Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1918 — ALBERT J. BELLOWS. [ARTICLE]

ALBERT J. BELLOWS.

The funeral of Albert J. Bellows was held at the Presbyterian church in this city Wednesday afternoon, May 29. The services were m charge of Rev. J. B. Fleming of this city, and Rev. J. C. Parrett, of Ham--01 Interment was in the beautiful cemetery at Remington at which place short services were conducted. A very large number of relatives and friends were present attested to toe splendid character of the deceased. His was a Hfe of usefulness and happiness, a loving husband and father, a time patriot and a citizen of the very highest type. This community has been blessed because of his having lived among us. Such a character stamps its impressupon a community for all time. The following obituary was read at the ser-

vices May 29: _ . Albert J. Bellows was born Oct., .31, 1843 at Troy, New Hampshire, and died at Rensselaer, Indiana, May 27. 1918 in the seventy-fifto year of his age. His father’s family moved from New Hampshire to Massachusetts in 1852 and five .years later moved west and located in Kankakee county, Illinois, where Albert J. grew to manhood. His great-grand-father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and the great-grandson inheriting some of the sturdy P otism of New England, enlisted and entered the army m the closing year sos the civil war For more than two years he served with Company K in the Fourth Illinois Cavalary, being honorably discharged in ,1866. After his discharge from the army he returned to Kankakee county. Illinois, where he engaged in fanning until 1870 when he moved to Jasper county, Indiana, and for forty-five years was one of the progressive and successful farmers of Carpenter township. . Mr. Bellows was married toMiss Jeanette Dunbar, of Dhnois, Sept. 21, 1876 and to this union was born two children, Mary Melissa, now Mrs. Charles Murphy, of Rensselaer and Edward who lies in Remington, Indiana. In 1906 Mr. Bellows retired and moved from the farm to Rensselaer where he purchased a good, modern home and lived until the close of ai active, full, happy and successfu lif jir. Bellows was a member of toe Presbyterian church and for man] years an elder, giving faithful and efficient service in the local congregation, the Presbyterian and the Synod. He leaves to mourn their loss, Mrs. Bellows, two children; 5 grandchildren and many friends. The above article is repeated at the request of a number Of friends and relatives. —Editor.