Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Tuesday, June 1, 1920
Mrs. Josephine FAIRCHILD, 82, of Kewanna, died Sunday night of old age at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Newton FAIRCHILD. Mrs. Fairchild's son was the late Newton FAIRCHILD, who was killed last Thursday when his automobile was hit by an Erie passenger train near Monterey. His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Fairchild died Sunday night about eleven o'clock. Mrs. Fairchild moved to this county about seventy years ago with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin FOUDRAY, from Flemingsburg, Kentucky, in which place she was born January 11, 1837. They came to and settled near Talma. Her father was postmaster at that place for better than thirty years. When she was about twenty years old she was united in marriage with Fairchild. To this union seven children were born, Nathan [FAIRCHILD], Francis [FAIRCHILD], Mary [FAIRCHILD], Ellen [FAIRCHILD], Perry [FAIRCHILD], Newton [FAIRCHILD] and Sam [FAIRCHILD]. Only one child survives her, Samuel, of Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Fairchild was a member of the Methodist church since she was a very young girl. She was also a member of the Rebekah lodge at Kewanna. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the home of the late Newton Fairchild at Kewanna with burial in the cemetery in that town.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1920 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Mrs. Josephine FAIRCHILD, 82, of Kewanna, died Sunday night of old age at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Newton FAIRCHILD. Mrs. Fairchild's son was the late Newton FAIRCHILD, who was killed last Thursday when his automobile was hit by an Erie passenger train near Monterey. His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Fairchild died Sunday night about eleven o'clock. Mrs. Fairchild moved to this county about seventy years ago with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin FOUDRAY, from Flemingsburg, Kentucky, in which place she was born January 11, 1837. They came to and settled near Talma. Her father was postmaster at that place for better than thirty years. When she was about twenty years old she was united in marriage with Fairchild. To this union seven children were born, Nathan [FAIRCHILD], Francis [FAIRCHILD], Mary [FAIRCHILD], Ellen [FAIRCHILD], Perry [FAIRCHILD], Newton [FAIRCHILD] and Sam [FAIRCHILD]. Only one child survives her, Samuel, of Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Fairchild was a member of the Methodist church since she was a very young girl. She was also a member of the Rebekah lodge at Kewanna. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the home of the late Newton Fairchild at Kewanna with burial in the cemetery in that town.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1920 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Tuesday, June 1, 1920
Mrs. Josephine FAIRCHILD, 82, of Kewanna, died Sunday night of old age at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Newton FAIRCHILD. Mrs. Fairchild's son was the late Newton FAIRCHILD, who was killed last Thursday when his automobile was hit by an Erie passenger train near Monterey. His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Fairchild died Sunday night about eleven o'clock. Mrs. Fairchild moved to this county about seventy years ago with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin FOUDRAY, from Flemingsburg, Kentucky, in which place she was born January 11, 1837. They came to and settled near Talma. Her father was postmaster at that place for better than thirty years. When she was about twenty years old she was united in marriage with Fairchild. To this union seven children were born, Nathan [FAIRCHILD], Francis [FAIRCHILD], Mary [FAIRCHILD], Ellen [FAIRCHILD], Perry [FAIRCHILD], Newton [FAIRCHILD] and Sam [FAIRCHILD]. Only one child survives her, Samuel, of Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Fairchild was a member of the Methodist church since she was a very young girl. She was also a member of the Rebekah lodge at Kewanna. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the home of the late Newton Fairchild at Kewanna with burial in the cemetery in that town.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1920 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Mrs. Josephine FAIRCHILD, 82, of Kewanna, died Sunday night of old age at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Newton FAIRCHILD. Mrs. Fairchild's son was the late Newton FAIRCHILD, who was killed last Thursday when his automobile was hit by an Erie passenger train near Monterey. His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Fairchild died Sunday night about eleven o'clock. Mrs. Fairchild moved to this county about seventy years ago with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin FOUDRAY, from Flemingsburg, Kentucky, in which place she was born January 11, 1837. They came to and settled near Talma. Her father was postmaster at that place for better than thirty years. When she was about twenty years old she was united in marriage with Fairchild. To this union seven children were born, Nathan [FAIRCHILD], Francis [FAIRCHILD], Mary [FAIRCHILD], Ellen [FAIRCHILD], Perry [FAIRCHILD], Newton [FAIRCHILD] and Sam [FAIRCHILD]. Only one child survives her, Samuel, of Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Fairchild was a member of the Methodist church since she was a very young girl. She was also a member of the Rebekah lodge at Kewanna. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the home of the late Newton Fairchild at Kewanna with burial in the cemetery in that town.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1920 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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