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John Dannett

Obituary

July 1820 – April 2 1904

Buried at Mineral Cemetery

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CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Co F, 1st Oregon Cav.

The following was contributed by Will Nelson

John Dannett (Dennett, Dennitt) immigrated from Germany in 1864(?).

He was a member of the 1st Regiment, Oregon Cavalry, organized in Oregon February to April, 1862.

Regiment ordered May, 1862, to Walla Walla Country and Mining Districts of Nez Perce and Salmon River Countries to protect emigrants and miners. Headquarters at Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory. Company “F” moved to Fort Walla Walla June 24-July 12, 1862. Duty near Lewiston, Nez Perce Reservation, July 25 to November 1, 1862, then to Fort Lapwai until May, 1865.

Expedition from Fort Lapwai to the Weiser and Payette River valleys in 1863. Led by Capt. William J. Matthews.

The 1900 census identifies him as John Dennitt, widower, and his daughter Mary Calwhite, widowed, and grandson Martin E Calwhite, both born in Germany, as living with him.

From Find-A-Grave

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