It is believed that Abraham Lincoln Deckard, 1851-1940, was buried in the Knightridge Cemetery although he and his wife also have a double tombstone in the Deckard Cemetery. See Find A Grave memorials # 10505449 and # 10505450 in the Deckard Cemetery for Abraham Deckard, 1851-1940, and Mary Deckard, 1855-1922. There is conflicting information regarding Abraham Deckard’s burial location. Abraham Deckard’s obituaries in The Daily Telephone newspaper state that burial would be in the Deckard Cemetery. The Monroe County, Indiana Death Records Index and the Knightridge Cemetery records state that burial was in the Knightridge Cemetery.
Abraham Deckard, Age 88, Dies at Home of Daughter
Abraham Deckard, 88-year-old native of Lawrence county and retired Brown county farmer, died this morning at 9 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Serepha Chambers, with whom he had been living for nearly two years at 1105 North Faculty Avenue. He had been ill for a year and a half and had been weakening gradually. Death was attributed to paralysis.
Mrs. Deckard died approximately 16 years ago and survivors include five children; Mrs. Chambers, with whom he had lived in Bloomington, Mrs. Martin Steinhagen of Oolitic, C. W. Deckard of Mitchell, Ella Deckard of Bloomington and Mrs. Lish Elkins of Nashville.
Funeral services are to be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Knight Ridge church with the Rev. George Deckard officiating. Burial will be in the Deckard cemetery 14 miles from Bloomington. Until the funeral hour, the body will remain at the Day funeral home.
[The Daily Telephone, February 9, 1940, page 7, column 7]
DECKARD, ABRAHAM, died at his home, 1105 North Faculty, 9 a.m. Friday. Funeral 1:30 Sunday at Knight Ridge church in charge of George Deckard. Burial in Deckard Cemetery. Body will lie in state at the home until funeral hour. Arthur Day Service.
[The Daily Telephone, February 10, 1940, page 7, column 1]
ABRAHAM DECKARD
Abraham Deckard, age 88, a retired Brown county farmer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Srepha Chambers last Friday, in Bloomintgon (sic). Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Knight Ridge church in Monroe county.
[Brown County Democrat, February 15, 1940]
The Monroe County, Indiana Death Records Index lists Abraham Deckard as follows:
Name: Deckard, Abraham
Age: 88
DOD: February 9, 1940
Burial Place: Knight Ridge
Record of Interments within The Knightridge Cemetery in Salt Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana that was prepared in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research for Don Hall, Salt Creek Township Trustee, in the ‘Not Found List’ section (i.e., the Knightridge Cemetery records contain data on the individual but the actual burial location in the Knightridge Cemetery was not identified in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research), shows the following record;
Deckard, Abraham Lincoln, Birth - Unknown, Death - February 9, 1940.
Cemeteries of Monroe County, Death Index c/1830 – 1990, prepared in 1993 by the Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, IN 47408 contains 1,033 records for the Knightridge Cemetery (including 12 records for individuals with the last name of Deckard) but does not show a record for Abraham Deckard.
Contributor: David Tate (47381026)
Abraham Deckard, Age 88, Dies at Home of Daughter
Abraham Deckard, 88-year-old native of Lawrence county and retired Brown county farmer, died this morning at 9 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Serepha Chambers, with whom he had been living for nearly two years at 1105 North Faculty Avenue. He had been ill for a year and a half and had been weakening gradually. Death was attributed to paralysis.
Mrs. Deckard died approximately 16 years ago and survivors include five children; Mrs. Chambers, with whom he had lived in Bloomington, Mrs. Martin Steinhagen of Oolitic, C. W. Deckard of Mitchell, Ella Deckard of Bloomington and Mrs. Lish Elkins of Nashville.
Funeral services are to be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Knight Ridge church with the Rev. George Deckard officiating. Burial will be in the Deckard cemetery 14 miles from Bloomington. Until the funeral hour, the body will remain at the Day funeral home.
[The Daily Telephone, February 9, 1940, page 7, column 7]
DECKARD, ABRAHAM, died at his home, 1105 North Faculty, 9 a.m. Friday. Funeral 1:30 Sunday at Knight Ridge church in charge of George Deckard. Burial in Deckard Cemetery. Body will lie in state at the home until funeral hour. Arthur Day Service.
[The Daily Telephone, February 10, 1940, page 7, column 1]
ABRAHAM DECKARD
Abraham Deckard, age 88, a retired Brown county farmer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Srepha Chambers last Friday, in Bloomintgon (sic). Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Knight Ridge church in Monroe county.
[Brown County Democrat, February 15, 1940]
The Monroe County, Indiana Death Records Index lists Abraham Deckard as follows:
Name: Deckard, Abraham
Age: 88
DOD: February 9, 1940
Burial Place: Knight Ridge
Record of Interments within The Knightridge Cemetery in Salt Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana that was prepared in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research for Don Hall, Salt Creek Township Trustee, in the ‘Not Found List’ section (i.e., the Knightridge Cemetery records contain data on the individual but the actual burial location in the Knightridge Cemetery was not identified in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research), shows the following record;
Deckard, Abraham Lincoln, Birth - Unknown, Death - February 9, 1940.
Cemeteries of Monroe County, Death Index c/1830 – 1990, prepared in 1993 by the Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, IN 47408 contains 1,033 records for the Knightridge Cemetery (including 12 records for individuals with the last name of Deckard) but does not show a record for Abraham Deckard.
