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DROPPED DEADleDavit! Atler, One »r the ohlesf ami ^ealthient ('iti/.etiM of Putnam. Suddenly Stricken While Kid iii£ 0%er One of His Varan.^ I‘ 1 t«vi«l Ader, farmer and prominent pioneer of Putnam county, died at 11 o'clock 1 a. m. Thursday, while riding over one of hi* farina, ihe old Kvana place one mile I southwest of Grovelaiul. aired 72 years, in company with Scott Lewis he had rode j into the pasture to InoK at a herd of cattle 11•* © fntddenlv called to Lewis to help himjjj, off his iiorse and expired immediately. „ ! Congesison of the lung* is thought to 125 have caused his death. Ilis son, F. D. iej Ader, of this city, received the news of his sail bereavement at 11:30, o'clock by teie-i,j. I irrupit and, accompanied by Mrs. Ader,jj ! left at once for Bainhridge. i01 The deceased was born in Ihvaon county. North Carolina March G, 182*2. Hi* fattier, Solomon Ader, wa a native of p- Virginia, ami a von of Adam Ader, s\ ho Hi wm h native uf Maryland and of German u| ancestiy. His mother, Klizibeth ^Pickle Ader, was aiso of German ancestry. David came with his parents to this Slate in 1827 ami they settled in Putnam county in the forest primeval of Russell township in 1H2.H, when that section was populated principally by ru11lesnakes, wild animals and a sprinkling of Indians. Their first house was u pole cabin, 14 by 16 feet. The pioneer who now lies cold in death grew to manhood amid the usual frontier experiences—hard and constant toil. On January 0,1845, lie married Miss Hltza-beth Aldridge. To ibis union were born two children—Nathan W. ami Helen K. Mrs. Ader died mi 1H.V4 and about a year later Mr. Ader married Mrs. Belinda C. Buchanan, who survives him. They were blessed wiih four children, two of whom are living —Alice B. Davis, of Carpenters-ville, and Francis D. Ader, of Greencastle.The deceased was a member of tbe Cumberland Presbyterian church. He began life with nothing and by good man atfement, economy and great industry accumulated a large fortune, owiflng about 3.000 acres of good land besides other property. It is said that tie could travel j|e from Baiubridge to Groveland without leaving bis own farms. The only office he ever held was that of justice of tbe peace. The remains will be interred at Bain-bridge but the date of the funeral has not yet been fixed. His life was a busy one IKI and full of hardships, but be resomtely (lf co11(piered its problems as tie met them and swept all obstacles out of bis path.
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Greencastle Democrat
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 08, 1894
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