JAMES MILTON OUTCALT - son of James and Mary Jane Outcalt (Lyon), was born at Edison, OH, December 13th 1880 and passed to the great beyond April 20th, 1931, at the home in Pleasantville, OH, aged 50 years, 4 months and 7 days. October 20th 1919 he was united in marriage to Callie Jane Sriner, to which union was born three children, Franklin Eugene., Maxine Eldred and Karl Nelson, all of the home, who with a faithful and loving wife remain to mourn the loss of a very dear father and husband. There also remains one sister Bertha Maude Kanuth of Columbus, OH, and one brother Edwin Clark Outcalt of Basil, OH, who together with a large number of relatives and friends are deeply grieved at his sudden taking away. James Milton's boyhood days were spent on the little farm on the banks of Poplar Creek, just west of Basil, where he grew to manhood. He took up the profession of Telegraph Operator, under the direction of E.E. Doughty then agent at Basil. The last twenty-five years of his life was spent in the employ of the T. & C.C. and NYC Railroad Company, and for the past twelve years has been located at Pleasantville, where he enjoyed a wide circle of friends. Before his marriage he became a member of Basil M.E. Church, and later transferred his membership to Pleasantviile M.E. Church of which he was a faithful and loyal member. He was a member of Pleasant Valley Lodge No. 531F and A.M. and was twice honored by his Lodge with the highest honors a Lodge can confer, and was at the time of his death its presiding officer. He was also a member of White Shield Chapter No. 97 O.E.S. which he has served as Worthy Patron and in other official capacity. For a number of years he has been a member of the Board of Education of Pleasant Township Schools and at present time was President of the Board. He was very much interested in the school's and all their activities especially music and athletics, in which he took an active interest. But his chief delight and his highest ambition in life was for his home and family of which he was very fond, and was always ready to sacrifice any personal pleasure for their welfare and happiness. He was a respected and honored citizen, always taking great interest in anything that was for the good of the community. He will be greatly missed not only in the home but in the community in which he lived his entire life. You his neighbors and friends know his life. It has been an open book. He has lived and loved, and may it be well said of him, "he lived to bless mankind." We can say no more. The announcement of of his death came as a shock to his many friends a number of whom had met and talked to him only a few hours previous to his death. The many beautiful floral offerings and expressions of sympathy bear evidence of the high esteem in which he was held by his neighbors and friends and fellow employees. we love to think of him as he was in life, a kind and loyal husband, and loving father and friend to all.

I can not say, and I will not say That he is dead, He is just away! With a cherry smile and a wave of the band He has wandered into an unknown land, and left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be since he Hungers there. And You- Oh You, who so fondly yearn For the old time step and the glad return , think of him faring on, as dear In the Love of Thee, as the love of Here, Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just away. respectfully submitted by A.Outcalt (G.Grandson) (Obit from unidentified newspaper article from son, Franklin Eugene & Catharine Outcalt)