VANDERBURGH COUNTY OBITS
Maude Nitzsche
Mrs. Maude Nitzsche, wife of Fred Nitzsche, a prominent farmer residing
in the Walsh neighborhood, was interred in the Preston cemetery
Wednesday afternoon, following funeral services held at the M. E.
church in that city, the service being conducted by Rev. Idel, of
Ellisgrove.
Mrs. Nitzsche died Sunday night, March 1, after an illness of short
duration. Death was attributed to aortic insufficiency. She was 57
years of age.
Maude Zettie Nitzsche was born on October 4, 1878, in Jackson county,
Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wilson. She was married
to Fred Nitzsche at Chester, Ill., on August 16, 1894. To this union
were born six children, three
daughters and three sons, namely, Mrs. Grace Mahan of New Athens, Ill.;
Mrs. Mamie Dodge of Richland Heights, Mo., and Mrs. Selma Morris, St.
Louis, Mo.; Roy Nitzsche, of Caseyville, Ill., and Otis and Everett
Nitzsche, at home.
In addition to her husband and children, the deceased is survived by
four sisters, Mrs. Essie Grandaman, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Mrs. Helen
Woods, of Oklahoma City,
Okla., Mrs. Edna Glasgow, Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Retha Mitchell, of
Tulsa, Okla., and one brother, Roy Wilson, of Sapulpa, Okla., and
three grandchildren.
Mrs. Nitzsche was always of the pleasant and courteous type of person,
and was ready and willing at all times to do a good deed or assist a
neighbor of friend in time of need. Her life was mostly of a gentle and
retired nature, but her good deeds were known just the same and those
nearest to her will miss her in everyday life. (from Jeana, host
of Wmson Co, IL, citing "Evansville Enterprise newspaper, 1936")
Everton Kennerly
New Albany Daily Ledger 3 Mar 1866 p2 c2: Everton
Kennerly, for sixty years a citizen of Vanderburg county, died at
Mechanicsville on Thursday, aged 93 years. His first vote was given for
Thomas Jefferson and his last for George B. McClellen. Submitted
by
Sue
Carpenter
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Transcribed by Erica Beatty
Evansville Courier and Press June 4 1992
Harry A. Tornatta, 69, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at Welborn Baptist Hospital. He had been the Perry Township assessor for more than nine years. He was a glazier for more than 30 years and was owner of McAry Glass Co. He was secretary of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party and had been a precinct committeeman and ward leader for 34 years. He was a member of the Burdette Park Board, Vanderburgh County Alcoholic Beverage Board, Building Trades Association and Westside Sportsman's Club and was a past district vice president of the Indiana Assessors Association. He was also a member of the Amvets Post 84, Riverbend Association, Westside Improvement Association, Traveler's Protective Association, St. Agnes Catholic Church and Elks. Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Amelia; a daughter, Glen Koob of Evansville; a son, Tom of Evansville; two brothers, Bob and Elmer, both of Evansville; and four grandchildren, Troy Tornatta, Tiffany Tornatta, Kyle Koob and Kari Koob, all of Evansville. Services will be 9:30 a.m. Friday at Pierre Funeral Home, continued at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:30 to 9 p.m. today and from 8 to 9:30 a.m Friday at the funeral home, where a memorial service will be held at 8:30 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or St. Agnes Catholic Church.
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Vanderburgh County IN
John M. Dunn brained Edwin Vallindigham with an axe yesterday near Evansville, Ind. The murder was the result of an old quarrel.
The Daily Independent, Monroe, Wisconsin, Jan. 22, 1889. Transcribed by Linda Rodriguez
Evansville, Ind.- Oct. 15 -
Wm. Durham, an old and respected citizen of Evansville, was drowned while fishing in the Ohio River opposite this city. His body was recovered this afternoon.
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) Wednesday, October 16, 1878; pg. 4;
Submitted by Candi Horton
Veteran Who Died In Evansville Widely Known In G. A. R. Circles
The funeral of George Thormyer, who died yesterday while marching in the G. A. R, parade at Evansville, Ind., will be held at the home, 93 Butler avenue, tomorrow morning at 10:80 o'clock. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Thormyer was well known in organization circles throughout Indiana, and he has been actively identified In Indiana since the close of the civil war. He was born in Cincinnati, O., in 1843, and enlisted in the Union army In 1861. He served for the full four-year period, and at the close of the war he was stationed In Indianapolis. He remained in the state up until the time of his death, and lived in Irvington since 1802.
Mr. Thormyer was a member of the George H. Thomas Post, G, A. R., the Irvington Lodge No. 666, F. & A. M., Irvington Chapter of Eastern Star, Keystone Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons and Raper Commandery of the Knights Templars. HE is survived by one Son, Albert Thormyer of Indianapolis, and five daughters, Mrs. Bertha Thorrneyer, teacher at the Manual Training High School; Miss Clara B. Thormyer, principal of the High School in. Cumberland; Mrs. Lydia Ziegelmueller of West Indianapolis; Mrs. Walter Morrison, Logansport and Mrs. Ernest C. Lowes, Acton. Ind.
