Obituary:
Death of a Pioneer Doctor.
Dr. Charles Angell died at his home in Pittsburg, last Friday afternoon, April 18th. Dr. Angell was born in Wayne County, Indiana, October 19, 1822, and came with his father to Carroll county at the age of two years. His age at the time of his death was seventy-nine years, five months and twenty-nine days. His father, Benjamin D. Angell, died September 16, 1825, the same year in which he came here, and his death was the first that occurred among the white settlers of the county.
Dr. Angell was the last survivor of the pioneers who came to Carroll county in 1825. The family first resided on what has since been known as the C.M. Knight farm. His mother died March 10 1840. He had one brother, Samuel, who died May 27, 1856. He had three sisters, Sarah Gillam, Ruth and Mary, all of whom are now dead. Dr. Angell was twice married. His first marriage was to Miss Lucinda Holt, who died on April 26, 1875. She was the daughter of the late Col. Ziba Holt. She left an only son, who is now Dr. Charles E. Angell, of Delphi. Dr. Angell was again married September 5, 1877, to Miss Eliza Dyer, who survives him.
Dr. Angell received an elementary education in the log school house. He attended Asbury University two years and read medicine several years in the office of Dr. James R. Blanchard in Delphi. He graduate in the College of Medicine at Caselton University, Vermont, June 16, 1846, and in the same year located at Pittsburg, where for fifty six years he practiced his profession. He acquired a large farm adjoining Pittsburg, which he managed for many years. He was one of the promoters of the Monon railroad and gave much of his time and means to secure this great artery of commerce for the benefit of the county and posterity.
During the civil war, at the request of Governor Morton, he went to the front on the firing line to assist the surgeons, and was at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, at the evacuation of Cornith and at Vicksburg, and was with the Federal forces in pursuit of Morgon in his raid into this state. Dr. Angell was a member of the I. O. O. F. Fraternity since the year 1848, and for many years was prominent in its councils.
He was the president of the old settlers’ society, having been elected to that position about six years ago to serve for the remainder of his life.
The church always found a warm friend and liberal supporter in Dr. Angell. He lent substantial aid in the building of the Methodist church in Pittsburg.
Bereft of parents when very young he endured with other the privations incident to the early settlement of this county. It was alloted to him to pass through the years renowned for ague and fevers, to see wet lands reclaimed, to witness unsurpassed productions of the soil, the growth and prosperity of the country, substantial towns, great railways, and the modern utilities of the age installed, all within one lifetime.
Having thus lived, worked, and accumulated, and having builded better than he knew, he laid down exhausted, at peace with the world and all men, and quietly died as he lived, enjoying the esteem and highest regard of all who knew him.
The funeral was held from the residence Monday afternoon at two o’clock, services conducted by Rev. L.S. Smith, of the M.E. church, of this city, assisted by Rev. George B. Jones, of Yeoman. Interment at the Odd Fellows’ cemetery; the Odd Fellows having charge of the services at the grave.
- Delphi Journal, 24 April 1902, p. 1 col. 6
Death of a Pioneer Doctor.
Dr. Charles Angell died at his home in Pittsburg, last Friday afternoon, April 18th. Dr. Angell was born in Wayne County, Indiana, October 19, 1822, and came with his father to Carroll county at the age of two years. His age at the time of his death was seventy-nine years, five months and twenty-nine days. His father, Benjamin D. Angell, died September 16, 1825, the same year in which he came here, and his death was the first that occurred among the white settlers of the county.
Dr. Angell was the last survivor of the pioneers who came to Carroll county in 1825. The family first resided on what has since been known as the C.M. Knight farm. His mother died March 10 1840. He had one brother, Samuel, who died May 27, 1856. He had three sisters, Sarah Gillam, Ruth and Mary, all of whom are now dead. Dr. Angell was twice married. His first marriage was to Miss Lucinda Holt, who died on April 26, 1875. She was the daughter of the late Col. Ziba Holt. She left an only son, who is now Dr. Charles E. Angell, of Delphi. Dr. Angell was again married September 5, 1877, to Miss Eliza Dyer, who survives him.
