SHELBY COUNTY OBITS
SUICIDE OF A FORMER
SHELBY MAN
News was recently
received by his friends in this county, that Sylvester
Monroney, of
Casey,
Illinois, had committed suicide by cutting his throat. Deceased
was formerly a resident of Marion Township, and removed to Illinois,
about twenty years ago, where he engaged in farming. At the time
of his death he was about fifty0five years old, and leaves a wife and
several children. He was a brother of Mrs. Clarissa Bennefield,
also of the wives of Oliver, Jonah and Sylvester Bassett and father of
Mrs. Melvin Bowman. We are not informed as to the cause of this
act of self-destruction.
The
following obit appeared in the Shelby Co.,
Indiana newspaper.
Obituary, Shelbyville Volunteer, Shelbyville, Indiana; Thursday, March
21, 1878
Contributed by Marge Roberts
Shelbyville IN. Oct. 8,
1897.
J.S.
Jerrres, president
of the
Farmers’ Bank, of this city, died of heart trouble this morning. Mr.
Jeffres was born in Westchester, Butler County, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1842. He
married Mary Devol, daughter of Thomas Devol, in 1867, and from that
time until 1874 lived in Westchester, keeping a general store. In 1874,
he formed a partnership with Mr. Devol in the grain business in this
city, and continued in that business until the organization of the
Farmer’s Bank, of which he became president. His wife, and daughter
Aurilla survive. A little daughter, Persie, died about 14 yrs ago.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon.
Morristown, IN. Jan. 24,
1898.
Thornton
K. Graham, age 35,
formerly prominent businessman here, died today from consumption. He
was a member of the Navarre Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
Indianapolis Sentinel
1877-06-22
Sol Auerbach, a prominent citizen of
Shelby County, of the Masaic faith, died at his residence in
Shelbyville at 8:15 pm Wednesday evening of paralysis. His remains will
be interred in the Jewish Cemetery, under the charge of several orders
of which he is a member. Esquire L. Feibleman, of Shelbyville,
was in the city yesterday to make arrangements for his funeral today on
the arrival of the 12:23 train. The funeral services will be conducted
by Rabbi Messing, at the grave.
