Brown County (IN) Democrat, November 17, 1921.
William T. Grattan, one of our oldest and most highly respected citizens,
died last Friday morning at his home on Johnson Street at the age of 78
years. His death was due to a general breaking down from advanced age.
Mr. Grattan served gallantly as a member of the 120th regiment during the
Civil War. At the close of the war he engaged in the grocery business here
and was deputy postmaster under Dr. A. S. Griffith during President Benjamin
Harrison's administration. He is survived by a wife; no children.
William Grattan attracted all who met him by a suavity of manner, by a
gentleness of demeanor, by a courtesy and kindness that gave assurance of a
kind heart within. Wherever and under whatever circumstances one met him,
he had a pleasant, cheerful voice, a warm and cordial greeting. He was an
honest man and those who knew "Bill" Grattan never knew him to be guilty of
a dishonest act. Oh, for a country of just such men.
The funeral took place Saturday afternoon at the residence conducted by Rev.
Harry Glick of the Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member.
The burial services were under the auspices of Stone Ezel Lodge I. O. O. F.,
of which order he was a member. Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery. R. M.
Coffey, funeral director.