The Indianapolis Star May 12, 1916
THE HON JOHN LAW.
The Hon. John Law, whose death at Evansville, Ind, is announced by telegraph yesterday, was one of the early settlers of Indiana, a class of men now rapidly passing away. He was born In New London, Connecticut, in 1796, where he grew up and studied for the profession of the law. At a very early day be emigrated to the then wilds of Indiana, and settled in Vincennes, the oldest town in the State. Here he entered upon his profession, in which he subsequently won success and position. In 1820. he married a daughter of Nathaniel Ewings, a sister of Mrs. Dr. Geo. W. Mears of this city. he served one term in the Legislature of the State previous to the removal of the capital from Corydon to Harrison County, to this city in 1824.
For many years he was judge of the district of Vincennes. He afterward served two terms in the National congress, previous to the breaking out of the war. A contemporary says of him "The mind of Judge Law is of a high order. As a lawyer he stands deservedly high. As a judge he is kind, courteous, and popular. He was of that class of judges who hear the case before they decided it, and when he did decide he was not found sticking to the bark of the case. He felt and acted like a Judge who was blind to the parties and just to their case."
In 1659 Mr. Law was President of the Indiana Historical Society, of whose history and aims a lengthy account is given in another column. The public life of Mr. Law ceased long since and he passed his remaining years in quiet and retirement. he had only been a resident of Evansville a few years.
Date: October 08, 1873 Paper: Indianapolis Sentinel
Judge John Law, of Evansville, Ind. died October 7, 1873, at the age of 77 years, He was born in October, 1796, at New London, Ct. His father was an eminent lawyer of Connecticut, and was a member of Congress in 1811-12, and an ardent Federalist His father was a member of the convention that adopted and signed the American Declaration of Independence. Judge Law was the third generation of his family who served in the Congress of the United States.
Date: 1873-10-18; Paper: Daily Constitution
Woman Burned to Death,
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec 4, — Mistaking gasoline for kerosene, fire- Albert Enlow tonight attempted to fill a lighted lamp. An explosion followed, setting her clothing afire The woman was almost burned to death before assistance arrived. Her flesh, from head to foot, was cooked. She retained her faculties to the last, giving directions to her husband regarding the future care of their children. Death resulted soon after.
Date: 1899-12-06; Paper: Indiana State Journal
Evansville Died of His Injuries Another Fire
Louis Rose, fatally injured by the fire in Meyers' furniture establishment some days ago, died last night. His remains will be taken on the first boat to Cincinnati, by his mother, who has been with him since Monday.
A fire was discovered in the clothing store of H. Gumberts, Main Street, between Water and first. late last night, and extinguished before making much progress. The stock of clothing was badly damaged by water-fully insured.
There are some evidence that the fire was the work of an incendiary. This is the third fire on Main Street within a week.
Date: 1870-01-24; Paper: Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
DANCED WITH LINCOLN.
Mrs. Mary Jones, Who Died at Evansville, Knew Martyred President.
EVANSVILLE Ind. Dec 22.—Mrs. Mary Jones, aged 88, said to have been the oldest resident in Vanderburg county, is dead at the hospital of the Little Sisters of the Poor here after an illness of two years. The aged woman had been acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, and she said that she danced with the martyred president on a number of occasions. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of a wealthy Kentucky planter, who lost his fortune after the civil war.
Mrs. Jones lived at Springfield, Ill., several years before the civil war, and according to the story often told the inmates of the hospital, .she danced on more than one occasion with Lincoln. She said Mary Todd, whom Lincoln married, often attended the dances at Springfield, and that while Lincoln was an ugly man, he was a graceful dancer and was quite popular with the women.
The first husband of Mrs. Jones was a captain In the Union army and was with General Grant at Fort Donelson. and again at Shiloh. If Mrs. Jones leaves any relatives the hospital authorities do not know where they are, as the woman would never tell in what county of Kentucky she was born.
Date: 1909-12-22; Paper: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Brothers Died At the Same Moment From Grip--Inseparable in Life
Evansville. Ind., Jan. 31.—Henry Wolfe and brother, Adam Wolfe, living at Blairsville, in Posey county, prominent farmers, died at the same hour yesterday. Both men had the grip. Henry passed away at 10 o'clock and his last words were:
"I believe Brother Adam is dead."
It developed that Adam had died exactly at 10 o'clock. The brothers were almost inseparable in life, and will be buried in the same grave.
Date: 1901-01-31; Paper: Jackson Citizen Patriot
DIED 0F LOCKJAW.
EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 16.—
Mildred Ritter, young daughter of a local merchant, died lockjaw, caused by striking her cheek against a brick a few days ago while playing "hide and seek."
