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Newspaper:  The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
HEADLINE:  ODBER MILES HARTT IS DEAD  1851-1918
Overexertion from shoveling snow fatal to aged man.
    The former shoe factory superintendent of the Wayne Boot and Shoe Company, later a well-known Fort Wayne insurance man and recently in service of the government in the quartermaster’s department at St. Louis, Missouri as a shoe inspector, expired very suddenly at 9 o’clock, Monday at his home 8201 South Fairfield Avenue.  Death was due to arterio sclerosis caused by overexertion.  Soon after a snowstorm yesterday morning, he busied himself clearing snow from the deeply drifted walks in front of his home.  His wife called him to breakfast shortly before 9o’clock.  Shortly after coming into the house he was stricken and expired in less than five minutes.  He came to Fort Wayne ten years ago to become superintendent of Wayne Boot and Shoe resigning a similar position with a Huntington shoe factory.  Prior to his coming to his city he was instrumental in establishing several shoe factories throughout the eastern part of the country.  After the local shoe manufacturing company went out of business, he became engaged in the insurance business.  He was also a candidate for county recorder on the Republican ticket several years ago.
    Widely known expert in every phase of the shoe manufacturing industry, he was an inspector at the large shoe distribution depot in St. Louise.  He came home for a short time in order to visit with his son, Student Officer, Raymond Hartt of the US Aviation Corps who left here less than a week ago for Berkeley, California after a brief furlough. Odber was a member of the Fort Wayne Baptist church: born September 4, 1851; survived by his wife, Effie, sons: Wilbur M. Hartt of Pittsburgh, Odber Raymond Hartt, Harry D. Hartt of Huntington, Indiana, daughters: Mrs. Maud Loudoun, Misses Hazel and Mabel in Fort Wayne.
    Odber was one of the most influential members of the local Progressive Party and was one of the organizers of the party in this county.  He has already told a number of the Progressives of his return to Republican ranks and it is possible that others will follow his announcement.  He was a candidate for commissioner on the Progressive ticket at the November election.

More History:.
Odber was born September. 4,1852 in New Brunswick, Canada  to George & Martha Jane Hartt. He died March 5, 1918 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, New York with three of his infant children and his mother.  As there is no record of the family on the 1861 NB Census, it is presumed that the whole family moved to the USA before he was 9. At the age of 13 he was an apprentice shoemaker in North Adams, Massachusetts.  He would have been about 19 years old when his father died.
In the 1871 Census for the Parish of Wakefield, NB Odber was listed in the household of James Boyer a Boot and Leather Manufacturer. It appears he returned from North Adams, Mass. and was in this area when his father died.
Odber married Matilda Loretta Kilburn, of Kingsclear, N.B. on Dec. 16, 1878, in New York City. She was born on Jan. 16, 1855 and died Sept. 8, 1902.  Loretta is buried in the Kingsclear-Kilburn Cemetery with one infant.  She was originally buried on the Kilburn farm, but when the Mactaquac Dam was constructed, many homes disappeared under the new head pond and cemeteries had to be relocated to higher ground.  When Odber Miles and Loretta returned to live in Fredericton about 1897, they lived on York Street where the Hartt Boot and Shoe Factory Co. Ltd was constructed in 1899.  Two years after Loretta died, he sold his share of the factory, and moved back to the USA in 1904. They were Free Christian Baptist people.  He married again a woman who had been also previously married; so then he acquired a second family of two stepdaughters; Pam and Gwen Roberts.  Over the years he worked in shoe factories in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York at Gardiner and Estes, Michigan and Indiana.  The last factory Odber Miles managed was in Huntington, Indiana. It was sold at public auction in October 1941.
Odber Miles taught boxing in New York City, Fort Wayne Indiana and Boston.  He used the attic of his house in Indiana, as a gym. In an exhibition match, he knocked out John L. Sullivan with a lucky punch.  Loretta lost her prize parakeet in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Odber heard there was one in a house two blocks behind their house.  He knocked on the neighbor’s door and his reputation as a boxer, scared the man into giving up the pet bird.
The Silver Company, shoemakers in Tarrytown, New York, awarded him a gold cane as he had been plant superintendent there from 1887 to 1897, before moving back to Fredericton to build the Hartt Boot and Shoe Co. Ltd.  While he was working there, he leased an estate overlooking the Hudson River next to the estate of J. D. Rockefeller.
Children of Odber Miles & Loretta (Kilburn) Hartt
Harry Dell 1891-1965, Benjamin Franklin 1882-1882, Wilbur Miles 1879-1966, Jennie 1883-1885, Margaret Maud 1883-1966, Frank K. 1886-1887, Mabel Idella 1899-1994, Hazel Loretta 1895-? , Frederick 1892-1892, Etta May 1889-1891, Odber Ray 1893-1970
(Contributed by Diana Cowland www.myhartt.com)
Fort Wayne Gazette, Sunday January 13, 1884
Hon. Pliny Hoagland

