The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-26
DEATHS OF THE DAY
THROUGHOUT INDIANA

CRAWFoRDSvILLE. Ind. April Is
The death of Mrs. Hannah Nebeker
Thompson occurred this morning at the
home of her son-in-law. F. NJ. Dice. She
was daughter of Judge Lucas Nebeker,
of Fountain county. and was born on Feb.
6. 1921. She married William Thompson
Mrs. F. Nj. Dice, of this city. and Charles
y. Thompson, of indianapolis. The funeral
will be held at Covington Wednesday aft
ernoon.
Steven Bell one of the oldest residents of
this city, fell dead of apoplexy this even
ing. Mrs. Bell was sixty-one years old, and
had been a resident of this city all her
life. She was the daughter of the late
Dr., j. +. Moler On April 2 her husband
died. Mrs Catherine Ong, aged
ninety, died at her home on South Monroe
street this morning. The body will be taken
TO Muncie for interment.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, April 25-Wil-
liam Fisher. aged eighty-four. died at the
city. this morning of old age and kidney
trouble. Mr.. Fisher was n native of Ger
many. but came to America when a boy,
settling near Morgantown, and had been a
resident of this city for more than forty
years. He left a wife and twelve children.
He was well-known contractor here for
many years.
GOSHEN Ind. April 25-Mrs. Susannah
Yoder, widow, aged ninety, one of the
eldest residents of Harrison township and
a pioneer of Elkhart county, who died on
Saturday at the home of her only surviving
child Mrs. Reuben Dillman, will be buried
tomorrow. She left three sons-Jacob Dill
man, of Petoskey, and Henry and Jerry
Dillman, of Harrison township. all prom-
nent farmers. She was native of Penn
sylvania.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 25-Joseph
Fry, an indianapolis veteran of the civil
war, died yesterday at the Soldiers Home
after sickness of several weeks He was
born on May g. 1885, and served in Com
pany ID, Ninety-ninth Indiana Infantry.
He enlisted at Peru Aug 9, 1865. and Judge
r. P. De Hart, of this city, was once col
onel OF his regiment He was admitted 10
the home from Marion county last month.
COLUMBUS. Ind. April 25.-Wilson
Shannon Swengel died here Friday aged
fifty-nine. He was graduated from De
Pauw and was a member of Sigma Chi.
He was district attorney of the Seventh
judicial district and prosecuting attorney
for the Ninth. He the first superin-
tendent of the Jackson county schools and
was city attorney of Columbus three terms,
serving as a Democrat
Upton, Ind. April 25-Stites Pritchard.
aged nmety-three. the oldest resident Of this
county. died at his home northwest of this
city last night of the infirmities of old age.
Mr.; Pritchard was born in Kentucky in 1911
ana came TO this county in 1910. locating
on the land which he still owned at the
tlme OF his death. He was the father
OF five children, three of whom survive.
JEFFERSONVILLE.. Ind April 25.-
News was received here this morning of
the deatn In st. Louis of Mrs. Pearl Gan
dy. who was formerly Miss Pearl Whit
ham, OF this city. Miss Whitman, who
was one OF the most prominent young
women in the city. married Capt. o. II.
Candy about year ago. The body will
be brought TO New Albany for burial
PORTLAND, Ind. April 25.-Mrs Phoebe
Northern, aged sixty-Seven years is dead
at her home near Bryant. Mrs Northern
was one OF the pioneer women of Jay
county.
EI,KHART Ind AnriI - Mrs Ja,,as
Dygert, a resident of Elkhart for forty
eight years. died Sunday. aged seventy.