Decatur Co. Indiana Obits

Green Barnes a wealthy farmer, aged seventy, died this morning of cancer of the stomach after a brief illness. He leaves a wife and seven children.
Date: 1896-01-29; Paper: Indiana State Journal

St. Paul Ind., Jan. 20,
Rev. E. A. Allen, pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, of Indianapolis, was called here this morning by the dangerous illness of his son Stanley.
He arrived In time to see his son die, at 11 a. m. The funeral will occur four miles east of here to-morrow at 3 p. m.
Indiana Journal January 22, 1896

Date: 1898-03-23; Paper: Indiana State Journal
Funeral of the Late Judge J.D. Miller held at Greensburg
Greensburg, Ind.. March 21
The funeral of Judge J. D. Miller was held today

Edwin Kelley Falls Dead.
Greensburg, Ind. May 24.
Edwin Kelley, a harness maker, dropped dead this afternoon of heart disease, while working at his bench. Mr. Kelly had been in business here for fifty years.
Indiana Journal May 26 1897

George Gilbert, employed in a box factory at Decatur, accidentally fell into a vat of boiling water and was scalded to death.
Warren Republican Feb. 21 1895

Greensburg Daily News( Greensburg, IN) Monday, May 6, 1918; page 1
Mrs. Ann King died at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night at the home of her son. R. B. King, two miles west of Adam after a long illness. She had lived on
the same farm for 57 years. The deceased had been in poor health for some time and was taken worse ten weeks ago. Two weeks ago she underwent an operation and
was apparently recovering but her age and condition were against her and the end came as stated above. Mrs. King's name was Ann Tillson and she was born in
Darke county, O., October 28, 1836 and was therefore in her 82nd year. She came with her parents to Milford when a small child and was married there to James King
on May 3, 1858. They lived in Milford for about three years when they moved in 1861 to the farm where she lived for 57 year. Mrs. King was one
of the good pioneer mothers of Decatur county and had been a member of the Christian church for more than sixty years. Her husband died May 21, 1911

The Greensburg Daily News (Greensburg, IN) Tues., May 7, 1918 has the above and this added ...
King Funeral Held This Afternoon
Of the four children born to them three survive: R. B. King, Mrs. G. H. ( Alma) Templeton and Mrs. Lilly Vanausdall.
She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Abigail Knight, of Garnet, Kan..
The funeral was held at the home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. Samuel J. Tomlinson of Fairland, officiating. Burial at Milford cemetery.
Contributed by Candi Horton

Greensburg Daily News( Greensburg, IN) Monday, May 6, 1918; page 1
Frank Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Owens of East Washington street died at his home Saturday night, aged 34 years, one month and four
days. He leaves his parents three brothers, John, Lewis and Roll and a sister, Mrs. John Bruner. The funeral was held at ten o'clock this morning. Rev. C. B.
Jones officiating. Burial in South Park cemetery.
Contributed by Candi Horton

Greensburg Daily News (Greensburg, IN) Tues., May 7, 1918
Funeral services for Samuel H. Bosley, 73, were held at the Milroy Christian church Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Adams.
Burial was made in the Milroy cemetery. Mr. Bosley had been an invalid for twenty years and died Friday.
Deceased served two enlistments in the Civil War with the 54th Indiana volunteers and later with Company E, 123rd Indiana volunteers.
He was a member of the Milroy G.A.R. post. Ho had been a member of the Christian church since boyhood. He leaves five children, Mrs. Francis Fishback,
of Pekin, IL, Mrs. ?. E. Berner of Indianapolis; Mrs. J. L. Pearsons, who lived with him; George C. Bosley of Richmond, and ill [sic] Bosely, of Milroy.
Contributed by Candi Horton

Greensburg Daily News (Greensburg, IN) Tues., May 7, 1918
Frank Klene, age 24, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Klene of North Broadway at 2:10 this morning.
Mr. Klene had been ill with tuberculosis for the past year.
He is survived by his father, mother and five brothers and two sister: Will, George, Clara and Mrs. Rose Doerflinger of this city and Ben and Fred of Cincinnati.
Funeral services wil be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church Friday morning at 830. Interment will take place at the Catholic cemetery.
The sympathy of friends and neighbors go out too the family in this, their sad hour of bereavement.
Contributed by Candi Horton

Westport, Ind. Nov. 28 --- Mrs. James Landis has received word of the death of her son Michael, 25 years old, of wounds in action in France Oct. 10.
He had been in service nearly a year and was the first Westport boy to make the supreme sacrifice. He was the eighth Decatur county man to die overseas.
Landis is survived by his mother, two sisters, Mrs. David Neeley, North Vernon, and Mrs. Ernest Duesenberg, Westport; four brothers,
Eldo Landis, indianapolis; Frank Landis, Charleston, W. Va; Fred Landis, Elkhart, and Horace Landis, in military service.
Indianapolis Star, Friday November 29, 1918
Transcribed by K. Torp

Funeral Of The Late Judge J.D. Miller Held At Greensburg
GREENSBURG, Ind.. March 21—The funeral of Judge J. D. Miller was held to-day
Date: 1898-03-23; Paper: Indiana State Journal

Two little boys were recently playing with a shot gun, in Decatur county, when one shot the other through
the neck, severing the jugular vein, and .killing him almost instantly.
The name of the boy killed was Hewitt, aged ten years.
Date: 1876-11-09; Paper: Elkhart Weekly Review

Mrs. C. A. Kinter, formerly of Bristol. died at her home in Milford at 5 p. m. Tuesday, and the remains were transferred here today, en route to Bristol, for interment.
She was 51 years of age and is survived by her husband and three children.
Date: 1905-02-02; Paper: Elkhart Daily Review