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He moved his family to Cherokee County, AL in Dec 1877. He establisheda home and plantation near the town of Centre in the new county knownas "the Indian lands" which had just been opened to settlers. Heprospered and became a large land owner and an influential man in hiscommunity. In his household were twenty three (23) children andsixteen (16) grew to adulthood. It is said that there were there (3)additional children from John's first marriage that died before theirmother, either stillborn, infants or very young children. There werethirteen (13) from John's first marriage, two (2) from Hannah's firstmarriage and eight (8) from their marriage. It is said that John was aman of great fairness and that he though it only fair that his secondwife have as many children as his first. But, it is a small wonderthat with twenty three (23) to look after already, Hannah was wellcontent to let it go at that. He was also known as a man of peace.Doubtless, he had a great deal of practice in keeping peace at homebetween twenty three (23) youngsters, when Hannah would call to him"Your children and my children are fighting our children", but, he wasevidently very successful, as from all accounts it was a "big, happyfamily". He volunteered to serve as a private in the Confederate Armyand was enrolled on 12 Jul 1861 in the Company of Captain Harris,Company B, Second Regiment Georgia Infantry. He served until near theend of the great, fratricidal struggle, when he was discharged fromthe hospital at Richmond, Richmond, VA, by reason of disability in1864. In 1894, he was put to rest, the most outstanding member of theSewell family up until that time, and his like has not been seensince.
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