Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1916 — Wm. B. Nicoles, Medaryville Centenarian, Died Thursday. [ARTICLE]

Wm. B. Nicoles, Medaryville Centenarian, Died Thursday.

< the- oldest resident k>f Medaryville and one of the oldest residents in the state of Indiana, as well as the oldest Mason in the country, passed away Thursday morning at his home in that place. ‘‘Death was due to the infirmities of age. Mr. Nicoles was 100 years old on September 14, and in honor of the event the town council voted it a holiday and the residences and business > houses were decorated in a manner to remind one of a fourth of July celebration. All of the citizens of 'Medaryville and hundreds of people from the surrounding communities gathered for a big basket dinner and public speaking. The aged man was the center of attraction and enjoyed the day immensely. Mr. Nicoles had been a Mason for more than seventy years and a member of the Methodist church ' for eighty years.