Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1915 — SUDDEN DEATH OF REV. A. G. W. FARMER [ARTICLE]

SUDDEN DEATH OF REV. A. G. W. FARMER

Expires Suddenly of Heart Failure While at Work On Porch At His Home. Rev. A. G. W. Farmer, one of the old settlers of Jasper county, expired suddenly at his home in Rensselaer this morning of heart trouble. He had not been feeling well for some days but had been up and around and this morning had made arrangements to go to the home -of his daughter, (Mrs. W. W. Sage, south of town. He was doing some work on the pouch, when Mrs. Farmer heard him fall, and upon investigating found him expiring. The cauise of death was heart failure. His death took place at 8 a. m.

Deceased lived on his farm south of town until about six years ago, when he moved to Rensselaer. He was a minister of the M. E. church and preached in Jordan'township previous to his removal to town. Since moving to Rensselaer he has not been active in the ministry. He was a staunch prohibitionist and devoted much of his time to the work of temperance. He was 78 years of age last June. He leaves a wife, three sons and two daughters, Worth, of Oklahoma City; Albert and Henry, of California; Mrs. Joseph Blake, of Twin Falls, Idiaho, and Mrs. W. W. Sage, of Jasper county. At the time of going to press arrangements had not been made for the funeral, word being awaited from his children.