Jonas Hobart

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One of about 3 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in McDonough County.

Inscription: Corpl. Jonas Hobart 1 N.H. Continentals Rev. War

While the Continental Army was retreating from Ticonderoga, July 6, 1777, hotly pursued by the enemy, this ball, discharged from a British musket, was received by Jonas Hobart in the right cheek. It struck out three double teeth, passed between the windpipe and the neck bones and lodged near the left collar bone. When extracted three days later, it had settled several inches below the collar bone. This tooth, lost at the time, Jonas coughed it up some weeks later.

References

• Section: Chapter 4. Excerpts from "The Story of Crossing the Plains" Page 10. AncestryImage