Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1898 — DEAD SOLDIERS. [ARTICLE]

DEAD SOLDIERS.

In 1889 the general assembly of the state of Indiana jwssed an act authorizing the ‘’Township Trustees of this state, in their resjMX*tive townsliips, to look after awl cause to lie interred in a decent and respectable manner iu any cemetery or burial ground within this state, other than tlmse used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead, at an expense not to exceed fifty dollars, the body of any honorably dischaiged ex-union soldier, sailor or marine, having at any time served in the army or navy of the United States, who shall hereinafter die a resident of this state, not leaving means sufficient to defray the necessary funeral expenses, or leaving a family in such indignet circumstances that they would lie distressed by the expenses of such burial. “Such Township Trustee, before assuming the charge and expense of any such burial, shall first satisfy himself by a careful inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, that such soldier, sailor <r marine did not leave means sufficient t 6 defray the necessary exjwnses of such b irial. or. ’if he left a family residing in such township, that said family is unable, without being distressinl todefray such expenses, ami being so satisfied he shall thereupon cause such deceased,” etc,, ’’to lie buried as jirovided" above. Following is a list of burials in Jasjier county during the jrist year under above provisions, with residence. occui«tion, cost of burial, etc....as shown upon the county records: IfAlpheus Booher, farmer. Walker tp., $35.00. Jacob Bierlv. fanner. Newtoti tp.. $40.00. William J. ..Granger, fanner. Keener tp.. $45.00. William Hale, farmer. Hanging Grove tp.. $45.00. Lewis A. Ford, farmer. Carpenter tp., $50.00. John Kern, farmer, Marion tp, $45.00.