PLEASANTON ENTERPRISE 8/5/1904 ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF POTOSI TOWNSHIP DEAD AFER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL YEARS THE LAST ONE OF WHICH HE WAS ALMOST CONTANTLY CONFINED TO HIS BED, W. G. SERIHT GAVE UP THE STRUGGLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PASSED TO THAT HIGHER LIFE. HIS DEATH HAS BEEN EXPECTED FOR A LONG TIME BUT THERE WAS A SHOCK NEVERTHELESS WHEN THE NEWS BECAME KNOWN THAT HE WAS DEAD. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WERE HELD AT THE FAMILY HOME EAST OF TOWN YESTERDAY AFTER WHICH THE REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO THE PLEASANTON CEMETERY AND TENDERLY LAID TO REST. HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TURNED OUT TO PAY THEIR LAST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND FORMED ONE OF THE LARGEST FUNERAL PROCESSIONS THAT HAS PASSED THE CITY IN YEARS. DECEASED WAS BORN IN DECATUR COUNTY, IND ON DECEMBER 29, 1835. IN THE YEAR 1858, WITH HIS PARENTS HE CAME WEST AND SETTLED IN LINN COUNTY, NEAR TO THE PLACE WHERE HE DIED. IN FORMER YEARS HE WAS VERY PROMINENT IN THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY. HE FOUGHT AND BLED FOR HIS COUNTRY IN THE 60S AND WAS ALWAYS A SUFFFERER FROM THE MARKS OF PATRIOTISM HE RECEIVED IN THAT STRUGGLE. HE LEAVES A LOVING WIFE, THREE SONS, TWO DAUGHTES AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO MOURN HIS DEMISE. ALL OF HIS FAMILY WERE PRESENT WHEN THE END CAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS SON, HARRY WHO IS IN THE PHILLIPINES.
MR. SERIGHT WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS SEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY UNDER COL. JENNISON AND SERVED DURING THE WAR. HE WS MUSTERED OUT WITH AN HONORABLE RECORD AND WS KNOWN AS
ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND BEST MEN OF THE REGIMENT.
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This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
MR. SERIGHT WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS SEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY UNDER COL. JENNISON AND SERVED DURING THE WAR. HE WS MUSTERED OUT WITH AN HONORABLE RECORD AND WS KNOWN AS
ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND BEST MEN OF THE REGIMENT.
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This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
PLEASANTON ENTERPRISE 8/5/1904 ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF POTOSI TOWNSHIP DEAD AFER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL YEARS THE LAST ONE OF WHICH HE WAS ALMOST CONTANTLY CONFINED TO HIS BED, W. G. SERIHT GAVE UP THE STRUGGLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PASSED TO THAT HIGHER LIFE. HIS DEATH HAS BEEN EXPECTED FOR A LONG TIME BUT THERE WAS A SHOCK NEVERTHELESS WHEN THE NEWS BECAME KNOWN THAT HE WAS DEAD. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WERE HELD AT THE FAMILY HOME EAST OF TOWN YESTERDAY AFTER WHICH THE REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO THE PLEASANTON CEMETERY AND TENDERLY LAID TO REST. HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TURNED OUT TO PAY THEIR LAST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND FORMED ONE OF THE LARGEST FUNERAL PROCESSIONS THAT HAS PASSED THE CITY IN YEARS. DECEASED WAS BORN IN DECATUR COUNTY, IND ON DECEMBER 29, 1835. IN THE YEAR 1858, WITH HIS PARENTS HE CAME WEST AND SETTLED IN LINN COUNTY, NEAR TO THE PLACE WHERE HE DIED. IN FORMER YEARS HE WAS VERY PROMINENT IN THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY. HE FOUGHT AND BLED FOR HIS COUNTRY IN THE 60S AND WAS ALWAYS A SUFFFERER FROM THE MARKS OF PATRIOTISM HE RECEIVED IN THAT STRUGGLE. HE LEAVES A LOVING WIFE, THREE SONS, TWO DAUGHTES AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO MOURN HIS DEMISE. ALL OF HIS FAMILY WERE PRESENT WHEN THE END CAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS SON, HARRY WHO IS IN THE PHILLIPINES.
MR. SERIGHT WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS SEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY UNDER COL. JENNISON AND SERVED DURING THE WAR. HE WS MUSTERED OUT WITH AN HONORABLE RECORD AND WS KNOWN AS
ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND BEST MEN OF THE REGIMENT.
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This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
MR. SERIGHT WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS SEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY UNDER COL. JENNISON AND SERVED DURING THE WAR. HE WS MUSTERED OUT WITH AN HONORABLE RECORD AND WS KNOWN AS
ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND BEST MEN OF THE REGIMENT.
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This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
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