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DEATHS OF THE WEEKJohn. Allen, sr., age 89.Dr. Hamilton Wolfe, age 88. Giles White, age 57.Frances I. Hook, “age 66. Mary Best, age 0.Myrtle Yarbrough, age 4.After lingering at the point of death three days after the sad accident of last Saturday morning, the spirit of John Allen, sr., the venerable man of east Walnut street, was called at 6 o’clock Monday afternoon removing the oldest member of one of the early pioneer families and the oldest living native born citizen of Daviess county. The accident whichproduced the death of the aged man was one of the saddest recorded inWashington in many months. Lyinghelpless before an open grate,* his clothes afire, he was found by members of the household about 5o’clock Saturday morning. Had not*a telephone call awakened the family at that time, it is probable that the fire would have produced an instant and horrible death*. The aged man had got out of bed at that early hour and thrust into the open grate all his bed clothes. For severalmonths his mind had been weakening, the weight of eighty-nine yearscrowding down upon him.His body was badly burned andthe first examination of the familyphysician brought the opinion thatlife could not be prolonged long.The right arm was horribly burnedand the entire right side was a massof wounds from the flames. Afterthe accident the aged man lay in asemi-conscious condition, apparentlynot suffering from the burns. Nodoubt he suffered paralysis, beingunable to swallow but little duringthe last few dayr of his life.Of Early Pioneer Family.John Allen, sr.. wn the second son of William ..nd Elizi -J.h (Eads) Allen and was born in ; ,og hut onthe old Shepherd farm north of the city April 16. 1818. His parentsand other members' of the Allen family had come to Daviess countytwo years previously, earning on the. . .Shepherd farm. A short time after the birth of Mr. Allen the'father entered a quarter section of land in Sugarland. the tract now being the property of Samuel Lucas of this city. Mr. AI\\a was the second child of a family of twelve children, ten boys, and two girls.Mr. Allen married'Rachael Osmonin 1843 and settled on a place two miles north of his father s farm. He sold the place soon af .erwards andbought a farm oi the Newberry road«now owned by his sons, Charles M. and William D. Allen. He reared.4 .his family on this farm, the children being: Charles M. end William D.Allen of Ois township; Elisha O. Allen living near Prainville; Miss Malissa Allen, who li\ed with her father in this city; Mrs. termeia Aikman of Sugarland; Mrs. Sarah Myers, deceased, and a son, who died in infancy.Mr. Allen’s first wife died in.April, 1869, and later he married• . . - ...Eliza Hill of this city. She has been dead some years.. Fifty-Five Years a Baptist.4Mr. Allen came of New Jersey*. • * .Presbyterian stock. His parents andother ancestory were prominent members of that religious denomination. August 21, 1852, Mr. Allenwas united with the Baptist churchand was baptized at Yeales creek by* ■• .... * *the Rev. Hamilton Robb, then pas-%tor of this city.Mr. Allen was one of the few men who stood shoulder to shoulder for .the construction of the first Baptistchurch. The building was erected in 1859. For years he was trusteeand treasurer of the Baptist church in this city.cProminent Citizen Of County.Mr. Allen was a prominent citizen of Daviess county during the eighty-nine years, all of his life, that hetspent here. ‘ During all that time hewas a resident of the city or county.#*After the death of his first wife, he divided his property among his children and soma time sfor wardsmoved to the ty, buPdi:: g the house at east Eleventh ' “d Walnut streets. Moie thar. twev' jeai s ago he traded the lt;;y prop y for his old home on the Bedfor road, living there until the burring of the house about two years ago. *' During the last two years he had lived on east Walnut street.his life and until the fatal illness came upon him a few weeks ago, was to be seen on the streets almost daily, * although in recent years he seldom went far from home. * He enjoyed remarkably' good health, until. tired from the long journey he laid down to soon be taken into the. 4• 4 .long deep sleep of the dead. Hd came from a family of active men and women. His father was George I. Wolfe and his mother, Elizabeth Tresenriter, both of Pennsylvania stock. The father lived to the age of eighty-six. •Dr. Wolfe practiced medicine for fully fifty years. He retired some fourteen years ago, saying that he was tired of the profession. He held diplomas from two Kentucky