Pliny Hoagland, the fifth son of Moses and Elizabeth Hoagland, was born near New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 31, 1810.  His father was a farmer, and when Pliny was fourteen years of age the family moved to a farm in Holmes county, near Millersburg, Ohio.  He studied and commenced civil engineering and was stationed on the Sandy & Beaver canal, now mostly occupied by railroads, passing through Columbiana, Carrol and Stark counties, Ohio.  From thence he was transferred, in 1838, to the Wabash & Erie Canal, a state improvement of Ohio, and stationed at Toledo and Maumee City.  He was married to Merica, second daughter of Dr. John and Elizabeth Taylor Evans, at Fort Wayne, September 9, 1844.  Mrs. Hoagland died in 1861.  He remained in the service of the State of Ohio as an engineer until he fall of 1845, when he moved to Fort Wayne and started in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, S. Cary Evans.  Quitting this he engaged in produce trade with E. Nichols, and afterwards milling with J. L. Williams, and C. Tresselt to present date, Mr. Williams retiring from the firm in ___.
In 1851 Mr. Hoagland, Judge Samuel Hanna, and others, organized the Ohio & Indiana railroad company to build from Crestline to Fort Wayne, connecting with the Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad at Crestline.  In the fall of 1853 the company were short of funds, and Mr. Hoagland and Judge Hanna effected a private loan – on their own responsibility – with which they continued the work that winter.  Mr. Hoagland often spoke of it as the hardest struggle he ever experienced.  The first passenger coach ran into Fort Wayne, November 1, 1854.  The road from Fort Wayne to Chicago was continued and completed in 1859.
In 1856 the charter of the Indiana State Bank expired and was rechartered under the name of Bank of the State, a branch organized here by Mr. Hoagland, Mr. Hugh McCulloch; and others, with Mr. McCulloch as president and Mr. Hoagland as one o the directors.  This bank was converted into the Fort Wayne national bank in 1865 with the late C. D. Bond as vice-president, which office he held at the time of his death.  During the fall of 1856 Mr. Hoagland was elected by the Democrats to the legislature; afterwards in the fall of 1862 to the senate for four years, but after serving one session resigned.
In 1859 he was elected cemetery trustee, holding the office at the time of his death.
In 1866 he was elected director of the G. R. & I. railroad company, the road being completed from Grand Rapids to Fort Wayne in 187_.
In 1871 he became director of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne road, which was completed in 1873.
In 1868 Mr. Hoagland was appointed school trustee, which office he held with O. P. Morgan, Dr. John Irwin and A. P. Edgerton, Dr. Irwin’s successor till 1880.
He had been confined to his apartments since Saturday, and Thursday about 2 p.m., while still in bed, after partaking of refreshments, he called his daughter hastily to him, and in a short time passed away, surrounded by his two daughters and intimate friends.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)
The Fort Wayne News Fort Wayne, Indiana March 4, 1898
MANY PERSONS CALLED
James Evans Hoagland Dies in Philadelphia After a Day’s Illness
Relatives in this city have received the news of the death of James Evans Hoagland, a former resident of this city, at his home in Philadelphia, the immediate cause of his death being congestion of the brain.  Mr. Hoagland held a responsible position with the Pennsylvania company and was highly esteemed by his associates.  Mr. Hoagland’s death was very sudden.
James Hoagland was the oldest son of Pliny and Merica Hoagland.  He was born in Fort Wayne, Dec. 1, 1845.  He lived her until 1882, when he went to Philadelphia.  In 1885 he was married to Mrs. Honora T. Baird, of that city.
The surviving relatives are his wife, a brother, Mr. John R. Hoagland of Chicago, and three sisters, Mrs. S. R. Backus, of Toledo, Mrs. w. H. Fleming, and Miss Merica Hoagland, of this city.
The funeral will be held Monday at Philadelphia.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)
Newspaper clipping [name of Fort Wayne newspaper and date unknown her date of death was
Mrs. S. R. Backus, of Toledo, who was a daughter of the late Hon. Pliny Hoagland, of this city, died early Friday morning in New York, where she, with her daughter, Miss Emma, had gone to spend the winter.  News of her death came in a telegram to her sister, Mrs. Emma U. Fleming, of West Berry street.  Mrs. Fleming was not aware of her sister’s illness, and news of her demise was a most painful and sudden shock.
Mrs. Backus was Miss Elizabeth Hoagland, and prior to her marriage to Mr. Backus, whose death occurred some years ago, she lived in Fort Wayne.  Sine her marriage, Mrs. Backus has resided in Toledo, where her husband died, and where the remains of the wife will be laid to rest.  She leaves one daughter.  Mrs. Emma U. Fleming, of this city, and Miss Merica Hoagland, of Indianapolis, are sisters.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)

