Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1920 — CIVIL WAR VETERAN CALLED [ARTICLE]

CIVIL WAR VETERAN CALLED

THOMAS CROCKETT PASSED AWAY AT COUNTY HOSPITAL SUNDAY EVENING. * *. Thomas Crockett, mention of whose serious illness has occurred in these columns many times during the past few weeks, passed away at the county hospital at seven-forty-five o’clock Sunday evening, after an illness of .several months, his death resulting from cancer of the stomach. Mr. Crockett was seven-ty-eight years of age, he having been born in Delphi, Indiana, March 3, 1842. Mr. Crockett was one of the few remaining civil war survivors from this county, having served his country with distinction as a member of Co. A, 87th Regt. Indiana Volunteers during the greater part of the four years’ strife, being furloughed home after having been wounded in one of the great battles of the war. Mr. Crockett enlisted for service from this county and many times during the later years of his life lived again in thought the days of the rebellion with his comrades who have passed to the Great Beyond and those who still survive him. His last request was that as many of his former comrades in arms as could possibly do so, attend his funeral. For many years Mr. Crockett farmed the old Crockett homestead six miles southeast of this city, later moving to this city with his family where his last years were spent. The deceased is survived by his wife and four children: Mordecai, of Colorado; Mrs. Eugene Perrigo, of Morocco; Robert, of Detroit, Mich.; and George, of this county. One sister, Mrs. Harvey Wood, Sr., of this city, and one brother, Chas. Crockett, of Los Angeles, Calif., also survive him. One child, two brothers one sister preceded him to the grave. Mr. Crockett united with the Methodist church early in life and throughout his lifetime followed closely the doctrines of that faith. The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock at the jate residence and will be conducted by the Rev. E. W. Strecker, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment will be made in the Crockett cemetery.