taEfcoatTIn the death of Simon Kodrick Lin- | T ton township has lost one of its best i ^ and noblest citizens. Mr. Kodrick j was a man of rare qualities. He was son of Samuel Roderick. an early pioneer, and was born ana reared in ' ^this .township. He was one of 0 children—3 boys and 3 girls—Simon, Johnand David: Sarah A.. Susan and Ma-baia- Sarah Ann married .Tames Xear: Mahalamarried Seth McCleary: Susan died single: David married Mahala H- Magness. sister to the writer. He moved to Illinois and died in the jj war of rebellion, leaving a wife and two sons. John is in the soldiers' home in Iowa. All the Sam Kodrick children are dead now but John. He is about f9 or TO years old. Simon, when he died, was 7S years old. He leaves no children. He married for his first wife. Miss Margaret Mc-jx Clearv. daughter of George McCleary.»^ and ~ sister to Seth McCleary. j.. of this township, who is dead. For £ his second wife, he married Missj^ Betty Williams, daughter of Thom- 3 as andCatharine (Borman) Williams, 1 whom he leaves to mourn his departure. Mr. Kodrick was a kind husband. a good man. The minister *aid of him in Ms funeral sermon: c*He]t was a man that if he could not say | *■ good of a neighbor his lips were i T closed against the evil. This was true and was characteristic of Si moo Kodrick. He had no enemies- We cannot say this of every many who dies. He ” was one of the foremost farmers of the township, and leaves a farm of 300 acres of good land on Wiilscreek and near it-