John was raised by his half-sister, Nancy J. [Witt] Hussley Moneypenny and her family in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas. At age 21, he returned to Yell County where he married Susin Tennessee Blackburn on March 9, 1884. John and Susin farmed in both Yell County and by the town of Sugar Grove in Logan County, first as sharecroppers and later purchasing a farm with a mortgage.
Their children were Andy, Charley Harrison, Jesse Jackson, Arch Jackson, Harve Jackson, Sam Jackson, Rose Ann, and Bert Inman, as well as five children who did not survive.
Between 1910 and 1920, John and Susin returned to Havana where they purchased a small house in town. John worked at the Kirkwood Sawmill and kept a small acreage in corn along with various farm animals. He was a tall, lean man who always stood straight and proud.
In his older years, John Jackson Inman was almost completely blind from cataracts and could no longer read the newspapers and books he had always enjoyed. His grandson, David Inman, remembered that his grandfather had a Victrola (a wind-up phonograph that could play records). He would play music for the children and they thought it was wonderful that songs could come from the box with the horn.
John Inman died at home at the age of eighty-five. Unfortunately, we have been unable to locate a death certificate or his obituary.
John was raised by his half-sister, Nancy J. [Witt] Hussley Moneypenny and her family in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas. At age 21, he returned to Yell County where he married Susin Tennessee Blackburn on March 9, 1884. John and Susin farmed in both Yell County and by the town of Sugar Grove in Logan County, first as sharecroppers and later purchasing a farm with a mortgage.
Their children were Andy, Charley Harrison, Jesse Jackson, Arch Jackson, Harve Jackson, Sam Jackson, Rose Ann, and Bert Inman, as well as five children who did not survive.
Between 1910 and 1920, John and Susin returned to Havana where they purchased a small house in town. John worked at the Kirkwood Sawmill and kept a small acreage in corn along with various farm animals. He was a tall, lean man who always stood straight and proud.
In his older years, John Jackson Inman was almost completely blind from cataracts and could no longer read the newspapers and books he had always enjoyed. His grandson, David Inman, remembered that his grandfather had a Victrola (a wind-up phonograph that could play records). He would play music for the children and they thought it was wonderful that songs could come from the box with the horn.
John Inman died at home at the age of eighty-five. Unfortunately, we have been unable to locate a death certificate or his obituary.
Bio by: Diane C. Inman Stearns
Family Members
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Andy A. Inman
1888–1966
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Jesse Jackson Inman
1891 – unknown
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Charley Harrison Inman
1892–1953
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Arch Jackson Inman
1893–1960
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Harve Jackson Inman
1897–1917
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Sam Jackson Inman
1900–1955
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Rose Ann Inman Laidlaw
1906–1982
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Rose Ann Inman
1906–1982
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Bertie "Bert" Inman
1910–1982
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Young Son Inman
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Young Son Inman
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Young Son Inman
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Young Son Inman
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Infant Daughter Inman
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