at Salem, Oregon; and Cassius E., at Salem, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Jayne have had eight children. A son named Ferdinand has died, and the seven living are: Julius E., at Camden, New Jersey; John W., at home; Mary A., wife of Ernest Douglas, at Sunnyside, Washington; Deborarh E., wife of J. Ernest, at Raven, Colorado; Milton R., at home; Gulie, wife of Edward Martin, at Toppenish, Washington; and Morton S., at home.
    Additional Comments:

    File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/garfield/bios/jayne266gbs.txt

    This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/

    Whitaker married Alice Amanda Budlong 25 Feb 1864, Blue Grass, Scott, Iowa, United States. Alice (daughter of Milton Sterling Budlong and Gula Ann Alvord) was born 31 Dec 1845, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; died 2 Mar 1917, Whitewater, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried 4 Mar 1917, Veterans Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Alice Amanda Budlong was born 31 Dec 1845, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States (daughter of Milton Sterling Budlong and Gula Ann Alvord); died 2 Mar 1917, Whitewater, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried 4 Mar 1917, Veterans Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

    Notes:

    Alice Amanda Budlong
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=9557b4fb-c940-4ac2-a995-cfb6392cec06&tid=15173327&pid=223543502

    Children:
    1. Julius Edward Jayne was born 4 Dec 1864, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; died 14 Jun 1933.
    2. 2. John Whitaker Jayne was born 15 Jul 1866, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; died 24 Oct 1942, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; was buried 26 Oct 1942, Riverside Cemtry, Denver, Sec 65 Lot 1, Block 29, United States.
    3. Mary Alice Jayne was born 28 Apr 1868, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; died 4 Apr 1907.
    4. Deborah Early Jayne was born 15 Apr 1870, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; died 2 Oct 1960.
    5. Milton Rawlin Jayne was born 11 Sep 1875, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; died 21 May 1956.
    6. Gula Elma Jayne was born 1 Apr 1879, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States; died 5 Oct 1967, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.
    7. Morton Sterling Jayne was born 23 Jun 1882, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States; died 2 Jun 1954, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States.
    8. Ferdinand Jayne was born 17 Jul 1888, Kanorado, Sherman, Kansas, United States; died 3 Apr 1889, Kanorado, Sherman, Kansas, United States.

  3. 6.  Albert Edgar Thurber was born 18 Jan 1846, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died 15 Jan 1936, Nelson, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States; was buried 18 Jan 1936, Nelson, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States.

    Notes:

    A.E. Thurber, 90, passed away at his home in southeast part of town, Wednesday night at 9:30 o'clock. The funeral services are being arranged for two o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church.

    The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, January 16, 1936

    Albert Edgar Thurber was born January 18, 1846, at Carthage in Hancock county (sic), Illinois, and passed away at his home in Nelson, Nebraska, January 15, 1936, at the age of 89 years, 11 months and 28 days. He grew to manhood in and around Carthage, Illinois. He enlisted in the Union Army January 1, 1863, at the age of 17. He was a member of Company C 113th Volunteer Infantry and served until the end of the war in 1865. He was united in marriage to Mary Roupe in 1868. To this union were born seven children, three of whom have preceded him in death. The others are: Rosa Price of Enid, Oklahoma; Cora Zeigler of Wallace, Walter and Oscar of Nelson, Nebraska.
    Following the death of his wife in 1875, he was united in marriage to Kathrine Cox, May 28, 1888, at Leon, Iowa. To this unoin (sic) six children were born. They are: Roy Thurber of Nelson, Fern Rugha of Oak, Myrtle Sperry of Superior, Nebraska; Thomas Thurber of Kansas City, Mo.; Orville Thurber of Caldwell, Idaho; and Glen Thurber of Edgar, Nebraska.
    Mr. Thurber united with the Methodist church in 1889.
    He leaves to mourn his death, his wife, ten children, 54 grand children, and a number of great grand children, besides a host of friends.
    The funeral service was conducted in the Methodist church with the pastor, Rev. V.R. Daniels officiating. Interment was made Saturday afternoon in the Nelson cemetery (sic) on what would have been his 90th birthday.

    Albert married Mary Roupe 3 Jul 1870, , Putnam, MIssouri, United States. Mary was born 20 Feb 1850, Fallsbury, Licking, Ohio, United States; died 4 Nov 1886, Livonia, Putnam, Missouri, United States; was buried , Saint John Cemetery, Livonia, Putnam, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Roupe was born 20 Feb 1850, Fallsbury, Licking, Ohio, United States; died 4 Nov 1886, Livonia, Putnam, Missouri, United States; was buried , Saint John Cemetery, Livonia, Putnam, Missouri, United States.

    Notes:

    surname also spelled Roop

    "On last Thursday noon, Mrs. Mary Thurber, daughter Peter Roop, of Grant Township, was buried at the Livonia Cemetery in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Her death was caused by a sickness of only one week, leaving in death husband and six little children to mourn her. Mr. Thurber has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood."

