DEENER, JR, JOHN JACOB - White County, Arkansas | JOHN JACOB DEENER, JR - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

John Jacob DEENER, JR

Smyrna (At Searcy) Cemetery
White County,
Arkansas

Sarah Amanda
Sept 28, 1832 - July 1919


John Jacob
Apr 22, 1830 - Feb 1, 1895

Daughter of Daniel Gober Sr and Elizabeth Arendall, she married John Jacob Deener on November 13, 1851 in Fayette County, Tennessee. They were the parents of Eliza Hamblin, Lula A, Richard Shelly, John J and an infant.


Son of John Jacob Deener Sr (1790-1867) and Tobitha Hamolen, natives of Virginia - they moved to Fayette County, Tennessee in 1836.

He received his education at the Macon Masonic College. During the Civil War, he taught school. After the war he went into partnership with Samuel E. Garther, of Williston, Fayette County, Tennessee, in the mercantile business. He married Sarah Amanda Gober on November 13, 1851 and they moved to White County, Arkansas. He was elected assessor of the county in 1883 and served in that capacity for four years. While living in Tennessee, he was a justice of the peace. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was a mason.

Contributed on 1/26/22 by hawkinsdonna48
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Submitted: 1/26/22 • Approved: 1/27/22 • Last Updated: 1/30/22 • R1415617-G1415615-S3

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