Name of Deceased: Doynie (Deonis/Dennis) Brennenkant
Obit: Doynie Brennenkant, and old German resident, residing at 14 Swinney Avenue, fell dead in his bed room while preparing to retire for the night, last Saturday evening.  His body was not discovered until Sunday morning, when his daughter, Lizzie, went to the room to investigate the reason for his nonappearance at the breakfast table. Before going to his room he exhibited no unusual signs of weakness and did not complain of being ill, but the opinion of the attending physician is that while in the act of undressing himself he was stricken with paralysis, expiring instantly.  The deceased was aged 70 years, 4 mos., and 11 days. He lived alone with his daughter, Lizzie, a young lady, who kept house for him.  Shortly after finding the body she received a telegram from Toledo announcing the sudden death of her sister Mrs. Lena Strasbaugh (Strausbaugh). The surviving children of Mr. Brennenkant are Mrs. William Knoll and Miss Lizzie Brennenkant, of the city, and a son, John W. Brennenkant, who works for the Nickel Plate railroad at Chicago.
Newspaper: Ft. Wayne, March 9, 1897
Submitters Name: S. Vaughn


Run Down by a Car,
Fort Wayne, April 10.—Jacob Martin, a well known citizen, was rundown by a streetcar on the Hauna street line. He was rolled nearly half a block before the car could be stopped, and was badly mangled. He was taken to Hope hospital, where he died.
Date: 1895-04-11; Paper: American Nonconformist


Dec. 7, 1899
Fort Wayne, IN.,  A.C. Keel, a prominent Republican politician of this city, died today of paralysis. He was 65 yrs of age and a native of Stark Co. Ohio. He served in the 19th Ohio Regiment during the Civil War as Lieutenant and Captain and afterwards, having been permanently crippled at Stone River, was given a commission in the veteran Reserves, serving at Washington. He came here in 1868 and has been in business here ever since. He was for years prominent in politics and in 1898 ran for the county auditor but was defeated.