Dr. Angell received an elementary education in the log school house. He attended Asbury University two years and read medicine several years in the office of Dr. James R. Blanchard in Delphi. He graduate in the College of Medicine at Caselton University, Vermont, June 16, 1846, and in the same year located at Pittsburg, where for fifty six years he practiced his profession. He acquired a large farm adjoining Pittsburg, which he managed for many years. He was one of the promoters of the Monon railroad and gave much of his time and means to secure this great artery of commerce for the benefit of the county and posterity.
During the civil war, at the request of Governor Morton, he went to the front on the firing line to assist the surgeons, and was at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, at the evacuation of Cornith and at Vicksburg, and was with the Federal forces in pursuit of Morgon in his raid into this state. Dr. Angell was a member of the I. O. O. F. Fraternity since the year 1848, and for many years was prominent in its councils.
He was the president of the old settlers’ society, having been elected to that position about six years ago to serve for the remainder of his life.
The church always found a warm friend and liberal supporter in Dr. Angell. He lent substantial aid in the building of the Methodist church in Pittsburg.
Bereft of parents when very young he endured with other the privations incident to the early settlement of this county. It was alloted to him to pass through the years renowned for ague and fevers, to see wet lands reclaimed, to witness unsurpassed productions of the soil, the growth and prosperity of the country, substantial towns, great railways, and the modern utilities of the age installed, all within one lifetime.
Having thus lived, worked, and accumulated, and having builded better than he knew, he laid down exhausted, at peace with the world and all men, and quietly died as he lived, enjoying the esteem and highest regard of all who knew him.
The funeral was held from the residence Monday afternoon at two o’clock, services conducted by Rev. L.S. Smith, of the M.E. church, of this city, assisted by Rev. George B. Jones, of Yeoman. Interment at the Odd Fellows’ cemetery; the Odd Fellows having charge of the services at the grave.
- Delphi Journal, 24 April 1902, p. 1 col. 6
Obituary:
Death of a Pioneer Doctor.
Dr. Charles Angell died at his home in Pittsburg, last Friday afternoon, April 18th. Dr. Angell was born in Wayne County, Indiana, October 19, 1822, and came with his father to Carroll county at the age of two years. His age at the time of his death was seventy-nine years, five months and twenty-nine days. His father, Benjamin D. Angell, died September 16, 1825, the same year in which he came here, and his death was the first that occurred among the white settlers of the county.
Dr. Angell was the last survivor of the pioneers who came to Carroll county in 1825. The family first resided on what has since been known as the C.M. Knight farm. His mother died March 10 1840. He had one brother, Samuel, who died May 27, 1856. He had three sisters, Sarah Gillam, Ruth and Mary, all of whom are now dead. Dr. Angell was twice married. His first marriage was to Miss Lucinda Holt, who died on April 26, 1875. She was the daughter of the late Col. Ziba Holt. She left an only son, who is now Dr. Charles E. Angell, of Delphi. Dr. Angell was again married September 5, 1877, to Miss Eliza Dyer, who survives him.
Dr. Angell received an elementary education in the log school house. He attended Asbury University two years and read medicine several years in the office of Dr. James R. Blanchard in Delphi. He graduate in the College of Medicine at Caselton University, Vermont, June 16, 1846, and in the same year located at Pittsburg, where for fifty six years he practiced his profession. He acquired a large farm adjoining Pittsburg, which he managed for many years. He was one of the promoters of the Monon railroad and gave much of his time and means to secure this great artery of commerce for the benefit of the county and posterity.
During the civil war, at the request of Governor Morton, he went to the front on the firing line to assist the surgeons, and was at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, at the evacuation of Cornith and at Vicksburg, and was with the Federal forces in pursuit of Morgon in his raid into this state. Dr. Angell was a member of the I. O. O. F. Fraternity since the year 1848, and for many years was prominent in its councils.
He was the president of the old settlers’ society, having been elected to that position about six years ago to serve for the remainder of his life.
