ALMOST A CENTENARIAN – On the 10th inst. [October 10, 1886], at Lockridge, occurred the death of John Toothacre [sic], one of the oldest, if not the oldest, citizens of Jefferson County. Mr. Toothacre [sic] was a native of Maine, but went to Ohio early in life, and has been a resident of this county since 1843.
He was twice married, the second time in 1878, and his wife, we believe, survives him. By his first marriage he was the father of nine children, six of whom are yet living, several of them in this county.
At the time of his death, Mr. Toothacre [sic] was 92 years of age, and until recently he had enjoyed very good health and had been able to stand much more work than most persons of his years. He was also one of the few surviving soldiers of the War of 1812.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 20, 1886, page 6.
John Toothaker, aged 86, and a soldier of the War of 1812, has just been awarded a pension of $8.00 per month, dating from March 9, 1878. Mr. Toothaker lives in this county, and the pension was procured thorough Chas.W. Kirkpatrick, of this city.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, July 23, 1879, page 6.
J.K. Pierce of Lockridge writes the following to the Burlington Hawkeye: “I read in the Hawkeye of today’s issue that the last man drawing a pension from the War of 1812 had recently died. [However] John Toothaker of this place is a pensioner of the War of 1812. He was born in Penobscot County, Maine; has no correct record of his age, but must be upwards of ninety years old. Until within in few weeks his health has been good. He has done his own work, taking care of a horse and cow, hauling his own wood, etc. Last October he rode horseback from this place to Fairfield and back, a distance of 11 miles.”
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 23, 1885, page 6.
From The History of Jefferson County, Iowa (1879, pages 543-549): TOOTHACKER [sic], JOHN, retired, Lockridge, born in Hancock Co., Me.; August 15, 1802 [sic, 1794], moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio, and lived there seven years; came to Jefferson Co., in 1843, and followed farming; has retired from business. Married Miss Beersheba Trim in 1824 [on July 27, 1817, in Montville, Maine]; she was born in Hancock Co., Me., in 1797 [sic, 1793]; died Oct. 10, 1876; married again Nancy Hetterbrao [sic, Helterbran] Sept. 5, 1878; has six [living] children by former wife - Lavina, Frederick, Reuben, Oliver, John, and Sophronia. Mr. T is a member of the M.E. Church; Mr. T. is a Republican.
According to his 1876 pension application, in September of 1814 John Toothaker served 16 days as a private in Captain George Gray’s and Captain Daniel Dutton’s Company of the Maine Militia, under the command of Col. Elmer. In his affidavit dated May 20, 1876, John Toothaker stated the regiment was marched by the commanding officer into the town of Belfast, Maine, whereupon the British immediately evacuated and retreated leaving the town in the possession of the United States Troops. He stated that the regiment was disbanded near Bangor late in September, 1814. He also stated that he was a militiaman for a number of years.
He was twice married, the second time in 1878, and his wife, we believe, survives him. By his first marriage he was the father of nine children, six of whom are yet living, several of them in this county.
At the time of his death, Mr. Toothacre [sic] was 92 years of age, and until recently he had enjoyed very good health and had been able to stand much more work than most persons of his years. He was also one of the few surviving soldiers of the War of 1812.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 20, 1886, page 6.
John Toothaker, aged 86, and a soldier of the War of 1812, has just been awarded a pension of $8.00 per month, dating from March 9, 1878. Mr. Toothaker lives in this county, and the pension was procured thorough Chas.W. Kirkpatrick, of this city.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, July 23, 1879, page 6.
J.K. Pierce of Lockridge writes the following to the Burlington Hawkeye: “I read in the Hawkeye of today’s issue that the last man drawing a pension from the War of 1812 had recently died. [However] John Toothaker of this place is a pensioner of the War of 1812. He was born in Penobscot County, Maine; has no correct record of his age, but must be upwards of ninety years old. Until within in few weeks his health has been good. He has done his own work, taking care of a horse and cow, hauling his own wood, etc. Last October he rode horseback from this place to Fairfield and back, a distance of 11 miles.”
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 23, 1885, page 6.
From The History of Jefferson County, Iowa (1879, pages 543-549): TOOTHACKER [sic], JOHN, retired, Lockridge, born in Hancock Co., Me.; August 15, 1802 [sic, 1794], moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio, and lived there seven years; came to Jefferson Co., in 1843, and followed farming; has retired from business. Married Miss Beersheba Trim in 1824 [on July 27, 1817, in Montville, Maine]; she was born in Hancock Co., Me., in 1797 [sic, 1793]; died Oct. 10, 1876; married again Nancy Hetterbrao [sic, Helterbran] Sept. 5, 1878; has six [living] children by former wife - Lavina, Frederick, Reuben, Oliver, John, and Sophronia. Mr. T is a member of the M.E. Church; Mr. T. is a Republican.
According to his 1876 pension application, in September of 1814 John Toothaker served 16 days as a private in Captain George Gray’s and Captain Daniel Dutton’s Company of the Maine Militia, under the command of Col. Elmer. In his affidavit dated May 20, 1876, John Toothaker stated the regiment was marched by the commanding officer into the town of Belfast, Maine, whereupon the British immediately evacuated and retreated leaving the town in the possession of the United States Troops. He stated that the regiment was disbanded near Bangor late in September, 1814. He also stated that he was a militiaman for a number of years.