Dec. 6,1899
Fort Wayne, IN, Charles P. Fletcher, who built the Pennsylvania and Wabash Railway into Fort Wayne, died tonight of typhoid fever, at his home, in this city. Mr. Fletcher was a native of new Hampshire and was 72 yrs old. He was a pioneer in railroad building. In 1854 he built the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago from  Crestline to this city, and the following year built the Wabash from Defiance to Fort Wayne. The former road was the first to enter northern Indiana. In 1853 Mr. Fletcher established the first restaurant in Fort Wayne and a year later built the Summitt City Hotel, now the Hasmon House. He served as deputy provost Marshall during the war. He was a leading Republican for many years. For some years he owned the old Academy of Music.

Fort Wayne, IN.
May 24, 1899.  Ex-Mayor Charles F. Muhler, dropped dead in front of his office, on Calhoun Street, this evening. Death was caused by apoplexy. He had been in good health. He has, for years, been prominent in business circles and was well known all over the State as a leader of the Democratic Party in this section, and will be greatly missed in Fort Wayne. He leaves a large family in comfortable circumstances.

Fort Wayne, IN,  Aug. 12,1897.
E.M. Castatter, formerly of Pierceton, IN, was to have been married today, the bride being a young woman residing with her parents on East Washington Street, but a few weeks ago she jilted him. He has been drinking heavily since then and he was in tears most of today, and at noon swallowed a large dose of carbolic acid. After suffering intense agony for 2 hours death resulted.

Indianapolis Sentinel Dec 4 1874 Allen County
There is pretty loud grumbling at Fort Wayne because the coroner's jury decided that George J. Aveline died from the effects of a fall on the curb stone. Dr's. Myers and Sweringen contribute a long card over their signatures to the the Gazette, in which they set forth professional opinions that death was caused by violence at the hands of dissipated companions. another comrade write his complaints against the funeral sermon, preached by the Rev. R.D. Robinson, of Fort Wayne College.

CAPTAIN ADAM HULL IS DEAD
Prominent Indiana Civil War Officer Called by Death
Captain Adam Hull, aged 76 years, one of Indiana's best known veteran officers of the civil war, and a resident of Allen County for over half a century, is dead at his home at Cedarville.
Captaibn Hull was born in Allen County Jan. 15, 1842 and had resided in Indiana the greater portion of his life. At the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted as a private at Camp Allen, and after serving three years in the ranks, was promoted to rank of Captain and placed in command of Company C. Fourty-fourth Indiana volunteer Infantry.
This regiment played a distinguished part in many battles, notably at Stone river, Tenn., and at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. During the latter part of the war, Captain Hull was assigned to Garrison duty at Chattanooga.
Captain Hull was married to Miss Mary Jane Gray, June 23, 1868. Nine children, one of whom proceded him in death, were born to this union. Those, surviving are Florence and Willard Hull at home; Mrs. Andrew Harkey, Collingwood; Mrs. George Johnson, Conrad, N.H.; Adam Birdwell Hull, Sturgis, Mich.; Mrs. Laura Vanzile, also of Sturgis; Judson Hull, of Leo and Mrs. Edward Brice, of fort Wayne. Twenty-four grandchildren . three great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clcok Tuesday morning at the Cedarville Church. followed by interment in the Leo Cemetery.
Allen County
Indianapolis Sentinel 1875-04-02

Fort Wayne, IN. Oct.31, 1898.
Dr. J.H. Kappel, coroner of Allen County, died this morning after a lingering illness, the result of sunstroke 2 years ago. He was 29 years old and leaves a wife, to whom he was married  only 1 year.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 15 -
W. H. Dills - one of the leading Democratic politicans of Northern Indiana, died at his home at Auburn, Ind., of heart disease this morning.
(The St. Louis Republic, January 16, 1891, page 2)