    Children:
    1. 3. Marcella Lucetta Thurber was born 3 Nov 1877, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States; died 6 Apr 1916, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried Apr 1916, Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt, Garfield, Colorado, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Whitaker Jayne was born 28 Jan 1820, Broome, Broome, New York, United States (son of Benaiah Jayne and Mary B. Whitaker); died 26 Jul 1908, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; was buried Jul 1908, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States.

    Notes:

    Promoted to Full Qtr Master Serg on 19 Oct 1861.
    Enlisted in Company B, Iowa 8th Infantry Regiment on 12 Sep 1861.
    Promoted to Full Private on 01 Mar 1862.
    Mustered out on 20 Jun 1862.

    John Whitaker Jayne, the founder of Lone Tree, was born on 28 Jan 1820 in Deposit, Broome Co, NY, the son of Benaiah Jayne and Mary B. Whitaker.

    He was the grandson of John Whitaker, for whom he was named and Catherine Weaver. When John Whitaker was just shy of his fifth birthday, he was one of the few survivors of the fatal Wyoming Valley (PA) Indian massacre of July 3, 1778, making their escape with great difficulty and suffering through the wilderness back to Orange County New York.

    Mr. Jayne married Miss Deborah Early on 25 Sep 1841 in Scott, Wayne Co, PA. John and Deborah had one son, Whitaker Early Jayne on 25 Jun 1842. The young Mrs. Jayne, died two months later on 25 Aug 1842 in Scott, Wayne Co, PA.

    He then married Miss Catherine Gardinier in Sep 1842, the daughter of Jacob A. Gardinier and Sarah Alexander South.

    In 1854 he emigrated with his family to Iowa, first settling in Scott County and then in 1856 moving to Montpelier, Muscatine County, where they appeared in the State Census of 1856 and then to Fulton, Muscatine County, IA in the 1860 Federal Census.

    John served his country in the War of the Rebellion, fighting bravely for the Union forces. He enlisted on 15 Aug 1861 as a Private in Co B, 8th Iowa Infantry in Muscatine Co, IA and was mustered in to service on 12 Sep 1861. He was promoted to Full Quarter Master Sergeant on 19 Oct 1861 and at his request was reduced back to the rank of Full Private on 01 Mar 1862. He was captured along with the entire unit at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin Co, TN (see Regimental History below). John received a disability discharge on 20 Jun 1862.

    After his return from the service, he was elected clerk of courts in Muscatine County and served for six years. In 1870 he moved to Fremont, P.O. Palestine, Johnson County, IA and began farming. He purchased 1,200 acres in this area from his brother William H. Jayne. It was on this land that he platted the original town of Lone Tree. This part of town extended north from the school house to the railroad tracks and west from DeVoe Street. It was one of the few small towns of that time that was planned before it was platted.

    Mr. Jayne had strong anti-liquor feelings. There was a stipulation in the original platting of Lone Tree that the buyer could never sell any intoxicating drinks on the property. It was further provided that, if on the new premises, the new owner or any of his heirs or assignees violated the contract, Mr. Jayne would bring action and recover the property. After Mr. Jayne's death, some property owners disregarded the original stipulation made by this Baptist pioneer.

    John and Catherine had five children: David, Henry, William, Deborah and Sarah.

    In 1889, John retired from farming. He was appointed postmaster of Lone Tree and served four years. He also was mayor for several years. After his term as postmaster, he took up the business of fire insurance. At the age of 86 he was the oldest insurance agent in Iowa. In the year of 1906, he wrote $375,000 worth of insurance. He successfully followed the insurance business until 23 Jul 1908, when he was injured by a runaway team and died from these injuries on 26 Jul 1908, aged 88 Years 05 Months 29 Days.
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    HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA
    Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 92

    ... John Whitaker Jayne was born in Broome county, New York, and became a logger and rafter on the Delaware river, being thus employed until 1854, when he emigrated to Iowa and took up farming in Scott county, where he remained in 1854 and 1855. The following year he removed to Muscatine county, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until the opening year of the civil war. In response to the country's call for aid he enlisted in the Eighth Iowa Infantry and served in the battle of Shiloh, during which he was captured. Later in the summer , however, he was exchanged and, returning to his northern home, was elected to the office of clerk of Muscatine county, assuming his duties on the 1st of January, 1863, and serving in that capacity until 1869. He then began farming, also dealing in land and cattle, continuing in the conduct of a profitable business until 1896. In that year he took up his abode in Lone Tree, Iowa, where he conducted an insurance office until meeting an accidental death in July, 1908, when nearly eighty-nine years of age. In early manhood John W. Jayne had married Miss Catharine Gardinier, ... and was a daughter of Jacob A. Gardinier, one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, ... He and his wife lived seven years beyond their golden wedding and reared a large family, which included Catharine Gardinier, who became the wife of John W. Jayne, her death occurring in 1897, when she was eighty-five years of age. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jayne were devout members of the Baptist church, and the integrity and fidelity of their lives won for them the high esteem of all whom they came in contact. Their family numbered five children: David, now living in Lone Tree, Iowa; Henry, of this review; William, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; Deborah, who died in infancy; and Sarah, the wife of Rev. A. C. Kelly, of Chicago.
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    REGIMENTAL HISTORY
    EIGHTH INFANTRY IOWA

