Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — OBITUARY OF JOHN C. CHILCOTE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OBITUARY OF JOHN C. CHILCOTE

Former Well-Known Resident Died Wednesday Morning.' John Calvin qhilcote, son of Mordecai and Elizabeth Chilcote, was born at Ashland, Ohio, November 11, 1841. When a boy he, with his parents, brothers and sisters, moved to Lansing, Michigan, where they were among the pioneers of that section, and where he grew to manhood: At the time of the civil war he and five brothers enlisted and gave their services to their country. .One brother, the eldest, never to return, being one of the- many to lose their life at Andersonville. He was a member

of . Company I, Tenth regiment, Michigan cavalry. Having received, his honorable discharge at the close of the war he spent a number of years attending school and teaching, always showing a great interest in education. He was married at Vermontville, Michigan, to Abigail Green and moved to a farm northeast of Rens-j selaer, Indiana, ' where he lived a number of years and where hia three daughters were born. Later I he moved to Wilson county, Kan-’ sas, to a farm, where he resided about five years. It was here where I his wife passed away. Returning | to Indiana he took up his residence at Rensselaer where he resided over twenty years, being associated with the R. Fendig Dry Goods company j and Ellis & Murray. Then he spent six years with hid daughter, Mrs. Addie Duvall, at Mackinaw, Illinois, and for the past eight years he had resided with his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Sigler,/ at Mt. Ayr, Indiana, at whose home he, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 1917, at 7:30 a. m.. after an illness of several weeks, caused from diabetic trouble. While not a member of the church, he attended the Presbyterian church and contributed to its support, and also was an attendant at Sunday school. For nearly fifty years he was a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been made a Mason at Rensselaer, being, a member of Prairie lodge No. 125 until lie moved to Illinois, transferring his membership to Mackinaw lodge, No. 132, at Mackinaw, Illinois. He also became a member of the Peoria consistory, having received the thirty-second degree of the order. He was a member of the O. E. S. at Rensselaer for a good many years, and also belonged to the G. A. R. of this city. He was a member of the city council for three years while residing at Rensselaer. One sister, Mrs. J. W. Merry, of Mt. Ayr, Indiana, and three brothers, Thomas of Elma, Washington; Bruce of Portland, Orgeon, and Addison of Fredonia, Kansas, are the only survivors of the twelve brothers and sisters, and with his three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Sigler, of Mt. Ayr, Indiana; Mrs. Addie Duvall, of Mackinaw, Illinois, and Mrs. Ida Sperry, of Normal, Illinois, mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate brother and affectionate father. He leaves four grandchildren, three girls and one boy. Funeral services were held at the residence of J. R. Sigler at Mt. Ayr on Friday morning at 10 o’clock, services being conducted by Rev, J. B. Fleming of the Rensselaer Presbyterian church. Prairie lodge, F. & A. M. of Rensselaer having charge of the services at the grave in Weston cemetery, Rensselaer, where burial was made. Note —The above picture of Mr. Chilcote was taken about twenty years when deceased was in his prime and shows him as he was best known to readers of this paper.

JOHN C. CHILCOTE