Pliny Hoagland, the fifth son of Moses and Elizabeth Hoagland, was born near New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 31, 1810.  His father was a farmer, and when Pliny was fourteen years of age the family moved to a farm in Holmes county, near Millersburg, Ohio.  He studied and commenced civil engineering and was stationed on the Sandy & Beaver canal, now mostly occupied by railroads, passing through Columbiana, Carrol and Stark counties, Ohio.  From thence he was transferred, in 1838, to the Wabash & Erie Canal, a state improvement of Ohio, and stationed at Toledo and Maumee City.  He was married to Merica, second daughter of Dr. John and Elizabeth Taylor Evans, at Fort Wayne, September 9, 1844.  Mrs. Hoagland died in 1861.  He remained in the service of the State of Ohio as an engineer until he fall of 1845, when he moved to Fort Wayne and started in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, S. Cary Evans.  Quitting this he engaged in produce trade with E. Nichols, and afterwards milling with J. L. Williams, and C. Tresselt to present date, Mr. Williams retiring from the firm in ___.
In 1851 Mr. Hoagland, Judge Samuel Hanna, and others, organized the Ohio & Indiana railroad company to build from Crestline to Fort Wayne, connecting with the Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad at Crestline.  In the fall of 1853 the company were short of funds, and Mr. Hoagland and Judge Hanna effected a private loan – on their own responsibility – with which they continued the work that winter.  Mr. Hoagland often spoke of it as the hardest struggle he ever experienced.  The first passenger coach ran into Fort Wayne, November 1, 1854.  The road from Fort Wayne to Chicago was continued and completed in 1859.
In 1856 the charter of the Indiana State Bank expired and was rechartered under the name of Bank of the State, a branch organized here by Mr. Hoagland, Mr. Hugh McCulloch; and others, with Mr. McCulloch as president and Mr. Hoagland as one o the directors.  This bank was converted into the Fort Wayne national bank in 1865 with the late C. D. Bond as vice-president, which office he held at the time of his death.  During the fall of 1856 Mr. Hoagland was elected by the Democrats to the legislature; afterwards in the fall of 1862 to the senate for four years, but after serving one session resigned.
In 1859 he was elected cemetery trustee, holding the office at the time of his death.
In 1866 he was elected director of the G. R. & I. railroad company, the road being completed from Grand Rapids to Fort Wayne in 187_.
In 1871 he became director of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne road, which was completed in 1873.
In 1868 Mr. Hoagland was appointed school trustee, which office he held with O. P. Morgan, Dr. John Irwin and A. P. Edgerton, Dr. Irwin’s successor till 1880.
He had been confined to his apartments since Saturday, and Thursday about 2 p.m., while still in bed, after partaking of refreshments, he called his daughter hastily to him, and in a short time passed away, surrounded by his two daughters and intimate friends.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)
The Fort Wayne News Fort Wayne, Indiana March 4, 1898

CAPTAIN ADAM HULL IS DEAD
Prominent Indiana Civil War Officer Called by Death
Captain Adam Hull, aged 76 years, one of Indiana's best known veteran officers of the civil war, and a resident of Allen County for over half a century, is dead at his home at Cedarville.
Captaibn Hull was born in Allen County Jan. 15, 1842 and had resided in Indiana the greater portion of his life. At the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted as a private at Camp Allen, and after serving three years in the ranks, was promoted to rank of Captain and placed in command of Company C. Fourty-fourth Indiana volunteer Infantry.
This regiment played a distinguished part in many battles, notably at Stone river, Tenn., and at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. During the latter part of the war, Captain Hull was assigned to Garrison duty at Chattanooga.
Captain Hull was married to Miss Mary Jane Gray, June 23, 1868. Nine children, one of whom proceded him in death, were born to this union. Those, surviving are Florence and Willard Hull at home; Mrs. Andrew Harkey, Collingwood; Mrs. George Johnson, Conrad, N.H.; Adam Birdwell Hull, Sturgis, Mich.; Mrs. Laura Vanzile, also of Sturgis; Judson Hull, of Leo and Mrs. Edward Brice, of fort Wayne. Twenty-four grandchildren . three great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clcok Tuesday morning at the Cedarville Church. followed by interment in the Leo Cemetery.
Allen County
Indianapolis Sentinel 1875-04-02

