INDIANA TRAILS
PUTNAM COUNTY OBITS
Malinda Vancil Obituary Mrs. Malinda Vancil November 13, 1930
Malinda Vancil widow of S.W.Vancil and a pioneer of this section of Umatilla County, passed away Thursday morning, November 13, at 2:20 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. U.W. Carney in Milton. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Munselle chapel, Rev. T.S. Wheeler conducting the service. Interment will be made in Milton Odd Fellows cemetery.
Amanda Scott was born in Indiana April 28, 1850, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Scott. At the end of the civil war the family joined an emigrant train bound for the Oregon country, making the long journey across the plains by oxen. They settled on the homestead on Pine creek one mile below Weston. She was married to Samuel Vancil January 27,1868, and they established their new home on the homestead on Couse Creek about 7 miles from Milton, where their entire married life was spent. Mr. Vancil dies about 17 years ago and since that time Mrs. Vancil has made her home with her daughter in Milton, but still retained the old homestead.
Four children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Vancil, all of whom are living. They are William N. of John Day, Robert F, Mrs. Anna Carney and Mrs. Lillie Huntley of Milton.
There are 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Sheets of Joseph, Oregon and two brothers Henry Scott of Milton and D.F. Scott of Newport, Oregon. (Contributed and Typed by Alva James)
Mrs. E.R. Pruitt
Greencastle, IN. Aug.30,1897
Mrs. Alice Pruitt, wife of Eli R. Pruitt, a prominent contractor of this city, died this evening at her home in this city of typhoid fever.
John Ireland
Greencastle, IN.Aug.30,1897
John Ireland, aged 71, one of the pioneer manufacturers of this city, died last night. He was a member of the planning-mill firm of Goulding & Ireland. On June 5 last Mr. Ireland visited Hawesville, KY. and attended the centennial celebration of his father’s birthday. James B. Ireland, the father, is still living, hale and hearty. The funeral will be held Wednesday.
Carl Jordan
Greencastle, IN. Aug.30,1897
The funeral for Carl Jordan, son of Col. Henry Jordan, was held today in Forest Hill Cemetery, where the remains had been temporarily placed in the public vault. The Evansville Courier force sent handsome floral designs and a delegate to the funeral. Mr. Jordan was one of the brightest young writers in southern Indiana. The exercises were in charge of Dr. J.P. D. John and Rev. Dr. J.H. Hollingsworth
Greencastle, IN. Jan. 24,1898
Mrs. Nancy Houck, age 86, died here this morning. Mrs. Houck moved with her husband to this State from Pennsylvania over half a century ago, and has spent the greater part of her life in this county. Her husband Jonathan Houck, survives her at the age of 88, and they had been married 68 years last August. This remarkable record of married life is unexcelled in this county, and is equaled but seldom in the country. She was the mother of a large family. She was one of the pioneers of the State.
Moses L. Conover, age 16, died Sunday of typhoid fever at the residence of J. C. Wolfe on E. 6th Street. He was a brother of Mrs. Wolfe, coming from Greencastle, Ind. Funeral yesterday under auspices of the Fire Department of which he was a member. Burial was in the city cemetery. (The Garden City Sentinel, August 17, 1887)
Moses L. Conover, age 17, died of typhoid fever on Sunday, August 14. A brother of Mrs. J. C. Wolf, he came here recently from Greencastle, Ind. Funeral from the Wolf home today, and attended by the fire department of which he was a member. Burial in city cemetery. (The Garden City Herald, August 18, 1887) (Submitted by Peggy Thompson)
Greencastle, Ind., July 7.—Dr. J.M. Knight, one of the oldest and best known physicians of this city, died at 11:30 o'clock this morning at his home after a long illness. Deceased was a member of the One,hundred-and-twenty-fourth Indiana and was a member of Creencastle Post. No. 11. G. A. R., which will bury him with military honors to-morrow at 4 o'clock.
News Of the Week Current Events (News Article) Date: 1897-07-14; Paper: Indiana State Journal
Greencastle, Ind. Sept 20
Edward Atkinson, of Seymour, fell dead this morning at the residence of Bishop Hays, where he had been visiting for several months. Atkinson was eating breakfast at the time of his death. He was fifty-seven years old, and was an old
soldier, having been a member of Company K, Fifty-second Regiment, serving four years.
Source: Indiana Journal Oct 5, 1898
Greencastle Ind., Sept. 28.
The remains of A. D. Miller, formerly a well-known merchant and traveling man, arrived here to-day for burial. Deceased had of late years been traveling In Texas, and died at Pecos, He was in business In this city for a number of years.
Source: Indiana Journal Oct 5, 1898
Westland, Ind., March 9. John Parker, a wealthy fanner, residing four miles east of this place, after a lingering illness died Saturday evening, aged seventy. He was a pioneer of that section of the country. He was one of the early members of the Walnut Ridge Society of Friends, of which he has been quite prominent. The funeral services will be held at the Walnut Ridge Church, near his home, to-morrow.
Indiana Journal March 11, 1896
Greencastle, Ind., June 1.—Miss Sadie Morrow died in this city Sunday afternoon of heart trouble at the age of seventy-one. She was well-known In Indianapolis.
