Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1920 — ELISHA WARDEN PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

ELISHA WARDEN PASSES AWAY

Aged Resident of White County Was Bnried Last Friday. Elisha Warden, White county’s noted house mover, died at his home in Monticello last Wednesday night after a long illness from bone cancer. Mr. Warden was a lifelong Democrat and had been a member of the Masonic lodge at Monticello for over 40 years. He was born in Delphi, but hiif parents removed to White county when he was bu.t four years of and he had since resided there. He was 87 years of age at the time of his death and is said to have been the oldest continuous resident of White county. He had followed house moving most of his life and had gained a reputation all over the country in this line of work. At one time h.e was called to Texas to move a church and during his career in this Line of work he had moved several buildings in Rensselaer and neighboring towns.