Date: 1909-04-16; Paper: Tucson Daily Citizen
Drank Wood Alcohol On a Wager and Died Before He Left the Saloon
Evansville. Ind., Nov. 2.—Frank Samuel, a tramp painter, and native of Sweden, died last night in Scott township, from the effects of drinking a quart of wood alcohol. He bet $5 he could drink the liquor and walk across the room. He died in great agony a few minutes after emptying the bottle. Samuel was 40 years old, and leaves a sister in Sweden.
Date: 1900-11-02; Paper: Jackson Citizen Patriot
Witness Dies When Testifying in Damage Suit at Evansville Ind.
Evansville Ind., March,8-—Albert McKasson superintendent of construction for the Evansville Street Railway company died in circuit court today white testifying in a damage suit. He had finished a long explanation to the jury and settled back in the witness chair to await further questioning. When the question was asked his head fell back and he died.
Heart trouble was given as the cause. He was 52 years old and is survived by a widow.
Date: March 09, 1913 Paper: Grand Forks Herald
John Pocock Holmes, who had been a distinguished British surgeon, died last week in Evansville, Indiana, at the age of eighty years, destitute and friendless. One of his eyes had been destroyed by cancer, and one leg was paralyzed. On examining his effects after his death, was found an original certificate of Sir Astley Cooper testifying to his qualifications as a surgeon, with numerous testimonials from other eminent surgeons of his ability and faithfulness as a member of their profession. It appeared from other papers that he had been, previous to 1827, sixteen years a surgeon in the employment of the
Hudson Bay Company, at their various posts on this continent In 1827 he was a practicing surgeons in London, holding intercourse with the most eminent men. Among the papers he appears to bare preserved with care, is a card of invitation from the lord mayor and mayoress of London to dine at the Mansion House on the 12th of May, the year omitted. But the papers which he seems to have deemed the most precious, are a package of letters
from Capt Parry, the great Arctic explorer, with whom he seems to hare enjoyed a free and cordial intimacy. Among his effects were also two large and beautiful gold medals awarded to "Doctor John Pocock Holmes by medical societies for his valuable inventions of obstetrical and surgical instruments." He was evidently a man of correct habits and great intelligence. By what misfortunes he who had enjoyed high professional reputation, and had been the associate and friend of eminent men, was left homeless and poor, and died at last alone in the shanty of a poor negro nurse, is unknown. It is a painful lesson of the sad vicissitudes of life.
Date: 1858-05-06; Paper: Sun
A colored child, residing in Evansville lnd. died of hemorrhage of the nose. shortly after the little fellow commenced bleeding, his mother started for a physician, but before she returned life had departed.— Strange to say shortly after death the corpse turned perfectly white. We have heard of the corpse of a white person turning black, but never heard of a black one turning white.
Date: 1867-08-05; Paper: Providence Evening Press
Fred Reidel aged 43 died yesterday at Evansville Ind. from the effect pistol shot fired by his nephew, Henry Reidel, on the 24th of May. The bullet entered below and behind the right ear, and passed through the brain, lodging in the occipital bone. Young Reidel is to be tried in September.
Date: 1874-07-30; Paper: Daily Inter Ocean
The Desolate Old Man Died Searching for Wife
EVANSVILLE. Ind.. July 13.—After wandering about the country for nearly three years in search of his wife, whom he believed to be still alive, Josiah Ford, aged 70, was found dead in an orchard near his home on the out-skirts of Princeton. Ind.. this forenoon. Ford was one of the best known fruit growers in Gibson county. The death of his wife, three years ago, deranged his mind, and he wandered from place to place, staying part at the time with relatives near Princeton. He labored under the hallucination that his wife was living, and took up a constant search for her, always telling his sorrowing story to people he met.
At 10 o'clock this morning he was picked up dead under one of his favorite apple trees in the rear of his old home. He planted the tree three years ago, and It was his custom, before his mind left him. to spend many hours dally under the favorite tree.
The Coroner believes that the shock occasioned by once more seeing the old home and his favorite apple tree brought on an attack of heart disease.
Date: 1904-07-12; Paper: Tucson Daily Citizen
Husband Dead, Wife Insane.
Evansville, Ind„ Aug. 11.—Alexander Vansicks, a jeweler of this city, fell dead. When told of her husband's sudden death Mrs. Vanslcks became violently Insane and it was necessary to lock her into her room. She has been taken to an asylum. '
Date: 1898-08-11; Paper: Elkhart Daily Review
Man Who Shouldn't Throw.
Evansville, Ind Aug. 11.—In a fit of rage Harry Cole seized a bottle and hurled it at the head of Conrad Docnch.
The missile missed it's aim and struck Mrs. Doench inflicting fatal injury.
Date: 1898-08-11; Paper: Elkhart Daily Review
Could Die in Peace Then.
Evansville. Ind.. Oct. 22.—Mrs. Ella Drummond wife of Frank Drummond is dead after a lingering illness. When told she was going to die she prayed that her life might be spared untill a good home was found for her baby. When told that tlie baby had a good home she turned to her husband and said: ''Now I can die in pence,"' and in a few minutes she was dead.
Date: 1907-10-23; Paper: Elkhart Weekly Review