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John Vandike was born in Tazewell County abt 1810. He is the son
of Charles Vandike and Elizabeth Moore, and the grandson of John and Charlotte
Vandike who settled on the Clinch River and Indian Creek in 1775.
Assena Whitt was born in Tazewell County Feb. 19, 1813.
She is the daughter of Griffith and Martha Skaggs Whitt, and the
granddaughter of Hezekiah and Rachel Whitt.
John and Assena Vandike moved to Harrison County Missosuri in 1844.
John Vandike was in Company H, 23 Regiment of the Missouri Volunteers.
He died of typhoid fever Sep 1, 1863 at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis
and is burried there in the National Cemetery.
The war must have been very tragic for Assena. Her brothers were
all in the Condederate Army and her husband and her sister's husband were
in the Union Army. Assena's husband, John Vandike died during the
war which would have been bad enough, but 5 of her brothers were also killed
during the war. |