FORT WAYNE. lnd.  Dec 4.
John G. Lehr, the tax ferret who attempted suicide Thursday, is not seriously injured. He was arrested yesterday of a charge of passing a $400 forged note on The Hamilton National Bank. The note was signed by Ambrose
Ashton. a prosperous farmer of Maumee township, who died soon after the note was cashed aim never knew of it. The heirs contested the signature.and claim they can prove that Lehr copied it from Mr. Ashton's tax return sheet, which was stoned by Ashton's son, and therefore the signature is not that of the old gentleman. Lehr claimed he  was innocent, but last night, after failing: to procure bond, he attempted suicide by shooting. The bullet struck his forehead about an inch above the eye, but glanced and lodged under the skin. He was disarmed before he could shoot a second time and is now in the hospital ward of the cell.
Source: Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896

FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec 3
John G. Lehr, who was arrested today on a charge of forgery shot himself in the sheriffs office tonight. Charles McCuIIoch,
president of the Hamilton National Bank, which institution cashed a- four-hundred-dollar note for LtChr.some time aso. caused his arrest. The case against Lehr was continued and bail was fixed at $800.  He failed to secure any bondsmen, and was left in charge of Deputy Sheriff Eick in the sheriff's office. At 11 o'clock to-night he was allowed to step into a closet, and a moment later a shot was heard Eick rushed to Lehr and found blood flowing from his forehead, and he was attempting to pull the trigger again. He is now in the jail hospital, and may live. Lehr is known all over Indiana as the tax ferret, and has uncovered thousands of dollars of sequestered taxes.
Source: Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896

Mrs. Mary Maria (Fountain) Holmes March 10, 1881
At Fort Wayne, Ind., March 4, of congestion of the liver, Mary Maria, 65, wife of Joshua Holmes and sister of Mr. William Fountain of Whitefield.
(Contributed by Nancy Piper)

John STROHM, of Fort Wayne, employed by the Pittsburg line, while painting a car was caught by a switch engine and crushed to death.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 8 December, 1890

J.C. HESS, of Ft. Wayne, returning home late at night, found his wife seated in a chair, in a dying condition. Her death followed before morning.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 8 December, 1890

August REILING, of Fort Wayne, aged sixty-five, while making repairs in the jail yesterday, fell off the scaffolding, and struck head-first on the stone floor, fifteen feet below. His skull was fractured, and he died within two hours.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 11 December, 1890

Philo H. ASHLEY, of Ft. Wayne, for twenty years a passenger conductor, resigned to engage In the lumber business, and recently he went to Spencer, where he was taken ill. His death occurred at the place night before last.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News  13 December 1890 Page 6 Columns 5 and 6

William T. PRATT, of Ft. Wayne, ex-Sheriff of Allen county, and formerly director of the prison north, died yesterday. He was aged sixty-eight, and he was a pioneer of northern Indiana.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News  13 December 1890 Page 6 Columns 5 and 6

Run Down by a Car,
Fort Wayne, April 10.—Jacob Martin, a well known citizen, was rundown by a streetcar on the Hauna street line. He was rolled nearly half a block before the car could be stopped, and was badly mangled. He was taken to Hope hospital, where he died.
Date: 1895-04-11; Paper: American Nonconformist

Dec. 7, 1899
Fort Wayne, IN.,  A.C. Keel, a prominent Republican politician of this city, died today of paralysis. He was 65 yrs of age and a native of Stark Co. Ohio. He served in the 19th Ohio Regiment during the Civil War as Lieutenant and Captain and afterwards, having been permanently crippled at Stone River, was given a commission in the veteran Reserves, serving at Washington. He came here in 1868 and has been in business here ever since. He was for years prominent in politics and in 1898 ran for the county auditor but was defeated.

Dec. 6,1899
Fort Wayne, IN, Charles P. Fletcher, who built the Pennsylvania and Wabash Railway into Fort Wayne, died tonight of typhoid fever, at his home, in this city. Mr. Fletcher was a native of new Hampshire and was 72 yrs old. He was a pioneer in railroad building. In 1854 he built the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago from  Crestline to this city, and the following year built the Wabash from Defiance to Fort Wayne. The former road was the first to enter northern Indiana. In 1853 Mr. Fletcher established the first restaurant in Fort Wayne and a year later built the Summitt City Hotel, now the Hasmon House. He served as deputy provost Marshall during the war. He was a leading Republican for many years. For some years he owned the old Academy of Music.

