OAKLEY, JOSHUA J   (VETERAN UNION) - Ford County, Kansas | JOSHUA J   (VETERAN UNION) OAKLEY - Kansas Gravestone Photos

Joshua J (VETERAN UNION) OAKLEY

Soldiers Home Cemetery
Ford County,
Kansas

PRIVATE US Army
Company H 6 Kansas Cavalry
Civil War Union
January 23, 1840 - March 2, 1920

Row 2

The following excerpt is from Page 5 of the March 18, 1920 issue of The Fort Scott Tribune and The Fort Scott Monitor

J.J OAKLEY IS DEAD.

Former Resident of This City For Many Years Died at Soldiers' Home. - Internment There.
(From Friday's Daily)
Word has been received here that J J Oakley, a
resident of Fort Scott for more than fifty
years, and a civil war veteran, having been a member of Company H, Sixth Kansas cavalry, died at the State Soldiers' Home at Dodge City, on March 2d,as the result of senility.

Internment occurred at Dodge City.

The deceased was 80 years of age, and is
survived by his wife, Mrs. J.J. Oakley, who is
now here visiting relatives, two sisters, both
of Liberal, Kan. And two brothers both of whom livein the state of Washington.

Mr. Oakley farmed in this county for many
years, and left here only five or six years ago to live at the Soldiers' Home. He was a brother of Mrs. John Gardner, whose husband ran the planing mill here.

Contributed on 10/16/15 by amy
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Submitted: 10/16/15 • Approved: 7/12/16 • Last Updated: 3/12/18 • R41740-G0-S3

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