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Surnames: BRANDON, DONEY, HITCHCOCK, SEXSON,
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, April 29, 1943,Volume
LXVIII, Number 27, Pages 1 & 3, Columns 3-6, “OWNER OF SEXSON SPRINGS IS DEAD. BILL
SEXSON {89} YEARS OLD DIES TUESDAY. Eastern Greene County Farmer Dies Following Illness Of
Several Months.” [Transcribed May 28, 2003 from microfilm of the original newspaper on
file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
Death came Tuesday evening to William SEXSON, well-known Eastern Greene County resident,
on the farm where he and his wife moved 69 years ago after their marriage. Mr. SEXSON
would have been ninety years old on July 14th. He had been in poor health for several
months. The SEXSONS observed their 69th wedding anniversary last November.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at Bethel Church with burial at
Dishman Cemetery. Rev. Logan HATFIELD officiated. Everett LEHMAN, of Owensburg was in
charge of the funeral arrangements.
Survivors are the widow, a daughter, Mary HITCHCOCK, who lived at the family home and a
son, Ott, of Owensburg, two grandchildren and several great-grandchildren
The SEXSON farm included one of the rare spots of beauty in this section of Indiana, the
now famous SEXSON Spring. This came into the possession of the family when Boone SEXSON,
father of William, purchased the arm (about three miles north of Owensburg) from Benjamin
DONEY, uncle of H. L. DONEY.
Through almost a century of Jackson Township history, the SEXSON family extended their
warm hospitality to the hundreds of visitors who trekked there each
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year for family reunions and picnics.
In speaking of the spring, Mrs. HITCHCOCK said at one time “God put this spring of living
water here for all His children and those who have never drank of it, have missed
something.
This spring at one time furnished water for the families living in log cabins dotted
around on the surrounding hills, one of these families being that of the late John and
William BRANDON. On the hill just above the spring can still be seen the marks of the old
signal tower which was used to guide earl travelers as they journeyed northward from the
Ohio river to this part of the state.
No more loveable, respectable people have ever contributed their part to our county
history that this quiet, home-loving couple in their peaceful valley home.
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NOTES—RLJ: (1) DEATH RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Health Department, East Spring
Street, Bloomfield, Indiana, Book D-6, Page 30: SEXSON, William Joel, died 27 Apr 1943
aged 89 years, 9 months, 13 days; Book D-6, Page 70: SEXSON, Nancy (RUSH), died 8 May
1945, aged 89 years 5 days. (2) CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1994,
G.C.H.S., Jackson Township, Dishman Cemetery, Page 112, Columns 2 & 3: SEXSON, William
J., 1853—1943; SEXSON, Nancy, 1856—1945.
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Link to the Obituary of his father, Lemuel Boone SEXSON [1824KY—1914IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of his aunt, Eliza L. (SEXSON) BRANDON [1829IN—1919IN]:
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