Civil War record:John William Sapington - 5'6" - complexion: dark
hair: Black
eyes: Blue
enrolled: August 8, 1862 - Biggsville, Illinois
enlisted: August 11, 1862 - Co. K, 845h Reg't, Ill. inf.
Muster-in Roll September 1, 1862 - Quincy, Illinois
wounded: September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamunga, Tennessee
discharged: May 16, 1865 - Springfield, Illinois
resided: Henderson Co. Ill - 1 year
Sullivan Co., Missouri - 3 years
State of Kansas - 3 years
Linn Co., Missouri - 18 years
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Census Records:

1870 Jefferson Township, Linn County, Missouri - page 315/45, Anc. Image 45
20 August 1870 Post Office: Laclede, Missouri
338/352 Sappington, John - 24 MW - farmer - $0 - $400 - Indiana ***** Mariah - 29 FW - keeping house - Indiana - can not read/write ***** Emily - 11/12 FW - Missouri - July

1880 Yellow Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri - page 573B, sheet 10, ed 191, Anc. Image 10
17 June 1880
95/95 Sapington, John - WM 35 - married - farmer - Indiana Indiana Indiana ***** Maria - WF 39 - wife - married - keeping house - Indiana Kentucky Indiana ***** Emily F. - WF 12 - daughter - single - attends school - Missouri Indiana Indiana ***** Paul - WM 9 - son - single - attends school - Missouri Indiana Indiana ***** Closetitus - WM 7 - son - single - Missouri Indiana Indiana ***** John H. - WM 5 - son - single - Missouri Indiana Indiana ***** Thomas J. - WM 3 - son - single - Missouri Indiana Indiana

1890 Linn County, Missouri Census - (replacement) St. Catharine - Yellow creek Township
Sapington, John W. - Private, K Co. 84th Ill Vol Inf - Aug 11, 1862 - June 16, 1865 - 2 years, 10 months, 5 days

1900 Yellow Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri - page 276, sheet 10A, ed 88, Anc. Image 18
19 & 20 June 1900
175/179 Sappington, Maria - head - WF - May 1841 - 59 - widowed - had 8 children, 5 still living - Indiana Kentucky Kentucky farmer - owns farm ***** Paul - son - WM - August 1871 - 28 - single - Kansas Indiana Indiana ***** Titus C. - son - WM - August 1873 - 26 - single - Kansas Indiana Indiana ***** John Henry - son - WM - September 1875 - 24 - single - Missouri Indiana Indiana ***** Thomas - son - WM - September 1877 - 22 - single - Missouri Indiana Indiana ***** Garfield - son - WM - August 1880 - 19 - single - Missouri Indiana Indiana

1910 Yellow Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri - page 290, sheet 5B, ed 90, Anc. Image 10
26 April 1910
110/112 Sappigton, Mariah - head - FW 68 - widowed - had 8 children, 5 still living - Indiana Indiana Indiana ***** Paul - son - MW 38 - single - Indiana Indiana Indiana - farm laborer, working out ***** Titus - son - MW 36 - single - Kansas Indiana Indiana - farm labor, home farm ***** John - son - MW 36 - single - Kansas Indiana Indiana - farm laborer, home farm ***** T. J. - son - MW 32 - divorced - Missouri Indiana Indiana - farm laborer, working out
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Funeral Home Record:
John W. Sppington, born 17 Dec 1847 Indiana, died 23 July 1898 SE of St. Catharine, liver & heart disease. Married. Father Thomas Jefferson Sappington. Services at home, burial Old New Garden.

• Married: 24 DEC 1868 in Linn County, Missouri

1. Emily Florence Sappington b: 25 SEP 1869 in Linn County, Missouri
2. Paul Sappington b: 1 AUG 1871 in Bourbon County, Kansas
3. Close Titus Sappington b: 26 AUG 1873 in Kansas
4. John Henry Sappington b: 21 SEP 1875 in Linn County, Missouri
5. Thomas Jefferson Sappington b: 1 SEP 1877 in Linn County, Missouri
6. James Abraham Garfield Sappington b: 14 AUG 1880 in St. Catherine, Linn County, Missouri
7. Ulysses S. Grant Sappington b: 14 AUG 1880 in Linn County, Missouri
8. Winfield Scott Sappington b: 14 AUG 1880 in Linn County, Missouri