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I am Katherine Short, the great-granddaughter of Alexander CULBERTSON who served in Co. F 78th Ohio Inf. I found "Cemetery Records of Marion County, Iowa Page: 18 for Alexander Culbertson; Birth: 1845; Death: 1898; Pleasantville Cemetery Town: Pleasantville, Iowa; Comment: Co. F 78th Ohio Inf.; Relative: hus of: Lydia." From this information I surfed the net and found your site.
I truly appreciate viewing your site and having history come alive for me. Thank You.
PS. If I am lucky enough to find any of things you mention you would like to know about I will let you know.
Admin reply: Originally submitted: 30 Oct 2000
I am Katherine Short, the great-granddaughter of Alexander CULBERTSON who served in Co. F 78th Ohio Inf. I found "Cemetery Records of Marion County, Iowa Page: 18 for Alexander Culbertson; Birth: 1845; Death: 1898; Pleasantville Cemetery Town: Pleasantville, Iowa; Comment: Co. F 78th Ohio Inf.; Relative: hus of: Lydia." From this information I surfed the net and found your site.
I truly appreciate viewing your site and having history come alive for me. Thank You.
PS. If I am lucky enough to find any of things you mention you would like to know about I will let you know.
Admin reply: Originally submitted: 30 Oct 2000
Added: November 20, 2006
Name: Chuck Cerney, M.D.
From: Zanesville, Ohio
E-mail: Contact
I am not a relative but have written a book which includes biographical sketches of veterans of the 78th and other Regiments who later became physicians in Muskingum County.
Admin reply: Here's the rest of Dr. Cerney's post, originally dated: 15 Dec 2000
The following is from that Book "The Medical Chronicles of Muskingum County Ohio - 1800-2000."
JOHN F. KENNEDY, M. D. 1844 - 1892
General Practice, Rural Dale 1869 - 74
General Practice Zanesville 1874 - 1892
John F. Kennedy was the son of Dr. Phillip Kennedy and was born on August 31, 1944 in Fultonham while his father was studying and practicing medicine there. His mother was Elizabeth (Fulton) and his brother Gilbert Lyle Kennedy see above. He became interested in medicine at the age of 15 while living in Deavertown where his father practiced. His studies of medicine were postponed, for in 1861 at the age of 18, he enlisted as a Sargent in Company K. of the Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry. He was promoted from sergeant, Co. E. in 1864 to Lieutenant Co. K. and served to the end of the war. During the battle of Atlanta as the regiment was being driven back, Color Bearer Spring was shot and fell with the flag in his arms. Kennedy rushed forward and grasped the colors from his dead comrade and saved them to the regiment. As a member of Sherman's Army of the Tennessee he took part in all the battles and was present on the famous march to the sea. After the war he went to his fathers Alma mater, the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati and graduated in 1867 with highest honors. He served a year in what must have been the earliest internship in the old Marion hospital of that city and in 1869 came to Muskingum county and practiced in Rural Dale. In June 1869 he was married to Jennie Manning of Morgan county and they had two children; Edwin R. and Wade M. They moved to Zanesville in 1874 where he continued to practice. He joined the Medical society and was the Secretary of the organization in 1880.
In 1884 he advertised his home for sale prepared to move south. This turned out to be to South Zanesville and he moved to Putnam. In June, 1889 he was appointed pension examiner and served as secretary of that board. He was a deacon of the English Lutheran church and a member of the I. O. O. F., the K. of H. and Royal Arcanum and the Muskingum Medical Society.
When the board of health for Zanesville was formed he was appointed at a member. In early May, 1891 his wife suffered a stroke and died on the 16th. Following this he went into a severe depression and went to Washington. Here for several weeks he was treated by the eminent nerve specialist, Dr. William A. Hammond. In July, he recovered sufficiently to return to Deavertown, where his brother, Dr. Gil L. Kennedy continued Doctor Hammond's treatment. He recovered and returned to practice including the staff of the new City hospital and a rotation at the County infirmary. He had made his infirmary rounds on October 14, 1892 feeling well. On the morning of October 15, 1892 he had a heart attack rapidly became unconscious and died at the age of 48 years.
Biog. Goodspeed pp. 486. & Zanesville Courier Oct. 15, 1892.
-- Chuck Cerney