obits

Name of Deceased: George W Hatton
County Name: Monroe County State: IN
Newspaper: Bloomington Evening Word
Submitters Name: Cyril Page
Obit: 1929, October 21. Obituary in "Bloomington Evening World", Monroe County, Indiana. "George W. Hatton Dies of Paralysis Sunday Morning. George W. Hatton, age 66, died at 2:55 a.m., Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carl Matthews, 521 West Wylie St. Death ended a two years' illness with paralysis. He is survived by the wife Rebecca Hatton, five daughters: Mrs. Carl Matthews [sic MATHEWS], Mrs. Golden Helms, Irene, Barbara, and May [sic MARY] Hattan; six sons, Arthur, Oscar, both of Bloomington, Thomas of Rockford, IL, Virgil and Melvin of Louisville, and Ora age 8 at home; one sister Mrs Thomas Brown of this city; two brothers Marion and William Hatton of Freetown, IN. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock, Tuesday morning at the Clear Creek Church in charge of the Rev. Monroe Swindler with interment at Clear Creek Cemetery. Pall bearers will be the six sons."

Funeral of Mrs. Minerva Stump
Mrs. Minerva Stump was born in Monroe county, Indiana, Feb. 28th, 1828 and died at the home of her son-in-law, James Goodwin, near Howard, Kansas, Oct. 21st 1903, aged 75 years, 7 months and 22 days.
Her husband and two sons and daughter were present at the funeral. The writer did not learn further particulars of their family history. Mrs. Stump united with the Christian Church in the year 1845.
She lived a life of true devotion as a faithful Christian, wife and mother. She suffered for a few weeks, but passed away peacefully. The funeral service took place Thursday morning, conducted by Elder N. Hill of Elk Falls. Burial took place in Moline cemetery. There was a large gathering of friends at the funeral and quite a number accompanied the remains to their last earthly resting place.
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Submitted by L. Morgan Published in Elk County Citizen, KS, October 28, 1903

Bloomington, IN.
Dec.10,1898. Albert Riprogle was instantly killed today while working on the Indiana Stone Railway. He had just ignited a fuse to a blast, running with other men towards usual safety, but when 2-30 steps away suddenly turned and went back, arriving within about 10 feet of the fuse when the explosion occurred. He was blown to pieces. It is presumed he had returned for his knife. The remains will be taken to Lafayette, where he has family.

1875-08-24 Indianapolis Sentinel
Cyrus Nutt
Suddenly and unexpectedly to the public the Rev. Dr. Cyrus Nutt, last President of the State University at Bloomington, died on Monday morning at four o'clock. His death occured at the family residence in Bloomington, and was caused immediately by an attack of fever. In the death of Dr. Nutt the state of Indiana has lost one of her landmarks, a true pioneer in the causes of both education and religion. More than almost any other man, he was identified with the initiatory work of high education in this state.

Name of Deceased: Mrs. Martin
State: IN Newspaper: Illinois State Democrat, Wed. May 30, 1860
Submitters Name: Friend of Free Genealogy Obit: Illinois State Democrat, Wed. May 30, 1860
Burned to Death- A widow lady, Mrs. Martin, one of the oldest inhabitants of Bloomington, Indiana, who lived alone, was burned to death last week. She was engaged in making a fire to bleach some bonnets, being a milliner, and her clothes caught fire behind her. She did not notice it until the flames burst out and her hair was burning. Unable to extinguish them, she rushed into the yard, calling loudly for assistance. Two persons near by ran to her relief, and one of them caught her burning dress and tore it off down to the waist, but the fastenings at the waist prevented him from getting the clothes off below there. He went into the house and got a piece of carpet, and enveloped the burning woman in it, and thus extinguished the fire. Mrs. Martin lived about twenty-four hours, suffering intense pain. When first seen, the flames were above her head, and had enveloped her whole person.