ALMOST A CENTENARIAN – On the 10th inst. [October 10, 1886], at Lockridge, occurred the death of John Toothacre [sic], one of the oldest, if not the oldest, citizens of Jefferson County. Mr. Toothacre [sic] was a native of Maine, but went to Ohio early in life, and has been a resident of this county since 1843.
He was twice married, the second time in 1878, and his wife, we believe, survives him. By his first marriage he was the father of nine children, six of whom are yet living, several of them in this county.
At the time of his death, Mr. Toothacre [sic] was 92 years of age, and until recently he had enjoyed very good health and had been able to stand much more work than most persons of his years. He was also one of the few surviving soldiers of the War of 1812.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 20, 1886, page 6.
John Toothaker, aged 86, and a soldier of the War of 1812, has just been awarded a pension of $8.00 per month, dating from March 9, 1878. Mr. Toothaker lives in this county, and the pension was procured thorough Chas.W. Kirkpatrick, of this city.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, July 23, 1879, page 6.
J.K. Pierce of Lockridge writes the following to the Burlington Hawkeye: “I read in the Hawkeye of today’s issue that the last man drawing a pension from the War of 1812 had recently died. [However] John Toothaker of this place is a pensioner of the War of 1812. He was born in Penobscot County, Maine; has no correct record of his age, but must be upwards of ninety years old. Until within in few weeks his health has been good. He has done his own work, taking care of a horse and cow, hauling his own wood, etc. Last October he rode horseback from this place to Fairfield and back, a distance of 11 miles.”
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 23, 1885, page 6.
From The History of Jefferson County, Iowa (1879, pages 543-549): TOOTHACKER [sic], JOHN, retired, Lockridge, born in Hancock Co., Me.; August 15, 1802 [sic, 1794], moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio, and lived there seven years; came to Jefferson Co., in 1843, and followed farming; has retired from business. Married Miss Beersheba Trim in 1824 [on July 27, 1817, in Montville, Maine]; she was born in Hancock Co., Me., in 1797 [sic, 1793]; died Oct. 10, 1876; married again Nancy Hetterbrao [sic, Helterbran] Sept. 5, 1878; has six [living] children by former wife - Lavina, Frederick, Reuben, Oliver, John, and Sophronia. Mr. T is a member of the M.E. Church; Mr. T. is a Republican.
According to his 1876 pension application, in September of 1814 John Toothaker served 16 days as a private in Captain George Gray’s and Captain Daniel Dutton’s Company of the Maine Militia, under the command of Col. Elmer. In his affidavit dated May 20, 1876, John Toothaker stated the regiment was marched by the commanding officer into the town of Belfast, Maine, whereupon the British immediately evacuated and retreated leaving the town in the possession of the United States Troops. He stated that the regiment was disbanded near Bangor late in September, 1814. He also stated that he was a militiaman for a number of years.
He was twice married, the second time in 1878, and his wife, we believe, survives him. By his first marriage he was the father of nine children, six of whom are yet living, several of them in this county.
At the time of his death, Mr. Toothacre [sic] was 92 years of age, and until recently he had enjoyed very good health and had been able to stand much more work than most persons of his years. He was also one of the few surviving soldiers of the War of 1812.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 20, 1886, page 6.
John Toothaker, aged 86, and a soldier of the War of 1812, has just been awarded a pension of $8.00 per month, dating from March 9, 1878. Mr. Toothaker lives in this county, and the pension was procured thorough Chas.W. Kirkpatrick, of this city.
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, July 23, 1879, page 6.
J.K. Pierce of Lockridge writes the following to the Burlington Hawkeye: “I read in the Hawkeye of today’s issue that the last man drawing a pension from the War of 1812 had recently died. [However] John Toothaker of this place is a pensioner of the War of 1812. He was born in Penobscot County, Maine; has no correct record of his age, but must be upwards of ninety years old. Until within in few weeks his health has been good. He has done his own work, taking care of a horse and cow, hauling his own wood, etc. Last October he rode horseback from this place to Fairfield and back, a distance of 11 miles.”
-- Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, October 23, 1885, page 6.
From The History of Jefferson County, Iowa (1879, pages 543-549): TOOTHACKER [sic], JOHN, retired, Lockridge, born in Hancock Co., Me.; August 15, 1802 [sic, 1794], moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio, and lived there seven years; came to Jefferson Co., in 1843, and followed farming; has retired from business. Married Miss Beersheba Trim in 1824 [on July 27, 1817, in Montville, Maine]; she was born in Hancock Co., Me., in 1797 [sic, 1793]; died Oct. 10, 1876; married again Nancy Hetterbrao [sic, Helterbran] Sept. 5, 1878; has six [living] children by former wife - Lavina, Frederick, Reuben, Oliver, John, and Sophronia. Mr. T is a member of the M.E. Church; Mr. T. is a Republican.
According to his 1876 pension application, in September of 1814 John Toothaker served 16 days as a private in Captain George Gray’s and Captain Daniel Dutton’s Company of the Maine Militia, under the command of Col. Elmer. In his affidavit dated May 20, 1876, John Toothaker stated the regiment was marched by the commanding officer into the town of Belfast, Maine, whereupon the British immediately evacuated and retreated leaving the town in the possession of the United States Troops. He stated that the regiment was disbanded near Bangor late in September, 1814. He also stated that he was a militiaman for a number of years.
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