Individual Details

Found in Historical Register & Dictionary of the US Army, p.485 [www.ancestry.com]
John January Haden of Missouri. Texas Cadet Military Academy 1 Jul 1873. 2nd Lt. 8th Infantry 15 Jun 1877; 1st Lt. 8 Apr 1885; Capt 16 Sep 1893; retired 27 Aug 1896.

Hand written on a brochure of the Fort Verde State Historic Park.
John January Haden, Born May 9, 1851, Howard co, MO
Son of James H. & January Haden. His father was a former Confederate Surgeon.
John was appointed to West Point, lived in Dresden, TX.
He married Florence Powers on Jan 7, 1890, Warrenburg, MO.
He lived the rest of his in Coconut Grove, Florida, where he died on Jan 30, 1902.

http://www.pr.state.az.us/parks/FOVE/history.html
The site that is now Fort Verde State Historic Park
was occupied by U.S. Army troops in the summer of 1870. Construction of the Fort began in 1871 and was completed by 1873. The Fort was an active primary military base during the Central Arizona Indian Wars. The installation was abandoned in April 1891 and the site was divided into small parcels and sold at auction.

1880 Census. San Diego City, San Diego Co, CA
Listed as first in a long list of single soldiers.
John J. Haden, age 27, Officer USA; born MO, father b. MO, mother b. KY

Passport Application dated 15 May 1895 from Cherry Co, Nebraska. John J. Haden and wife, Florence T. Haden born near Versailles, MO, 5 Mar 1860. The applicant was born near Glasgow, MO, 9 May 1853; his father a native born citizen of the U. S. His permanent residence was in the United States Army where he was a Capt of the 8th Regt, U.S. Infantry. He was about to go abroad temporarily and intended to return in Oct of 1895.
John was 42 years old, 5'9", blue eyes, dark brown hair. The passport was to be sent to Fort Niobrara, Nebraska.

http://www.memoriallibrary.com/NE/Cherry/1945/niobrara.htm
As the settlements moved westward across the United States, military forts were built at strategic points to protect them. Nebraska, like other states, had this form of protection. Because the land which is now included in Cherry County joined the Rosebud Indian Reservation on the south, one of these United States forts was established on April 22, 1880, on the Niobrara River four miles east of the present city of Valentine. It was named Fort Niobrara and the first officer in charge was Major John J. Upham who was then in command of troops B, D and F of the Fifth Cavalry and Company B of the Ninth Infantry. As finally laid out by Congress the military reservation around Fort Niobrara consisted of fifty-four sections of land.
The Fort was a most valuable asset to the settlers as they came into the county. It provided a market for cord wood, hay, grain, poultry and dairy products. Many women added to the family income by doing laundry for the soldiers. The soldiers often sold clothing to civilians for small sums.
Fort Niobrara was officially abandoned on October 22, 1906. The troops were transferred to other localities. A 16,000-acre tract of the military reservation was retained by the government for a national game preserve on which small herds of buffalo, elk, deer, antelope and long-horned Texas cattle roam today.

1900 Census. Coconut Grove, Dade Co, FL, Hh 134
John J. Haden, b. May 1853, age 47, married 10 years. Born MO, parents b. KY, Army Officer (Retired)
Florence P., wife, b. Mar 1860, age 40, no children, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. AL

Buried at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, DC

Birth	9 May 1851	Howard County, Missouri
Death	30 Jan 1903	Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Father	James Hambleton Marquis Haden (1822 - 1890)
Mother	Priscilla Francis January (1826 - 1885)
Sibling	Joel Harris Haden (1855 - 1928)
Sibling	Martha Smith "Pattie" Haden (1857 - 1929)
Sibling	Charles Anthony Haden (1860 - 1921)
Sibling	Mary Machir "Mamie" Haden (1862 - 1925)
Sibling	Clementine Boyd Haden (1866 - 1919)