The Shelbyville Democrat
Friday Oct. 15, 1909 Pg 1
Angel of Death
Reaped Rich Harvest
----------------------------
Three Prominent Residents
of County Passed Away
Yesterday Afternoon
John Mohr, A Shelby Coun-
ty Farmer, Died At Home
on South Miller Street
Mrs. Jane M. Bassett and
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush Also
Passed to Great Beyond
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush, a highly respected lady widely known over Shelby and Johnson counties, died at her home in Fairland at six o'clock last evening at the advanced age of seventy-seven years, eleven months and fourteen days. Death occurred after a short illness and was the result of a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Rush was born in Johnson County and she and her husband resided there for many years before they located in Shelby county. Mr. Rush passed away about ten years ago but his widow has since continued her residence at Fairland. She was an active member of the Fairland Baptist church and always an ardent worker in the Master's cause. She is survived by a family of eight children and three step-children. The children are Robert, of Logansport; Alfred and Percy, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Ollie Means, of London; Mrs. Ella Means of Indianapolis; Mrs. Carrie Norville, of Texas; Mrs. N. E. (Harriet) Williams of Fairland, and Mrs. Myrtle Taylor, of Francis, Ind. The step-children are Mrs. Pauline Crum, of Fairland; Mrs. Frances Cayton, of London, and James Rush, of Greenwood.
The funeral services will be held at the Fairland Baptist church at ten o'clock Sunday morning, Rev. T. A. Childs and Rev. C. B. Jones, both of Franklin, officiating. Interment in the Boggstown cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Note: Elizabeth Imel Rush was the daughter of George and Phoebe Gillespy Imel - her mother was not Leah Wilkinson.
Friday Oct. 15, 1909 Pg 1
Angel of Death
Reaped Rich Harvest
----------------------------
Three Prominent Residents
of County Passed Away
Yesterday Afternoon
John Mohr, A Shelby Coun-
ty Farmer, Died At Home
on South Miller Street
Mrs. Jane M. Bassett and
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush Also
Passed to Great Beyond
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush, a highly respected lady widely known over Shelby and Johnson counties, died at her home in Fairland at six o'clock last evening at the advanced age of seventy-seven years, eleven months and fourteen days. Death occurred after a short illness and was the result of a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Rush was born in Johnson County and she and her husband resided there for many years before they located in Shelby county. Mr. Rush passed away about ten years ago but his widow has since continued her residence at Fairland. She was an active member of the Fairland Baptist church and always an ardent worker in the Master's cause. She is survived by a family of eight children and three step-children. The children are Robert, of Logansport; Alfred and Percy, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Ollie Means, of London; Mrs. Ella Means of Indianapolis; Mrs. Carrie Norville, of Texas; Mrs. N. E. (Harriet) Williams of Fairland, and Mrs. Myrtle Taylor, of Francis, Ind. The step-children are Mrs. Pauline Crum, of Fairland; Mrs. Frances Cayton, of London, and James Rush, of Greenwood.
The funeral services will be held at the Fairland Baptist church at ten o'clock Sunday morning, Rev. T. A. Childs and Rev. C. B. Jones, both of Franklin, officiating. Interment in the Boggstown cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Note: Elizabeth Imel Rush was the daughter of George and Phoebe Gillespy Imel - her mother was not Leah Wilkinson.
The Shelbyville Democrat
Friday Oct. 15, 1909 Pg 1
Angel of Death
Reaped Rich Harvest
----------------------------
Three Prominent Residents
of County Passed Away
Yesterday Afternoon
John Mohr, A Shelby Coun-
ty Farmer, Died At Home
on South Miller Street
Mrs. Jane M. Bassett and
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush Also
Passed to Great Beyond
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush, a highly respected lady widely known over Shelby and Johnson counties, died at her home in Fairland at six o'clock last evening at the advanced age of seventy-seven years, eleven months and fourteen days. Death occurred after a short illness and was the result of a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Rush was born in Johnson County and she and her husband resided there for many years before they located in Shelby county. Mr. Rush passed away about ten years ago but his widow has since continued her residence at Fairland. She was an active member of the Fairland Baptist church and always an ardent worker in the Master's cause. She is survived by a family of eight children and three step-children. The children are Robert, of Logansport; Alfred and Percy, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Ollie Means, of London; Mrs. Ella Means of Indianapolis; Mrs. Carrie Norville, of Texas; Mrs. N. E. (Harriet) Williams of Fairland, and Mrs. Myrtle Taylor, of Francis, Ind. The step-children are Mrs. Pauline Crum, of Fairland; Mrs. Frances Cayton, of London, and James Rush, of Greenwood.
The funeral services will be held at the Fairland Baptist church at ten o'clock Sunday morning, Rev. T. A. Childs and Rev. C. B. Jones, both of Franklin, officiating. Interment in the Boggstown cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Note: Elizabeth Imel Rush was the daughter of George and Phoebe Gillespy Imel - her mother was not Leah Wilkinson.
Friday Oct. 15, 1909 Pg 1
Angel of Death
Reaped Rich Harvest
----------------------------
Three Prominent Residents
of County Passed Away
Yesterday Afternoon
John Mohr, A Shelby Coun-
ty Farmer, Died At Home
on South Miller Street
Mrs. Jane M. Bassett and
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush Also
Passed to Great Beyond
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush
Mrs. Elizabeth Rush, a highly respected lady widely known over Shelby and Johnson counties, died at her home in Fairland at six o'clock last evening at the advanced age of seventy-seven years, eleven months and fourteen days. Death occurred after a short illness and was the result of a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Rush was born in Johnson County and she and her husband resided there for many years before they located in Shelby county. Mr. Rush passed away about ten years ago but his widow has since continued her residence at Fairland. She was an active member of the Fairland Baptist church and always an ardent worker in the Master's cause. She is survived by a family of eight children and three step-children. The children are Robert, of Logansport; Alfred and Percy, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Ollie Means, of London; Mrs. Ella Means of Indianapolis; Mrs. Carrie Norville, of Texas; Mrs. N. E. (Harriet) Williams of Fairland, and Mrs. Myrtle Taylor, of Francis, Ind. The step-children are Mrs. Pauline Crum, of Fairland; Mrs. Frances Cayton, of London, and James Rush, of Greenwood.
The funeral services will be held at the Fairland Baptist church at ten o'clock Sunday morning, Rev. T. A. Childs and Rev. C. B. Jones, both of Franklin, officiating. Interment in the Boggstown cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Note: Elizabeth Imel Rush was the daughter of George and Phoebe Gillespy Imel - her mother was not Leah Wilkinson.
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