    Source: THE UNION ARMY, VOL. 4

    This regiment was organized in the latter part of the summer of 1861, and was mustered in Sept.

    Soon after its organization it went to St. Louis, from which place it moved to Syracuse, where it joined Fremont's army in pursuit of Price's forces and operated in southwestern Missouri, losing heavily through sickness. It returned to
    Sedalia in November and remained there until ordered to join Grant's forces in Tennessee the following spring.

    The regiment participated in the battle of Shiloh, fighting 10 hours on the first day, repelling attack after attack, and, with the battery which it was supporting, inflicting terrible punishment upon the enemy. It was the last to leave the advanced line of the army, being surrounded as it attempted to withdraw and compelled to surrender. Out of 650 men engaged, it lost 64 killed, 100 wounded, and 47 missing. The 8th, 12th and 14th Ia. formed four-fifths of the little force that held back ten times its numbers at the close of the first day at Shiloh, giving Buell time to bring up his forces and snatch victory from defeat.

    Entirely cut off, they fought until they could fight no longer, and threw down their arms only to see many of their number shot down in cold blood after they had surrendered as prisoners of war. The officers above the rank of lieutenant were sent to Selma, thence to Talladega, returned to Selma soon afterward, three months later to Atlanta, thence to Madison until Nov. 7, when they were sent to Libby prison, Richmond, and were paroled a week later at Aiken's landing. The lieutenants and enlisted men were sent to various prisons in Alabama and suffered the miseries and privations so common to southern prisons.

    (Research):pension app filed 26 Feb 1892 IA; Clerk of District Court for Johnson Co IA; m1 Deborah Early son Whittaker (served same unit); m2 Catherine Gilliland

    Obituary: Iowa Journal of History, Volume 7, By State Historical Society of Iowa.
    JOHN W JAYNE John W Jayne one of the oldest residents of Johnson County a member of The State Historical Society of Iowa passed away at his home in Lone Tree on July 26 1908 Mr Jayne was in Pennsylvania on January 28 1820 and came to Iowa during the fifties first settling in Muscatine County When the war out he enlisted in Company B of the 8th Iowa Infantry and served during the early years of the war Most of his life since that time was spent on his farm or in business at Lone Tree He a member of the first Republican State Convention held in Iowa and although he never held any important office he always an active interest in politics He collected a large private and was a man who read widely Mr Jayne retained his and mental vigor to a remarkable extent even to the date his death

    John married Deborah Early 25 Sep 1841. Deborah (daughter of Robert Early and Abigail Electa Wolfe) was born 1821, Scott, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States; died 25 Aug 1842, Broome, Broome, New York, United States; was buried , Revolutionary War Cemetery, Deposit, Delaware, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Deborah Early was born 1821, Scott, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States (daughter of Robert Early and Abigail Electa Wolfe); died 25 Aug 1842, Broome, Broome, New York, United States; was buried , Revolutionary War Cemetery, Deposit, Delaware, New York, United States.

    Notes:

    (Research):Burial--CEMETERY: Town of Deposit cemeteries; Deposit, Delaware co., NY

    JAYNE, Deborah 21y August 25, 1842 Wife of John W.

    Children:
    1. 4. Whitaker Jayne was born 25 Jun 1842, Scott Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States; died 4 May 1921, Silt, Garfiled, Colorado, United States; was buried 6 May 1921, Veterans Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

  3. 10.  Milton Sterling Budlong was born 6 Feb 1819, Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States; died 18 Dec 1903, , , Iowa, United States; was buried , Sunnyhill Cemetery, Adair, Adair, Iowa, United States.

    Milton married Gula Ann Alvord 1 Sep 1842, Caledonia, Livingston, New York, United States. Gula was born 12 Nov 1820, Chateaugay, Franklin, New York, United States; died 9 Feb 1884, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States; was buried , Harmony Cemetery, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Gula Ann Alvord was born 12 Nov 1820, Chateaugay, Franklin, New York, United States; died 9 Feb 1884, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States; was buried , Harmony Cemetery, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States.
    Children:
    1. 5. Alice Amanda Budlong was born 31 Dec 1845, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; died 2 Mar 1917, Whitewater, Mesa, Colorado, United States; was buried 4 Mar 1917, Veterans Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States.