Rush County Obits
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Obituary of Charles "Jack" E.
Barding |
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of Beulah J. Leith Barding Peoria Journal Star, November 13, 1991, Page: D5 Beulah Barding RUSHVILLE - Beulah J. Barding, 87, of Rushville died at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991, at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb. Born March 18, 1904, in Brazil, Ind., to James and Cora Leith, she married Charles E. "Jack" Barding on Sept. 11, 1927, in Brazil. He died Feb. 17, 1980. Surviving are two daughters, Marjorie Fulks of Rushville and Jacquelyn Mehne of Fort Lauderdale, Fla; one sister, Esther Leith of Brazil; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Rushville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Worthington Funeral Home, Rushville, the Rev. Jerry Watkins officiating. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Clearview Cemetery, Brazil. |
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of Mrs. Polly Ann Boring Rushville, IN. Oct. 11, 1899. Mrs. Polly Ann Boring, age 86, widow of the late Thomas Boring and a resident of Rush County since 1826, died today of old age. She was one of the pioneer women who saw the first settlement of Rush County, coming here from Bourbon County, KY, with her father John Lowden, in the year mentioned. She leaves 5 children, Isaac and Frank Boring and Mrs. Mary Thompson of Rushville, James Boring of Elwood, and Mrs. Charity Abernathy of Indianapolis. |
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of John K. Stewart John K. Stewart one of the leading citizens of Noble Township, is dead of cancer of the liver at age 74 years. Date 1899-10-18 Paper: Indiana State Journal |
| The Indiana State Journal
1897-03-17 Rushville, Ind March 15 Mrs. Sarepta Cline, a charitable woman of New Salem, is dead at the age of seventy-two. |
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Mary Gregg Rushville, IN. Aug.30,1897 Mrs. Mary E. Gregg, one of Rushville’s pioneer woman, died this morning, the result of an old case of grip. Mrs. Gregg was born in Urbana, Ohio, 62 yrs ago, and was married in this city in 1852 to Samuel F. Gregg, who died 15 yrs ago. The surviving members of the family are James F. Gregg, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Samuel Craig, Miss Belle Gregg, and William H. Gregg. |
| Bridget
Collins Rushville, IN. Aug.30,1897 Mrs. Bridget Collins, aged 78, years ago well and favorably known among the Catholic population of Rush County, died yesterday evening at Richmond hospital for the Insane. |
| Rushville, IN. Dec.7,1897 J.C. Hutchinson, 67 years old brother of the Rev’s. J.F. & W.A. Hutchinson, died last night. Mrs. Hutchinson awoke at 5 o’clock this morning and found him dead in bed. Apoplexy was the cause of death. |
| 1896-02-25 Rushville Ind. Jan 8 Dr. Edward H. Crippen, for many years a prominent practitioner of Milroy, died this morning of heart and brain disease. He was a member of the Rush County Medical Society and popular among his conferees. He was sixty-three years of age. The funeral will be Friday afternoon. |
| Death of John Howell The
Schuyler Citizen, Rushville, IL, February 29, 1872 Howell - Feb. 26th of lung fever, at his residence six miles south of Rushville, John Howell, in the 46th year of his age. Deceased was born in Indiana October 1st, 1828, and came to Illinois with his father when a boy. He was married to Mary Stutsman Aug. 31st, 1849, and settled on his present homestead in Woodstock township. He suited with the M. E. church in March, 1860, and was a worthy member of the same, occupying an official relation most of the time until his death. By his death the church loses an efficient worker, and the neighborhood its most active and influential member. Deceased leaves a wife and twelve children to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and father. (Contributed by Sara Hemp) |
| Fort Wayne News January 15, 1896
Rushville, Ind. Jan. 8. Dr. Edward H. Crippen, for many years a prominent practitioner of Milroy, died this morning of heart and brain disease. He was a member of the Rush County Medical Society and popular among his confreres. He was sixty-three years of age. The funeral will be Friday afternoon. |
| Date: 1896-09-30; Paper: Indiana
State Journal Rushville, Ind., Sept. 28 Mrs. Uriah Thomas, a highly-esteemed widow was buried at Homer to-day. She died at her home, near Alexandria, and was seventy-two years old. She was an aunt of Representative John Q. Thomas, of this city. |
| Rushville, Ind., Nov. 23. Mrs. Margaret Catherine Brown was buried in East Hill Cemetery this afternoon. Mrs. Brown with her husband, the late John Brown, came to Rushville in 1845 and has been a constant resident of the city since. She was in her eighty-fourth year and died of nervous paralysis. Indiana Journal November 25, 1896 |
| Carthage, Ind., April, 27.- Micajah C. Binford, one of the
oldest citizens of Canthage died at his home, near here Sunday night,
aged eighty-four; Mr.Binford came to Carthage from North Carolina in
1826 and has been a prominent citizen and influential member of the Friends Church for many years. Funeral Tuesday at 2 o'clock. Indiana Journal April 29, 1896 |
| Rushville, Ind, April 9. - Baxter Logan, who early in life was
known to circus goers as the "Indiana fat boy" died at noon of dropsy.
Logan traveled with many circus companies. He weighed when but
seventeen years old over 350 pounds. Later he left the circus and
entered the beer selling and ice business. He was a common figure on
the streets perched on his wagon seat, and the jolting and jarring of
the wagon did not affect him. A special order coffin had to be
procured. It will be three feet broad and about twenty-eight inches
deep. He was five feet six inches high and weighed 330 pounds at the
time of his death. Indiana Journal April 14, 1897 |
| Date: 1896-01-29; Paper: Indiana
State Journal Rushville, Ind., Jan. 27.—The eight- year-old daughter of John Durrell died at noon to-day of scarlet fever. The health board is alarmed at the spread of the disease In the eastern end of the county, where schools have closed and. people are in great fear of further ravages. Edward Frazee, one of the best-known young men of Rash county, and son of Benjamin Frazee, the largest land owner in the county, died this morning of typhoid fever. he was twenty-three years old and married about a year ago. |
| RUSHVILLE, Ind., June 1—Mrs. Margaret Duncan, wife of
Charles L. Howard, of St. Paul, Shelby county, died yesterday at, her
father's home near Falmouth of wart disease, aged thirty-one. She
leaves a two-year-old son. She was a daughter of James Duncan, one of
the Influential farmers of the neighborhood. Date: 1896-06-03; Paper: Indiana State Journal |
| Lemuel
Frow, a pensioner past seventy, while stooping this morning to
adjust the strap on the back of his shoe, dropped dead of apoplexy at
his wife's feet. Date: 1896-06-03; Paper: Indiana State Journal |
