Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — Obituary [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Obituary

William R. Brown was born Dec. 4, 1845, in Douglas county, 111. He enlisted in Company E, 79th 111. Vol., in 1862, and was taken prisoner at Franklin, Tenn., in 1864, and taken' to Andersonville prison, wherb he remained until the close of the war, 1865. He was married to Nancy E. Murphy Jan. 18, 1869, aqd to this union three children were born, viz.: Clin-’ ton and Everett of Huntington, Ind., and Mrs. Cecile Harmon of Evansville, Ind. He was a member of the First Christian church and a member of post No. 84, G. A. R., Rensselaer, Ind. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, Oct. 24, at the First Christian church by the Rev.William T. Barbre, pastor of the church. A very large number of friends and neighbors of the deceased attended the service which evidenced the esteem in which he was held. The pallbearers were E. C. Maxwell, G. H. McLain, D. E. Grow, Ivan J. Carson, W. O. Rowles and C. W. Eger. Burial was made in Weston cemetery. The G. A. R. had charge of the burial ceremonies. James Eugene Marchand, son of Charles and pilsle Marchand, was born Sept. 6, 1*920, in Jasper county, Ind., and died Oct. 21, at the aga of 1 month and 15 days. He was apparently in the very of health up to 24 hours of his death, and had grown into the love and affection of both father and mother and had become a source of greatest joy in the home. He leaves two brothers and one sister besides the father and mother to mourn his loss.