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Surnames: BAYS, CLEAVER, CROWE, GOODWIN, HAYDEN, HOLTSCLAW, WATSON
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, April 29, 1943,Volume
LXVIII, Number 27, Page 1, Column 7, “John W. Bays Dies Following Long Illness.”
[Transcribed May 26, 2003 from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
John W. BAYS died yesterday afternoon about 1:30 o’clock at his home in Center Township
following a lingering illness of several months. Mr. BAYS was a prominent Center Township
farmer, having lived in that township his entire life.
He was born January 15, 1869, the son of Wiley and Permelia (CLEVER) BAYS. He is survived
by the wife, Alice (HOLTSCLAW) BAYS; three children, Dennie BAYS, Mrs. Barge CROWE, and
Mrs. Walter GOODWIN, all of Center Township. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Ollie
WATSON of Linton and Mrs. B. F. HOLTSCLAW of Center Township.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the home with burial in the Bingham
Cemetery. Lester Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements.
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NOTES—RLJ: (1) INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1939, WPA, index Page
109: HOLTSCLAW, Margaret A. wed to John W. BAYS on 1 May 1890, Book N, Page 86; Index Page
75: HAYDEN, Thomas I. to Permelia J. CLEAVER on 5 Oct 1856{Her 1st Marriage}, Book F, Page
222; HAYDEN, Pemelia{Permelia} {Her 2nd marriage} to Wiley BAYS, 17 Aug 1861, Book G, Page
160. (2) CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Center Township, Bingham Cemetery,
Page 61, Column 1: BAYS, John W., s/o Wiley & Permelia, 1869—1943; BAYS, Alice
(HOLTSCLAW), w/o John W.1867—1953.
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