Contributor: David Tate (47381026)
It is believed that Abraham Lincoln Deckard, 1851-1940, was buried in the Knightridge Cemetery although he and his wife also have a double tombstone in the Deckard Cemetery. See Find A Grave memorials # 10505449 and # 10505450 in the Deckard Cemetery for Abraham Deckard, 1851-1940, and Mary Deckard, 1855-1922. There is conflicting information regarding Abraham Deckard’s burial location. Abraham Deckard’s obituaries in The Daily Telephone newspaper state that burial would be in the Deckard Cemetery. The Monroe County, Indiana Death Records Index and the Knightridge Cemetery records state that burial was in the Knightridge Cemetery.
Abraham Deckard, Age 88, Dies at Home of Daughter
Abraham Deckard, 88-year-old native of Lawrence county and retired Brown county farmer, died this morning at 9 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Serepha Chambers, with whom he had been living for nearly two years at 1105 North Faculty Avenue. He had been ill for a year and a half and had been weakening gradually. Death was attributed to paralysis.
Mrs. Deckard died approximately 16 years ago and survivors include five children; Mrs. Chambers, with whom he had lived in Bloomington, Mrs. Martin Steinhagen of Oolitic, C. W. Deckard of Mitchell, Ella Deckard of Bloomington and Mrs. Lish Elkins of Nashville.
Funeral services are to be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Knight Ridge church with the Rev. George Deckard officiating. Burial will be in the Deckard cemetery 14 miles from Bloomington. Until the funeral hour, the body will remain at the Day funeral home.
[The Daily Telephone, February 9, 1940, page 7, column 7]
DECKARD, ABRAHAM, died at his home, 1105 North Faculty, 9 a.m. Friday. Funeral 1:30 Sunday at Knight Ridge church in charge of George Deckard. Burial in Deckard Cemetery. Body will lie in state at the home until funeral hour. Arthur Day Service.
[The Daily Telephone, February 10, 1940, page 7, column 1]
ABRAHAM DECKARD
Abraham Deckard, age 88, a retired Brown county farmer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Srepha Chambers last Friday, in Bloomintgon (sic). Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Knight Ridge church in Monroe county.
[Brown County Democrat, February 15, 1940]
The Monroe County, Indiana Death Records Index lists Abraham Deckard as follows:
Name: Deckard, Abraham
Age: 88
DOD: February 9, 1940
Burial Place: Knight Ridge
Record of Interments within The Knightridge Cemetery in Salt Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana that was prepared in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research for Don Hall, Salt Creek Township Trustee, in the ‘Not Found List’ section (i.e., the Knightridge Cemetery records contain data on the individual but the actual burial location in the Knightridge Cemetery was not identified in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research), shows the following record;
Deckard, Abraham Lincoln, Birth - Unknown, Death - February 9, 1940.
Cemeteries of Monroe County, Death Index c/1830 – 1990, prepared in 1993 by the Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, IN 47408 contains 1,033 records for the Knightridge Cemetery (including 12 records for individuals with the last name of Deckard) but does not show a record for Abraham Deckard.
Contributor: David Tate (47381026)
Abraham Deckard, Age 88, Dies at Home of Daughter
Abraham Deckard, 88-year-old native of Lawrence county and retired Brown county farmer, died this morning at 9 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Serepha Chambers, with whom he had been living for nearly two years at 1105 North Faculty Avenue. He had been ill for a year and a half and had been weakening gradually. Death was attributed to paralysis.
Mrs. Deckard died approximately 16 years ago and survivors include five children; Mrs. Chambers, with whom he had lived in Bloomington, Mrs. Martin Steinhagen of Oolitic, C. W. Deckard of Mitchell, Ella Deckard of Bloomington and Mrs. Lish Elkins of Nashville.
Funeral services are to be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Knight Ridge church with the Rev. George Deckard officiating. Burial will be in the Deckard cemetery 14 miles from Bloomington. Until the funeral hour, the body will remain at the Day funeral home.
[The Daily Telephone, February 9, 1940, page 7, column 7]
DECKARD, ABRAHAM, died at his home, 1105 North Faculty, 9 a.m. Friday. Funeral 1:30 Sunday at Knight Ridge church in charge of George Deckard. Burial in Deckard Cemetery. Body will lie in state at the home until funeral hour. Arthur Day Service.
[The Daily Telephone, February 10, 1940, page 7, column 1]
ABRAHAM DECKARD
Abraham Deckard, age 88, a retired Brown county farmer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Srepha Chambers last Friday, in Bloomintgon (sic). Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Knight Ridge church in Monroe county.
[Brown County Democrat, February 15, 1940]
The Monroe County, Indiana Death Records Index lists Abraham Deckard as follows:
Name: Deckard, Abraham
Age: 88
DOD: February 9, 1940
Burial Place: Knight Ridge
Record of Interments within The Knightridge Cemetery in Salt Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana that was prepared in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research for Don Hall, Salt Creek Township Trustee, in the ‘Not Found List’ section (i.e., the Knightridge Cemetery records contain data on the individual but the actual burial location in the Knightridge Cemetery was not identified in 2017 by Historic Archaeological Research), shows the following record;
Deckard, Abraham Lincoln, Birth - Unknown, Death - February 9, 1940.
Cemeteries of Monroe County, Death Index c/1830 – 1990, prepared in 1993 by the Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, IN 47408 contains 1,033 records for the Knightridge Cemetery (including 12 records for individuals with the last name of Deckard) but does not show a record for Abraham Deckard.
Contributor: David Tate (47381026)
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