Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1909 — R. S. DWIGGINS BURIED HERE SUNDAY. [ARTICLE]

R. S. DWIGGINS BURIED HERE SUNDAY.

f The remains of Robert S. Dwlggins, a former old and well known citizen of Rensselaer, were brought here for burial Sunday. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Church of God, Elder Joseph Willey of Plymouth and Rev. D. T. Halstead of Rensselaer conducting the services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. V Deceased wafc a native of Ohio, and at the time of his death, which occured last Friday from a stroke of appoplexy at a sanitarium near New York City where he had been for a short time, his age was 76 years. He had lived in Rensselaer most of his life, locating here in 1858, ard studied law with General Robert M'lroy fpr some years. He left here some ten years ago and went to Berkley, Cali., where his son Jay resides, and remained there until two years ago, when he and his second wife, to whom he was married in 1900, went to New -York and lived with his son Elmer. He was a candidate on the prohibition ticket for governor of Indiana in 1884, and as a republican served this district in the state senate in 1870-71. With his brother Zimri he was engaged in the banking business here at one time, but retired-in 1886.