Josephine was the daughter of James & Celia Pugh. She was a reporter for the Indianapolis News when she met and married famous poet William Miller Herschell. They were wed on June 3, 1908. They didn't have any children.
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Taken from the July 25, 1968 issue of the Owen Leader:
Mrs. William Herschell Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Josephine Herschell widow of the late poet William Herschell, a native of Spencer, who wrote the poem, "Ain't God Good To Indiana", died Sunday in an Indianapolis nursing home. She was 93.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday at the Flanner & Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary. Interment was in crown Hill Cemetery.
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Taken from the July 25, 1968 issue of the Owen Leader:
Mrs. William Herschell Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Josephine Herschell widow of the late poet William Herschell, a native of Spencer, who wrote the poem, "Ain't God Good To Indiana", died Sunday in an Indianapolis nursing home. She was 93.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday at the Flanner & Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary. Interment was in crown Hill Cemetery.
Josephine was the daughter of James & Celia Pugh. She was a reporter for the Indianapolis News when she met and married famous poet William Miller Herschell. They were wed on June 3, 1908. They didn't have any children.
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Taken from the July 25, 1968 issue of the Owen Leader:
Mrs. William Herschell Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Josephine Herschell widow of the late poet William Herschell, a native of Spencer, who wrote the poem, "Ain't God Good To Indiana", died Sunday in an Indianapolis nursing home. She was 93.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday at the Flanner & Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary. Interment was in crown Hill Cemetery.
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Taken from the July 25, 1968 issue of the Owen Leader:
Mrs. William Herschell Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Josephine Herschell widow of the late poet William Herschell, a native of Spencer, who wrote the poem, "Ain't God Good To Indiana", died Sunday in an Indianapolis nursing home. She was 93.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday at the Flanner & Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary. Interment was in crown Hill Cemetery.
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Josephine Herschell
1875-1968
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burial: JUL 23,1968
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