U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Deets, John H. (1844-1925) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 393-394 John H. Deets, of Preston County, was born 1844 and married 1866 Virginia, daughter of Samuel Bowman, of St. George; he has a farm of 366 acres, with 150 improved, two miles below St. George; he was six years constable. His children are: Lavina F., William E., Charles L., George S., Albert, David S. and Alice. He joined the Union army in 1861, and was in St. George when Imboden swooped down upon the place. He, with the other prisoners, was paroled, and was sent to Camp Chase. There were, he says, 40,000 Union soldiers there on parole, and half that number of Confederate prisoners. He was exchanged in 1863 and came back and helped capture Captain Harper, Michael Myers and George Kalar. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There are tombstones in Saint George Cemetery, Tucker County, WV John H. Deets (1843-1925) Virginia G., wife of J. H. Deets died Apr. 29, 1907 (age 62y-6m-24d) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------