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John Harden Minter

Male 1863 - 1937  (73 years)


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  • Name John Harden Minter 
    Birth 30 Jun 1863  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    _UID 6382BD0FEC294C8A844EEB338901E1D1C809 
    Death 18 Jun 1937  Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1880 United States Federal Census: in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia (all MINTER) (done on 3 June 1880), Michael E (26, farmer), Martha J (26, wife, keeping house), James S (5, son), William H (3, son), Benj M (2, son), Anna E 2 months, daughter) and Harden (18, cousin, works on farm).

      1900 United States Federal Census; in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia (all MINTER, all born Virginia), John H (head, born Jun 1862, 37, married 18 years, farmer), Liza C (wife, born Mar 1864, 36, married 18 years, 8 children, all living), John H (son, born Nov 1882, 17, farm hand), James H (son, born Mar 1886, 14), William (son, born Jul 1887, 12), Joseph J (son, born May 1889, 11), Matilda (daughter, born Jun 1890, 9), Mike (son, born Feb 1892, 8), Daniel L (son, born Feb 1894, 6) and Mary E (daughter, born Feb 1896, 4)

      1910 United States Federal Census; in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia (all MINTER, all born Virginia), John H (50, married 25 years, farmer), Eliza F (wife, 46, married 25 years, 10 children, 9 living), Joseph J (son, 21, farmer, home farm), Daniel L (son, 16, farmer, home farm), Mary (daughter, 13), Anne P (daughter, 8) and John H (son, 4).

      1920 United States Federal Census (found under MINKER); in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia (all MINTER, all born Virginia), Harlen J (55, furniture factory), Eliza F (wife, 54), Daniel E (son, 25, ----, public), Annie - (daughter, 18) and John F (son, 16, woodworker, furniture factory).

      1930 United States Federal Census: in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, Samuel G LAWING (head, 32, married at 21, born North Carolina, plumber, plumbing shop), Mary E LAWING (wife, 32, married at 21, born Virginia), Harwood G LAWING (son, 9, born Virginia), John H MINTER (father in law, 66, widower, born Virginia, sander, furniture factory) and Daniel L MINTER (brother in law, 35, single, born Virginia, machinist, furniture factory).
      Mike Minter is on the same page.

      From findagrave.com, Jan 2015:
      John Harden Minter was a son of James Edward Minter and Matilda Caroline Eggleston.
      Where are they buried ?
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      THE DAILY BULLETIN, Martinsville, Va., Fri., June 18, 1937, p. 10, col. 5:
      (edited)
      J. Harden Minter, 76, lifelong Henry County citizen and farmer, and for a number of years a resident of Martinsville, passed away Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. S. G. Lawing, Gravely Street, after several weeks illness.
      Funeral services were held from the Lawing residence Friday afternoon.
      Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.
      Sons and sons-in-law of the deceased acted as pall-bearers: J. H. Minter Jr., J. J. Minter, Mike Minter, J. F. Minter, D. L. Minter, W. S. Minter, and R. J. Clift.
      Flower bearers were: Sewell Lawing, B. B . Thomasson, J. L. Carter, J. B. Davis, James H. Minter, D. R. Warren, A. Schilbe, C. E. Warren, P. W. Minter, R. J. Fagg, Irving Minter, Edwin Moore, W. C. Shumate, J. W. Shumate, J. C. Napier, Joe L. Stultz, Jr., J. A. Stultz, A. W. Harday, J. S. Minter, G. T. Winn, H. S. Winn, J. M. Winn, Roy Prillaman, H. A. Richardson and others.
      Surviving are the following children: J. H. Jr., J. J., Mike, J. F., and D. L. Minter; Mesdames C. S. Moore, R. J. Clift and S. G. Lawing.
      ===
      Ref: OAKWOOD CEMETERY LOT INDEX, Third Edition, Complied by the Martinsville Cemetery Assn.
      Sect. 2, Lot 89:
      J. Harden Minter, 1863 - 1937
      Fannie Winn Minter, 1865 - 1921
      (source: Bruce Locke)
    Person ID I1380  America
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2022 

    Father James Edward "Jim" Minter,   b. 1 Apr 1831, Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1862, Killed Civil War, 2nd Battle Of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Matilda Caroline EGGLESTON,   b. Abt 1829, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 24 May 1848  Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Frances "Fannie" WINN,   b. Mar 1864, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1921, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1883  Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • The details on the marriage index record at Ancstry are sketchy (initials only) but probably refer to this individual.
    Children 
     1. John H Minter,   b. Nov 1882, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1900, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 17 years)
     2. James Henry Minter,   b. Mar 1886, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1942, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
     3. William Silas Minter,   b. Jul 1887, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1954, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
     4. Joseph Jackson Minter,   b. 15 Jun 1888, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1949, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     5. Matilda C Minter,   b. Jun 1890, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Michael "Mike" Minter,   b. 15 Jan 1892, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1937, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     7. Daniel Lee Minter,   b. 28 Feb 1894, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1958, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     8. Mary E Minter,   b. Feb 1896, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1957, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
     9. Annie Pearl Minter,   b. 25 Dec 1901, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1986, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     10. John Francis Minter,   b. 1 Aug 1903, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1981, Hampton General Hospital, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S72] 1870 US Federal Census.

    2. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.

    3. [S77] 2014 Scott File, a Public Member tree at Ancestry.com, Nov 2014.

    4. [S70] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, Nov 2014 and later.