JOHN G FELLER, YOUNG CITIZEN AND VET

JOHN G FELLER, YOUNG CITIZEN AND VET

by

Richard Baldwin Cook

John G Feller, young citizen and vet

Of 1812, then his homestead he'd fix, 

In Shenandoah, but John G'd not get

A land grant like the vets of '76.

Not social, yet a joiner was John G, 

In iron works, scattered in the Valley round.

Formed wood molds for hot iron poured carefully.

Such toil for food and shelter, John G found.

G after John may not a lone G be.

Gefeller got quick shortened by the clerk.

No matter how recalled in history.

John recalled down his line for clever work.

Drawn South, German colonials in PA,

They're found in Shenandoah to this day. 

JOHN G FELLER, YOUNG CITIZEN AND VET

John G Feller, young citizen and vet

Of 1812, then his homestead he’d fix

In Shenandoah, but John G’d not get,

A land grant like the vets of ’76.

Not social, yet a joiner was John G,

In iron works, scattered in the Valley round.

Formed wood molds for hot iron poured carefully.

Such toil for food and shelter, John G found.

G after John may not a lone G be.

Gefeller got quick shortened by the clerk.

No matter how recalled in history.

John recalled down his line for clever work.

Drawn South, German colonials from P A,

They’re found in Shenandoah to this day. 

Copyright 2011 Richard Baldwin Cook

JOHN G FELLER is a lineal ancestor of the poet. 

This sonnet appears in SPLENDID LIVES AND OTHERWISE: Sonnets of Remembrance (Nativa LLC) 2011, available at lulu.com.