1900 Liberty Twp., Porter Co., IN

Andrew Mangles b. May 1835 Sweden, single, in US 24yrs

Porter Co., IN death transcriptions

Andrew Mangles

age ca 82yrs

IN death certificate

Andrew Maryles?/Mangles?

d. county farm

Maplewood Cemetery

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MORTUARY RECORD.

Andrew Mangles.

Andrew Mangles died at the county farm Friday night after a lingering illness. Deceased was 82 years of age and was a former resident of Liberty township.

Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 20, 1908; Volume 25, Number 21, Page 7, Column 5.

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OLD "MASSIE" DEAD

CHARACTER ABOUT CHESTERTON FOR YEARS PASSES AWAY AT COUNTY HOUSE.

Disappearance of His "Savings Bank" Causes a Search to Be Made at the County Institution.

Andrew Mangler, better known to the people of Chesterton and northern part of Porter county as "Massie," passed out of this world at the county house several days ago, his fatal illness being fatty degeneration of the heart.

For many years "Massie" was a familiar face about Chesterton. Five years ago his physical condition became such that it was thought best to place him in the county asylum, where he could be accorded proper medical treatment and where he would be properly looked after as to food and clothing. The old man disliked the trip "over the hill to the poor house" and for two or three years after taking up his residence in the infirmary, would occasionally slip away from the institution and walk back to Chesterton.

When the old man was received at the asylum he had no money, but through the generosity of friends he was able to assemble a fund which in 1906 aggregated $6. Since that time another dollar was added to the sum and "Massie" guarded the money better than his life. He kept the money in an old pocketbook, which he concealed in his bedtick which he called his savings bank. After the death of the aged fellow, Superintendent Funk, who had been taken into "Massie's" confidence as to the "savings bank," searched the tick for the old man's hoard, but found no trace of it. Further search of the county house and the premises frequented by the aged man failed to bring to light the missing money. It is generally believed that "Massie" realized that he was soon to pass out of the world and to prevent anyone from spending his funds, buried the same in some unfrequented place on the county farm.

Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 17, 1908; Volume 25, Number 25, Page 2, Column 2.

contributed by Steve Shook