SWITZERLAND COUNTY, INDIANA
OBITS
Obituary
August 28, 1947
Funeral services were held Thursday, August 28, at 2 p.m. in the home of a son, Raymond Wagner, of near patriot, for William R. Wagner, 74, who died in the son's home Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Rev. Armond Calvert officiated and burial , in charge of the funeral is Humphrey and Phillips funeral home, burial was in hasty cemetery near Markland .Pallbearers were Arthur and Donald Berkley, William Wagner, Ronald Wagner, Cecil Wagner and Raymond Walcott.
Mr. Wagner is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Anna Berkley of Rising Sun, Mrs. Inez Bales of Markland, Mrs. Mattie Russell of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Sally Peters of Florence, and seven sons, Walter and Lawrence Wagner of Madison, Bartie and Raymond Wagner of Patriot, Eddie Wagner of Texas, Herbert Wagner of Rushville.
His wife Angie McCreary Wagner died 30 years ago, and a son William Wagner, was killed in action in France during World War II.
Born in Gallatin County Kentucky October 9, 1872 he was son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Midge Wagner.
Date of Obit: 08/28/1947 Submittal's Name: Bridgett Bolling Newspaper Name: Rising Sun Recorder
Date: 1855-07-28; Paper: New Albany Daily Ledger
Died July 12 1855 of consumption, at the residence of her father, Vevay, Ind., Miss Elizabeth G. Knox aged 33 years
Date: 1880-01-28; Paper: Indianapolis Sentinel
Vevay, Ind. Jan 27 Martin Andrews, a young man who shot himself accidentally with a shotgun, died on Friday after lingering nearly two weeks.
Vevay News Date: 1880-06-15; Paper: Indianapolis Sentinel
Miss Cecile Butler, living with her father, Samuel Butler, two miles above Vevay took a teaspoonfull of arsenic on Wednesday evening, from the effects of which she died thursday night. A widower, her
near neighbor, had been paying her his attentions, and betrayed he under the promise of marriage. Her story was that he had promised to fulfill his promise of marriage by Wednesday evening. His failure
to come at the appointed time drove her to desperation and she took the fatal poison that caused her death. She was thirty nine years of age.
Date: 1897-01-13; Paper: Indiana State Journal
Dr. Samuel H. Charlton, an Old Army Surgeon Seymour, Ind., Jan. 12
Dr. Samuel H. Charlton, a brother of T. J. Charlton, superintendent of the Reform School at Plainfield, died here at 2 o'clock this morning, aged seventy. He was one of the oldest physicians in this city. Dr. Charlton was born in Jefferson county In 1826,
removing to Switzerland with his parents when he was four years old. At the age of twenty he began the study of medicine with Dr. Handy T. Davis, and later continued with Dr. T. G. Gale, both of Vevay.
The doctor began his practice of medicine at Hardensburg, Jennings county, in 1850, and in 1852 married Miss Cordelia Andrews, of Vernon, where he located. He removed to Seymour in 1858, since which time he has practiced medicine here,
thirty-five years. He attended Western Reserve College, at Cleveland, and graduated from the Louisville Medical College. He had been a pension examiner in recent years, and served during the war as a surgeon in an Indiana regiment. A few years ago he was
president of the State Medical Society of Indiana. His wife died a few years ago. No children survive. He had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church for twenty years. His immediate surviving relatives are Prof. T. A. Charlton, at Plainfield; Orlando C.
Charlton, of Waco. Texas: a brother near Vevay, and a sister, Mrs. Scott, of Madison.
Mrs. Margaret Buck
Taken From the Henry Republican June 21, 1882
Died at Patriot, Switzerland county, Indiana, May 30, of old age,
Margaret, 86 years 7 months, wife of the late James Buck, and mother of
Lewis Buck of this city.
(Contributed by Nancy Piper)
HEART-RENDING OCCURRENCE
On last Saturday, a son
of David
Huckelberry, of Craig Township, Switzerland County, Ind., in
crossing a field
where was enclosed a vicious horse, was attacked by the animal who with
his teeth
tore him and with his feet stamped him until life was extinct—The
mother of
the boy saw the transaction and was so much excited that she swooned
and was
carried into the house in a helpless condition, where she remained
until death
relieved her in a few hours. The boy was rescued, but not until he was
hopelessly injured by the numerous severe bruises he had received.
[17 April 1856]
James
F Phillips
The funeral of James F
Phillips, who died Thursday, will be held at 10 O'clock tomorrow at his
late home, 510 East Morris Street. Mr. Phillips, who was a veteran of the
Civil War, having served in the Third Indiana Cavalry, had been a
citizen of Indianapolis since 1874. He was a native of Switzerland
County, he is survived by six children, Hervey F., Everett G., and
Ralph R Phillips., Mrs. M.A. Murphy and Mrs. Emil Dorrah of Indianpolis
and Mrs. Arthur R Sapp of Santa Barbara, Calif., who is here for the
funeral. The
burial
will
be at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Newspaper: The
Indianapolis Star Obit: 17 Nov 1913 Submitters Name: April Bobbish
Daniel Defour, the founder of the
Swiss town of Vevay, in Indiana, died there the 12th, aged 87, having
been 50 years in this country, engaged in the successful cultivation of
the grape and the making of wine.
Date: 1855-02-23; Paper: Vermont Journal
Captain U. P. Schenck, who
died at Vevay Ind., a few days ago, was one of the Mississippi
River millionaires. He was a Swiss, who came to America when a youth
and his money was made in steamboats.
Date: November 24, 1884 Paper: Cleveland Leader
James Sullivan Phillips, who died
recently at Vevay, Ind., was the original of Jeems Phillips in
Eggleston's "Hoosier Schoolmaster."
Date: 1900-06-12; Paper: Daily Telegram
Mrs. Julia L. Dumont, well known as
a poetess died in Vevay on the 1st inst.
Date: 1857-01-06; Paper: New Albany Daily Ledger
