PLEASANTON HERALD 8/7/1908
ON THE AFTERNOON OF MONDAY AUG 3/1908 AT THE HOME OF HIS SON IN LAW DR. ASHLEY, IN THIS CITY THIS WELL KNOWN CITIZEN PASSED AWAY. HE WAS BORN JULY 22, 1839 IN RUSH COUNTY, IND. WITH HIS PARENTS HE STARTED FOR KANSAS BUT OWING TO THE DISTURBED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE TERRITORY AT THAT TIME THEY DID NOT REACH HERE UNTIL 1858 WHEN THEY SETTLED IN POTOSI TOWNSHIP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE SINCE MADE HIS HOME.
ON MARCH 17, 1864 HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS LUSETTA EPPS WHO WITH NINE OF TWELVE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BORN TO THEM, SURVIVE HIM. HIS EARLY TRAINING WAS ON A FARM AND HIS ENERGIES AND INTELLIGENCE HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF HIS CHOSEN CALLING. BEGINNING WITH NOTHING BUT WILLING HANDS AND A CLEAR HEAD, AMASSED AN ABUNDANT COMPETANCE AND BECAME FINANCIALY ONE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL MEN OF THE COUNTY.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS PREACHED AT THE RESIDENCE, THREE MILES EAST OF PLEASANTON AT 1 OCLOCK THURSDAY BY REV. EDWARDS OF PARSONS AFTER WHICH THE REMAINS WERE CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF EUREKA LODGE, NO 88, A. F. & A. M. FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FRIENDS TO THE PLEASANTON CEMETERY WHERE ALL THAT WAS MORTAL OF THIS WORTHY CITIZEN WAS TENDERLY LAID TO REST.
This was a very long obit and I picked up on the important parts.
Janet Donner
PLEASANTON HERALD 8/7/1908
ON THE AFTERNOON OF MONDAY AUG 3/1908 AT THE HOME OF HIS SON IN LAW DR. ASHLEY, IN THIS CITY THIS WELL KNOWN CITIZEN PASSED AWAY. HE WAS BORN JULY 22, 1839 IN RUSH COUNTY, IND. WITH HIS PARENTS HE STARTED FOR KANSAS BUT OWING TO THE DISTURBED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE TERRITORY AT THAT TIME THEY DID NOT REACH HERE UNTIL 1858 WHEN THEY SETTLED IN POTOSI TOWNSHIP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE SINCE MADE HIS HOME.
ON MARCH 17, 1864 HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS LUSETTA EPPS WHO WITH NINE OF TWELVE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BORN TO THEM, SURVIVE HIM. HIS EARLY TRAINING WAS ON A FARM AND HIS ENERGIES AND INTELLIGENCE HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF HIS CHOSEN CALLING. BEGINNING WITH NOTHING BUT WILLING HANDS AND A CLEAR HEAD, AMASSED AN ABUNDANT COMPETANCE AND BECAME FINANCIALY ONE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL MEN OF THE COUNTY.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS PREACHED AT THE RESIDENCE, THREE MILES EAST OF PLEASANTON AT 1 OCLOCK THURSDAY BY REV. EDWARDS OF PARSONS AFTER WHICH THE REMAINS WERE CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF EUREKA LODGE, NO 88, A. F. & A. M. FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FRIENDS TO THE PLEASANTON CEMETERY WHERE ALL THAT WAS MORTAL OF THIS WORTHY CITIZEN WAS TENDERLY LAID TO REST.
This was a very long obit and I picked up on the important parts.
Janet Donner
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