MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA
OBITS
Marshall
County (Indiana) Democrat
Thursday, 24 March 1859
Mr
Joel Burden, living in North
Township, was killed last Friday evening. The particulars, as they were
related to us, are these. His wife was going to a neighbor's to spend
the afternoon; he accompanied her a part of the way and told her to go
on and as soon as he cut a tree down he would go. The tree, in falling,
threw back a limb which struck him on the head. He went to his house
and took a chair by the fire place. He told one of his boys that his
head was split open and to go for his wife. She arrived in time to
learn from him the particulars as above stated, before he expired.
Contributed by Amy Robbins-Tjaden
Marshall
County (Indiana) Republican
Thursday, 24 March 1859
Killed by a limb - Mr Joel Burden, of
North township, in this couty, died on Friday evening last in
consequence of injuries received from the limb of a tree falling and
striking him on the head a few hours previous. He had, we learn, cut a
tree off, and was watching it fall when struck by the limb, of which
the falling tree broke off from one near by. He was knocked senseless
by the blow and laid where he fell for some time, but finally recovered
sufficiently to walk to his house and related the above circumstances,
no one having witnessed them, and in a short time thereafter fell out
of the chair where he was sitting, and died before medical assistance
could be sent for. Mr B. was a poor but honest man. He had the
misfortune to get both is feet badly frozen in the early part of the
winter from which he had just recovered.
Contributed by Amy
Robbins-Tjaden
Dec.
7, 1899.
Plymouth, IN, The Rev. George H.
Thayer, father of Senator H. G.
Thayer, of this city, died at the home of his daughter in Bourbon, 12
miles east of here, yesterday afternoon, aged 92 years. He was born in
the State of New York in 1807, and began life as a blacksmith. After
his connection with the M.E. Church he became one of the leading
ministers of that denomination. He was, probably, the oldest Methodist
minister in Indiana, at the time of his death. He retained his mental
facilities almost unimpaired until within a few hours of his death. He
had been a resident of this county almost 50 years, and was well known
throughout Northern Indiana.
August
17 1872
Indianapolis Sentinel
Plymouth, Ind. August 15
Last evening about six o'clock, a
little girl about thirteen years of age, named Rouse, was horribly
burned while trying to start a fire with coal oil. the can exploded,
setting fire to her clothing and before the flames could be
extinguished, she was nearly roasted alive. she lingered till noon
today, when she expired suffering terribly.
October
15, 1918
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Columbia City, Ind. Oct 15
Mrs. John Harshbarger, of Plymouth,
fell down the cellar way at her home in Plymouth Saturday and death
followed a few minutes later. The body was brought to Cocase, Ind.,
Tuesday, for burial. Short services were conducted at the home of his
son. Paul, near Cocase. She is survived by her husband, two sons and
one sister. The deceased was 70 years old and was a daughter of Isaac
Kinsey, deceased, who resided south of Cocase for years.
March
7 1882
Indianapolis Sentinel
Hattie Protzman, a little girl twelve
years old, met with a horrible death in Plymouth last week. She, in the
absence of her parents, attempted to build a fire, and her clothing
coming in contact with the flames became ignited, burning her body so
badly that she expired within twenty-four hours.
May
2 1855
New Albany Daily Ledger
On Monday night, April 23d, a man was
found dead near the Laporte road, about eight miles north west of
Plymouth, Marshall County. the Banner says his name was ascertained to
be Alfred Simpson, a shoe-maker, formerly of Wallingford, Conn. His
death was caused by exposure and drinking. A pint flask, containing a
small quantity of liquor, was found in his budget, under his head.
October
16, 1918
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Plymouth Ind. Oct 16
Lauren Suit, aged 21, a student at
Purdue University, at Lafayette, who enlisted in the government service
and was sent to the powder plant at Perryville. Mr., died of Influenza
Saturday. the body was brought home here for burial............Dr. L.D.
Eley, secretary of the county board of health, reports hundreds of mild
cases of influenza in Marshall County. the death percentage is small.
April
29 1918
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Guise, of
Teegarden, was called here Tuesday on account of the sudden death of
her father, David Harrington.