Date: 1896-06-03; Paper: Indiana State Journal
WESTLAND, Ind.. March 9.—John Parker, a wealthy farmer, residing four miles east of this place, after a lingering illness died Saturday evening, aged seventy. He was a pioneer of that section of the country. He was one of the early members of the Walnut Ridge Society, of Friends, or which he has been quite prominent. The funeral services will be held at the Walnut Ridge Church, near his home, tomorrow.
The Indiana Journal March 11, 1896
Reanis H. Killion
Newspaper: Terre Haute Tribune 9-28-1994
Brazil- Reanis H. Killion, 90, of 911 E. Olive, St., and formerly of Bowling Green died at 8:43 a.m. Tuesday, Sept 27,1994, in Sunset Manor Nursing Home at Greencastle. He was born April 19, 1904 in Washington Township, Clay County to James G. Killion and Lotta Godfrey Killion. His wife, Verla Evelyn Stough Killion died April 19, 1981. Survivors include one son, Dale; three daughters, Mary Mitchell, Norma Hotten, and Sharon McClure; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews. Services are 11 a.m. Friday in Lawson-Slack Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Russell officiating. burial is in Fairview Cemetery at Bowling Green. visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and before services Friday.
Submitted by Muriel White
Grid Figure Dies.
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 11
Edbert C. Buss, 53, former football coach at De Pauw university in Greencastle, Ind., died here today. He had been operated on for acute appendicitis 10 days ago.
Date: 1935-04-12; Paper: Omaha World Herald
Mrs Mary Ware, nee O'FIyng, died at Greencastle, lnd, on the 27th ult. Deceased was well and favorably known to a great many of our citizens.
Date: 1880-03-04; Paper: Repository
Baby Dies After Hospital Nurse Errs on Poison
GREENCASTLE. Ind. June 29
One newborn baby has died and two others were in serious condition from the accidental use of a poisonous substance in their feeding formula at Putnam County Hospital here. George R. Rollo, hospital administrator, disclosed today.
Rollo said a nurse mistook the substance for distilled water when mixing the formula last Wednesday. Two of the babies were taken to Riley Hospital at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis Thursday, where one died Sunday night. The third baby was taken to Riley Friday.
The baby who died was James Christian Garnbold, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Garnbold of Coatesville, Ind. The others are Jeffrey Coffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Coffman of Greencastle, and Amy Lynn Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor of Greencastle..
Rollo identified the substance mistakenly used as boric acid. He declined to identify the nurse but said she was a 23-year-old registered nurse and was virtually prostrate with grief over her error.
Date: 1959-06-30; Paper: Plain Dealer
Sudden Death From Heart Disease..
GREENCASTLE, IND,, Aug. 23,
Yesterday, at the Russellville fair, James Evans died suddenly of heart disease while enraged in a dispute about a stall. He has been for fifty years a resident of Putnam County.
Date: 1878-08-24; Paper: Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Putnam county
J.C. Ridpath Dead
Indiana's Distinguished Authors expires
His illness had extended over Several Months Brief Sketch of his career
New York special: John Clark Ridpath, the historian died in the Presbyterian Hospital at 6:30 o' clock Tuesday evening from a complication of diseases. He had been a patient in the hospital since April 26 His wife and son, S.E. Ridpath, were at the bedside. The body was later removed from the hospital.
John Clark Ridpath, LL.D., was born in Putnam county, Indiana in April 1841. He was graduated from Asbury (now DePaw) University in 1863 taking first honors After serving as principal of the Academy at Thorntown, Ind. and as superintendent of the public schools at Lawrenceburg, he was called in 1869, to the chair of English literature at Depauw. He was transferred later to the chair of history and political philosophy. In 1875 he published his first book an "Academic History of the United States." In 1876 he published his Popular History of the United States." and after-wards "The Live and Work of Garfield His Cyclopedia of Universal History" was published in 1885. In 1885 he resigned his professorship in De Pauw and the vice presidency of the university, in order that he might devote his while time to writing. In 1893 he published his "Life and Work of James G. Blaine" and in 1894 his "Great Races of Mankind" He was engaged for ten years in preparing the material and four years in writing this work. In 1898 he published his "Live and Times of Gladstones," and a supplement to the "History of All Nations" He was for a time editor of the Arena Magazine of Boston. In 1896 he ran for Congress on the Democratic ticket in his home district in Indiana and was defeated by a small majority.
8/4/1900 Recorder
Trascribed by Erica Beatty
Mrs. Nancy Houck:.
GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 2J.—Mrs. Nancy Houck, aged eighty-six died here this morning. Mrs. Hovck moved with her husband to this State from Pennsylvania over'a half century ago, and has spent the, greater part of her life in this county. Her husband, Jonathan Houck, survives her at the age of eighty-eight, and they had been married sixty-eight years last August. This remarkable record of married life is unexcelled in: this county, and is equaled but seldom In the country. She was the mother of a large family. She was one of the pioneers of the State.
Date: 1898-01-26; Paper: Indiana State Journal