Thanks Mary Lou,
What cemetery was he buried in? Hope all of you in Indiana are doing ok.
We have had a ver hot July, most of 100's but finally we are back down in
the 90's. Got a good rain yesterday and wish it had just rained all night
long.
Take care and thanks for the postings.
Eileen
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Subject: [INCLAY] Obit - Joseph Acree, 1934, Brazil Times
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OBIT from Brazil Times
Monday, 9-10-1934
Joseph W. Acree Dies Result of An Infection
Prominent Jackson Township Farmer Meets Untimely Death
Which is Shock to Community
Deceased Man Leaves Splendid Reputation
Was Knightsville, M. E. Sunday School Superintendent and Prominent in
Social and Civic Life
Joseph W. Acree, age 65, well known farmer of Jackson Twp., died at the
Union Hospital at Terre Haute, at 8:55 AM, Sunday as the result of an
infection. Mr. Acree was born in Adair County, KY, May 4, 1869. In 1872 he
came to IN with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel B. Acree, and located in
Harmony, where he resided until his marriage to Levina E. Johnson in 1892.
For the past 29 years he has made his home in Jackson Twp., where he has
been active in church, social and civic affairs. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Knightsville and has served as superintendent
of the Sunday School there. He was president of the Van Buren Twp. Sunday
School Association and influence for moral consciousness and good
citizenship in the community. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge of
Harmony and an active member of the Clay County Historical Society. In the
younger days of the Clay County Farm Bureau he took a prominent part in it's
affairs. At one time he served as district road superintendent. His
sudden and untimely death is a shock to his many friends to whom he had
indeared himself and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. The
deceased is survived by his widow, Levina E. ; 2 sons, Everett J., of Terre
Haute; Albert J. of Knightsville, and 1 daughter, Mrs. Robert C. Faltson of
Terre Haute. And there are, also, 5 brothers: James, Edward and Oscar, of
Harmony; John, of Brazil and Frank, of Marion and 3 sisters: Mrs. John
Leonhardt and Mrs. Victoria Altman of Harmony and Mrs. James Green, of
Brazil.
The body was brought to Miller and Sons and prepared for burial and will be
removed to the residence southeast of Brazil, Tuesday morning. Funeral
services will be held at 10 AM Wednesday, the Rev. R. B. Kern, pastor of the
1st Methodist Church of Brazil will officiate. Interment will be announced
later.
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