Fort Wayne, IN.
May 24, 1899.  Ex-Mayor Charles F. Muhler, dropped dead in front of his office, on Calhoun Street, this evening. Death was caused by apoplexy. He had been in good health. He has, for years, been prominent in business circles and was well known all over the State as a leader of the Democratic Party in this section, and will be greatly missed in Fort Wayne. He leaves a large family in comfortable circumstances.

Fort Wayne, IN,  Aug. 12,1897.
E.M. Castatter, formerly of Pierceton, IN, was to have been married today, the bride being a young woman residing with her parents on East Washington Street, but a few weeks ago she jilted him. He has been drinking heavily since then and he was in tears most of today, and at noon swallowed a large dose of carbolic acid. After suffering intense agony for 2 hours death resulted.

Friedline, John
    The death of John Friedline, of Monroe township, Allen county, occurred March 13, 1897, at the age of eight-five years. He was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1812. On January 8, 1832, he was married to Margaret Kendie, to which union there was born nine children, five daughters and four sons. Four daughters and two sons survived him. In 1843 he emigrated to Carroll county, Ohio. In 1838 he rode horse back from Carroll county, Ohio, to Fort Wayne Ind., and entered a tract of land. In 1840 he emigrated to Monroe township, Allen county, Ind. He lived up to the time of his death near the place where he first settled fifty seven years ago. During his life he filled for years the office of justice of the peace, postmaster at East Liberty and one of the three township trustees, until the law was changed from three trustees to one. He has been a faithful member of the U.B. Church for more than fifty years, he being a charter member of the U.B. class at East Liberty, which was never disbanded or ceased to be alive for more than half a century. The funeral was held in the U.B. church at East Liberty, March 15, conducted by his pastor, Rev. Abbott. The interment was in the Brown cemetery, for the reason that his aged companion, two children and all his old neighbors and friends are buried there.
(Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne March 17, 1897 Submitted by S. Williams) 

    Saturday last, occurred the death of Mr. John Friedline, a pioneer resident of Monroe township, as he entered this county in 1838. The funeral was held Monday at the East Liberty church, conducted by Rev. Abbot. The deceased was aged 84 yrs, 11 months, and 2 days. The interment was made in the Brown cemetery. He was a faithful Christian and in his death the community has lost a firm citizen and the family a devoted friend. March 16, 1897
 (The Fort Wayne Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana March 18, 1897 Submitted by S. Williams)

Indianapolis Sentinel Dec 4 1874 Allen County
There is pretty loud grumbling at Fort Wayne because the coroner's jury decided that George J. Aveline died from the effects of a fall on the curb stone. Dr's. Myers and Sweringen contribute a long card over their signatures to the the Gazette, in which they set forth professional opinions that death was caused by violence at the hands of dissipated companions. another comrade write his complaints against the funeral sermon, preached by the Rev. R.D. Robinson, of Fort Wayne College.

Mrs. Alberson, wife of a convict, died suddenly at Fort Wayne Friday. Her death was the result of destitution '
Date: 1876-11-09;  Paper: Elkhart Weekly Review

Name of Deceased: Michael Flood
Obit: Michael Flood Sunday at 11 o'clock p.m. occurred the death of Michael Flood at his residence 424 Chicago street. he had attained the ripe age of 72 years and death was caused by ills incident to his advanced years. The deceased was a widower. He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and lived in Fort Wayne thirty-eight years, much of the time being employed in the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad company. The surviving children are the only son, Jerry, and two daughters, Mrs Nora Quinn and Mrs. Ellen Clemmer, all of this city. The funeral will take place this morning at 9:30 from the Cathedral.
Newspaper: Fort Wayne Daily Gazette (no date submitted)
Submitters Name: Kim Scheidemantle Houvene




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