John Jr. in a letter to his brother Henry from the battlefield in Georgia in June of 1864 states, "There is greave & desolation everwere Since the Death of Dear Father". So John Sr. must have died sometime in 1863 or 1864. He makes mention of a property sale and being sure to take care of their mother. The family lived at that time near Middlebury, Indiana. (Courtesy of Gerald Klingaman of Fayetteville, Arkansas)