The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-10
Deaths.

GREENCASTLE, Jan. Especial
Col. John r. Mahon. aged seventy years.
one Of the pioneers of this county. died
last evening. He was a native of Flem-
ingsburg, KY. and was sheriff Of this
county in 1858 to 1860. When the war
broke out he enlisted here in a COM
pany organized and known as the "As-
bury guards the most Of whom were
students, and he was chosen captain OF
the company and assigned TO the Four
teenth Indiana volunteers. In the organ
ization of the regiment he was commits
stoned Northumberland. When the reg
iment reached West Virginia he was at
tached to the staff Of Gen. Lander. He
was next commissioned as colonel of the
Fifty-fifth Indiana volunteers, and was
in the engagement at Richmond. KY.
After returning to Indianapolis he was
placed in command at Camp Morton,
and soon after was changed to Camp
Darlington, where he organized the One
hundred and fifteenth, One hundred and
sixteenth, One hundred and seventeenth
and One hundred and eighteenth Indiana
volunteers, and in September, 1863, took
them as brigade 10 East Tennessee,
and was with Gems. Burnside and o. 3.
Wilcox in all the East Tennessee cam
paigns He was married to Miss Eliza
beth Grooms in February, 1874 who
survives him, though in very feeble
health.
The funeral will take place at 1 p. m
Saturday, the 9Th inst. The G. A. r.
will have charge and the Rev. G.. w.
Bainum Of Bement, ILL.,, will preach the
sermon.
NEW CASTLE. Jan. Especial
Josiah Bundy died yesterday evening at
z o'clock He had been i'll for several
months and for a short time before
his demise was almost helpless. MIR.
Bundy had been a resident of Henry
county for sixty years, and for a long
time was the proprietor of the Bundy
hotel, now owned by his sons. He was
a familiar character to hundreds of tray
cling men for the past quarter of
century. He was born in Wayne coun-
ty in 1923. and moved to Greensboro,
this county. when twelve years old In
1862 he moved TO Minnesota and en-
gagged in farming. Six years later he
returned to Indiana, selling as farm
land his Minnesota property. which now
is a part Of the most populous portion
of Minneapolis and worth millions of
dollars.
ALBION. Jan. SPECIALIZATION
Prentiss died at his home here yes
terday, aged eighty-four years. He was
a pioneer of Northern Indiana, having
come here from New York when this
part of the state was a wilderness. His
life was a useful one. and he had the
esteem OF all who knew him. His father
was a soldier of the revolutionary war.
Mr. Prentiss held many offices in the
county. all of which he filled with abil-
ity and fidelity. He was a member of
the presbyterian church all his life. He
was the biographer of the old settlers
association Of Noble county, and a man
of marked literary ability. He was a
prominent member Of the masonic and
odd fellow orders.
BRAZIL. Jan. Especial Elder Reub-
L.
this city this afternoon of kidney dis
ease, aged seventy-fOur years. The de-
ceased was a pioneer, who manufactured
by hand power the shingles for the
original T. II. & 1. depot at Terre
Haute. His estate is reputed to be worth
1000 in lands, bonds and cash. He
had lived by himself. a widower, for
twelve years, and had on his body at
the time of his death 81 700 in gold and
greenbacks. He secured the right of
way for the I. & st. L. railway through
Clay and Vigo counties.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 7.-Special.-The es-
Unable wife of George Pence, county
auditor, died last night after short i'll
ness of pneumonia, aged about forty
years. She leaves a large circle of
friends and relatives 10 mourn her
death
PRINCETON, Jan. 3.-Special.-George
Byers, residing south of this city, aged
eighty-one years died this afternoon.
He was born and raised on the same
His wife died recently.