John Denbow, Sr.

1797 - 1862  (65 years)

• Name	John Denbow
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	10 Feb 1797	Harford, Maryland, USA
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Groom	.9 Mar 1818	maryland,USA
  Marriage Groom	9 Mar 1819	Harford, Maryland, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F305] ...of John DENBOW and Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
  Census	1 Jun 1830	United States, Ohio, Harrison County, New Rumley   [2]
  Residence Resident	1849	Monroe, Ohio, USA At Home   [3]
  	Sharp v. Ayres states that Martha and John Denbow live in Monroe County, Ohio. Witness Role: Principal: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Resident: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Resident: [I1229] John DENBOW
  Occupation	1850	Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA   [4]
  	a farmer
  Census	31 Jul 1850	Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA   [4]
  	Age: 53y
  	Bazzel Denbow, son, and family are listed as neighbors on this census. Witness Role: Principal 2: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Head of Household: [I1229] John DENBOW
  Milit-Beg	3 Dec 1861	Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA   [5]
  	Co. K, 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
  Milit-End	14 Apr 1862	St. John's Church Hospital, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, USA   [5, 6]
  	Co. K, 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; military service ended when he died in an U.S. Army hospital. This hospital may have been located in St. John's Catholic Church.
  Death	14 Apr 1862	Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, USA   [5, 7]
  	Actual diary entry that contains numerous errors (wrong age, transcription error on regiment number, etc.): "April 14, today I was awakened at four o'clock to lay out a dead man. His name was Bryan Davis, K. 28th Ill. wounded through the lungs. Since writing the above a man died. His name was John Denbow, 18 Ohio. He was upwards 77 years old. His son is also in the hospital; he is over 45 years old." Fact Flags: Preferred
  Death	26 Jul 1862	Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  	This date would fit the family story better, though it is before the Battle of Bolivar that the 78th OVI fought in. However, the diary from the Paducah hospital makes this highly unlikely. Fact Flags: Tentative Rejected
  Anecdote	The Denbows in the Civil War: John was the father of Bazzel, Levi, Martin, James, and William who fought with him at one time or another in the 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Another son, George, was in the 27th OVI. John enlisted -- at age 64 -- saying he was 44. According to several entries in his military record he died in Paducah, apparently of "chronic dysentery." Another entry says he died about a month later in Bolivar, Tenn. Family tradition had said he was found in a creek with his long hair embeded in the mud. The Bolivar story would be more consistent with the family story. However, the recent discovery of the diary of a hospital steward from Paducah, Kentucky, almost certainly confirms beyond a reasonable doubt his death in Paducah at the earlier date.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Denboe,   b. Abt 1610, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Cecil, Maryland, USA  (Age ~ 94 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Unknown Wife Of Thomas  (Mother)
  Person ID	I1229	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Denbow,   b. 16 Mar 1765, Maryland, USA d. 1826, Harford, Maryland, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Unknown Wife Of Thomas
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt Jan 1785
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I15] Unknown WIFE OF THOMAS Witness Role: Groom: [I1431] Thomas DENBOW
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha A. Sharp,   b. 1798, Maryland, USA d. 1855, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1818	Harford, Maryland, USA   [8]
  	This marriage date, which differs by exactly one year from the one recorded in the Marriage License book for Harford County appears to be correct. I suspect a clerical error in the book. Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
  Married	9 Mar 1819	Harford, Maryland, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I3860] Martha A. SHARP Witness Role: Groom: [I1229] John DENBOW
  Children	+ 1. Bazzel Denbow,   b. 14 Jan 1819, Harford, Maryland, USA d. 23 Nov 1896, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years) ▻ Ruth Tanner  m. 2 Jan 1845 + 2. Edith Denbow,   b. 1821, Harford, Maryland, USA ▻ William Cochrane  m. Abt 1845 + 3. James Denbow,   b. 20 Apr 1824, Harford, Maryland, USA d. 18 Apr 1863, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 38 years) ▻ Rebecca Rogers  m. 1850 + 4. Elizabeth Denbow,   b. 1827, Ohio, USA d. 1890, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 63 years) ▻ William N. Wise  m. 1845;   Hamilton Dillon  m. 1847;   Joseph Fisher  m. 1851 + 5. John Denbow, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1827   d. 21 Mar 1905, Wayne Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years) ▻ Sarah Ann Paith  m. 15 Apr 1856 + 6. Sarah Ann Denbow,   b. 1829   d. 1864 (Age 35 years) ▻ Henry Johanning  m. 1848 + 7. Susan Denbow,   b. 27 Jan 1831, Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 7 Oct 1888, Athens Lunatic Asylum, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years) ▻ John H. Ayers  m. 1861;   Sebastian Cabot Kelley  m. 20 Oct 1861 + 8. Levi Denbow,   b. 29 Nov 1832, Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 10 Sep 1911, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years) ▻ Rachel Morris  m. 1857 + 9. George Washington Denbow,   b. 8 Aug 1834, Carroll, Ohio, USA d. 13 Jan 1906, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 71 years) ▻ Sarah Jane Rucker  m. 1855   10. Jackson Denbow,   b. 8 Aug 1834   d. 1852 (Age 17 years) + 11. William Denbow,   b. 25 Apr 1839, Carroll, Ohio, USA d. 3 Feb 1919, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years) ▻ Anna Dillon  m. 12 Nov 1857 + 12. Martin Denbow,   b. 25 Sep 1842, Ohio, USA d. 2 Feb 1913, Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 70 years) ▻ Mary Ann Scott  m. 1863
  Family ID	F305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence Resident - 1849 - Monroe, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		JOHN-TIN Amber Mendenhall Welch, an expert in period clothing, dates this photo as 1860s. Media Date: 1860 Keywords: Picture
  		John Denbow (b. 1797) crayon enlargement (web) Amber Mendenhall Welch estimates late 1840s for this photo, based somewhat on hair style. She is an expert in clothing and hair styles. Media Date: ABT 1848 Keywords: Picture

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Blanche Robinson's Request for John (1797-1862) Government Marker Caption Note: Great-granddaughter, Blanche Robinson's request for a government marker for John. She was asking for this in the Bracken Ridge Cemetery, it appears, and there is no reason to believe that he's buried there. Media Date: 26 SEP 1962 Keywords: Picture
  		U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 Media Date: FROM 1861 TO 1865 Keywords: Picture
  		John Denbow (1797-1862) appoin This clipping is from the Spirit of Democracy newspaper, Woodsfield, Ohio, 18 Feb 1863. Caption Note: Appointment of Sidney Starkey as the administrator of the estate of John Denbow (1797-1862) Keywords: Picture
  		1850 U.S. Census, Monroe, Center Township (Multiple Related Families) John Denbow Sr, Bazzel Denbow and Peter Dillon famlies
  		1830 U.S Census Rumely Twp., Harrison County, Ohio (John & Bazeleel Denbow)

  
  

  Headstones

  Memorial Marker in Hamilton Cemetery, Monroe County, Ohio. He is actually buried in an unmarked grave in Mound City National Cemetery near Cairo, Illinois. The year of death on this marker is wrong. He died in 1862 in a military hospital in Paducah, Ky.

  
  

  Notes		Sharp v. Ayers Caption Note: Sharp-Ayers Lawsuit Keywords: Document
  		John Denbow, Sr.

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "John Denbow, Sr.". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1229&tree=tree1 (accessed June 12, 2025).