schools of medicine, being a graduate of the state school and of the college at Louisville. These diplomas were secured some sixty-four years ago. Mr. Wolfe first, practiced in Elizabeth, Indiana. He came to Washington in 1856 and with the exception of a few years spent the remainder of his life in this city. Dur-ing the civil war he had charge oftwo hospitals in Louisville. Whilehere his practice extended to townswithin a radius of forty miles of Washington.Dr. Wolfe was born at Georgetown, Indiana, March 30, 1819. He lived at that place until a lad of nineteen or twenty, securing there a common school education. He was married in M'ay, 1856, at Lanesville, Ford county, and that same year moved to Washington. In 1895 he moved to New Albany -where with his aged wife he lived with a daughter until three years ago, when he returned to Washington. His wife died October .4, 1906.Dr. Wolfe first had his office In Washington over a drug store situated where the Wilson building now stands. Later he built the Sparks storeroom and residence at eastFifth and Main and lived there some,time. Afterwards he had his office at his home on east Main. Dr. Wolfe Was a republican in politics and cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison. Three daughters survive: Mrs; Samuel L. Hopkins, Mrs. Emma Godwine of Georgetown, Illinois, and Mrs. Ella Fugit of New Albany. One brother, Dr. Harvey Wolfe, ol New Albany.Funeral services at the residence at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial at Oak Grove cemetery. The Rev. J. M. Douglass will have charge of the services.CCltdIotoGiles White Passes Away.The passing of Giles White, for years a resident of Veale township, removes one of the best known citi-zens of that community. Mr. White’s death occurred after an illness of nearly three months from dysentery and consumption of the bowels. He had been in a critical condition sev-_ 4eral days and Sunday night becamemuch worse and sank to his death..4Death occurred at 9 o’clock thismorning.w.Mr. White was born and broughtup at Greensburg, Decatur county.*After the war he moved with his father to Noble, Illinois, and latericame to Daviess county, settling in Veale township in the neighborhood in which he died. He had been aresident of Daviess county eighteen or twenty years. Mr. White was above the average in intelligence and a useful citizen. He was an active and hard working man. Age fifty-seven.Mr. White was a life long democrat and although never a candidate• yfor office w7as prominent in the work of the party. He was influential in his home township and was well liked. Mr. White leaves a widow and four sons: Charles L., Warren,Clarence and Bert. Charles L. White is a teacher in the Veale town-ship schools and is well known in Washington. Bert is a student in the local high school.Funeral services at Bethel church in Veale township at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Bethel cemetery.Mrs. Francis L. Hook.t:ftccCi iest:af.Ivt:tlI»lienr.aacafi4,lidcFsTV. 4S.d* . ■ •Mr. Allen was prominent In the, ..j- •• ■-political, religious and social life ofthe city and county* He was a republican in politics and in the sixties held the office of ; township' trustee. Later he war justice of the J peace in this township. His death removesC-.4 *one of the best known citizens of Daviess county./ / .Funeral services ht the First Bap-.tist church in this city at 10 o’clockWednesday morning. * * Burial atMrs. Frances L. Hook of theMaysville road died at 12:45 Sunday»*morning. Death was produced by heart trouble and dropsy.Mrs. Hook was born in Germanycoming to America with her parents/when a girl. She was married in the-east to Lawrence Hook and soon afterwards came to Washington where she lived the greater part of her life. Mr. Hook died here about three years ago. Mrs. Hook was sixty-six-years of age and well known in the community. Eight children are left: Andrew, Lawrence, Johnand Miss Margaret of this city; Mrs. Josephine Tischmacher of Bicknell, Mrs. Ed Johnston of Vincennes; Mrs. Amiel Surmont of Linton and Benjamin of Asher.Funeral , services at St. Mary’s church at' 8 o’clock Tuesday morning. Burial at St. John’s cemetery.Deatli From Diphtheria.- 4 - . . . *- ' •Diphtheria claimed a victim inI . ■ 4 • ’ , ■ .Mary Best, age six years, daughter. • • . . * » .of William Best of southwest Fourth Btreet Sunday morning. The deathAf AOTYIA C11 /I /I AT11 V 1 (1 tl iQfl -Tiif]gTanflt;tlSv,Etiwnflt;rrPFSi
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Washington Daviess County Democrat
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