The church always found a warm friend and liberal supporter in Dr. Angell. He lent substantial aid in the building of the Methodist church in Pittsburg.
Bereft of parents when very young he endured with other the privations incident to the early settlement of this county. It was alloted to him to pass through the years renowned for ague and fevers, to see wet lands reclaimed, to witness unsurpassed productions of the soil, the growth and prosperity of the country, substantial towns, great railways, and the modern utilities of the age installed, all within one lifetime.
Having thus lived, worked, and accumulated, and having builded better than he knew, he laid down exhausted, at peace with the world and all men, and quietly died as he lived, enjoying the esteem and highest regard of all who knew him.
The funeral was held from the residence Monday afternoon at two o’clock, services conducted by Rev. L.S. Smith, of the M.E. church, of this city, assisted by Rev. George B. Jones, of Yeoman. Interment at the Odd Fellows’ cemetery; the Odd Fellows having charge of the services at the grave.
- Delphi Journal, 24 April 1902, p. 1 col. 6
Death of a Pioneer Doctor.
Dr. Charles Angell died at his home in Pittsburg, last Friday afternoon, April 18th. Dr. Angell was born in Wayne County, Indiana, October 19, 1822, and came with his father to Carroll county at the age of two years. His age at the time of his death was seventy-nine years, five months and twenty-nine days. His father, Benjamin D. Angell, died September 16, 1825, the same year in which he came here, and his death was the first that occurred among the white settlers of the county.
Dr. Angell was the last survivor of the pioneers who came to Carroll county in 1825. The family first resided on what has since been known as the C.M. Knight farm. His mother died March 10 1840. He had one brother, Samuel, who died May 27, 1856. He had three sisters, Sarah Gillam, Ruth and Mary, all of whom are now dead. Dr. Angell was twice married. His first marriage was to Miss Lucinda Holt, who died on April 26, 1875. She was the daughter of the late Col. Ziba Holt. She left an only son, who is now Dr. Charles E. Angell, of Delphi. Dr. Angell was again married September 5, 1877, to Miss Eliza Dyer, who survives him.
Dr. Angell received an elementary education in the log school house. He attended Asbury University two years and read medicine several years in the office of Dr. James R. Blanchard in Delphi. He graduate in the College of Medicine at Caselton University, Vermont, June 16, 1846, and in the same year located at Pittsburg, where for fifty six years he practiced his profession. He acquired a large farm adjoining Pittsburg, which he managed for many years. He was one of the promoters of the Monon railroad and gave much of his time and means to secure this great artery of commerce for the benefit of the county and posterity.
During the civil war, at the request of Governor Morton, he went to the front on the firing line to assist the surgeons, and was at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, at the evacuation of Cornith and at Vicksburg, and was with the Federal forces in pursuit of Morgon in his raid into this state. Dr. Angell was a member of the I. O. O. F. Fraternity since the year 1848, and for many years was prominent in its councils.
He was the president of the old settlers’ society, having been elected to that position about six years ago to serve for the remainder of his life.
The church always found a warm friend and liberal supporter in Dr. Angell. He lent substantial aid in the building of the Methodist church in Pittsburg.
Bereft of parents when very young he endured with other the privations incident to the early settlement of this county. It was alloted to him to pass through the years renowned for ague and fevers, to see wet lands reclaimed, to witness unsurpassed productions of the soil, the growth and prosperity of the country, substantial towns, great railways, and the modern utilities of the age installed, all within one lifetime.
Having thus lived, worked, and accumulated, and having builded better than he knew, he laid down exhausted, at peace with the world and all men, and quietly died as he lived, enjoying the esteem and highest regard of all who knew him.
The funeral was held from the residence Monday afternoon at two o’clock, services conducted by Rev. L.S. Smith, of the M.E. church, of this city, assisted by Rev. George B. Jones, of Yeoman. Interment at the Odd Fellows’ cemetery; the Odd Fellows having charge of the services at the grave.
- Delphi Journal, 24 April 1902, p. 1 col. 6
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