Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1887 — Death of the Recorder of Newton County. [ARTICLE]

Death of the Recorder of Newton County.

Kent land Gazette. It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Elisha Parsons, recorder of this county. He died at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday, of hemorrhage of the lungs. He lias been in very poor health for some time. On last Saturday the first hemorrhage occurred, the same recurring again on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the latter resulting in his death. Few men in Newton count) were better known than Mr. Parsons and none were more highly esteemed.