Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1911 — JOHN M. GWIN DEAD. [ARTICLE]

JOHN M. GWIN DEAD.

Pioneer Resident Died Friday H Night After Brief Illness. Upjohn M. Gwin, aged 92 years (and 7 months, died at the home of his son, J. C. Gwin, in the east part of town at 11:30 Friday night after a couple of days sickness from pneumonia. He had been a resident of Jasper county for nearly sixty years, settling in Hanging Grove tp., in 1852. jC The funeral was held at 2 :p0 Sunday afternoon from the M. E. church, Rev. Harper conducting the services, and interment made in Weston cemetery. Mr. Gwin’s Wife died twelve years ago, and since then he has lived among his children, seven of the ten born to them 4 still living, as follows: Mrs. Emma Sayler of Herscher, Ill.; Mrs. Felix Parker of Roselawn; Mrs. S. McDonald of Monticello; Mrs. A. M. Munden of Charlottsville, Ind.; Jesse C., of Rensselaer; John P., of Mammoth Springs, Ark.; and Wayne of Acme, So. Dak. He also leaves 31 grand-children, 28 greatgrandchildren, and 1 great-great-grand-child. • „ ’He had been a member of the Methodist church for nearly seventy years. Until the sickness which caused his death he had been in splendid health for one of is age and was about the streets nearly every day.