John King Dentler (1813 - aft. 1878)

Born 3 Mar 1813 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Marietta (Flick) Dentler — married 6 Nov 1837 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Biography

DENTLER JOHN K. Merchant; Davis Junction; P. O. White Rock; born March 3, 1813, in Northumberland Co., Pa.; in 1854 came to White Rock, and settled on his present farm in 1864; Sec. 16; he owns 285 acres valued at $50 per acre; married Marietta Flick Nov. 6, 1837; she was born July 7, 1816, in Northumberland Co., Pa.; they had eight children, five living: Stephen F., Oran S., John S., George P. and Sarah Lydia; members of the Lutheran Church; Stephen F. enlisted in Co. A., 2d Regt. I. V. C.; served three years and was honorably discharged; engaged in battles at Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Petersboro, in the Siege of the Red River Expedition and others.

Sources

• *The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 644.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3ZQ-YQ7 : 8 March 2018), John King Dentler in entry for George P. Dentler, 24 Jan 1924; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,452,343.