Salem (IN) Democrat, March 9, 1887. This item was from page 2177 of a bound
volume of obituaries available at the John Hay Center in Salem, Indiana.
Joseph Tash, an aged and highly respected farmer living near Pekin, died
Sunday morning last.
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Joseph Tash, born March 1812, Rowan County, North Carolina, died March 6,
1887, age 75 years and 4 days, single, son of John Tash and Sarah Stanley.
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Joseph Tash, 74 years, single, farmer, died Pekin, March 6, 1887.
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True Blue Republican, March 10, 1887, Pekin Items dated March 8, 1887-Joseph
Tash died last Sunday, March 5th, of kidney disease and old age. He was 78
years old and was buried in the family graveyard on Wednesday. He was never
married.