Here are a couple of Obits from the North Vernon Sun Newspaper 9/22/1926
As always watch for errors this was usually information given to the
newspaper and some things are either incorrect to start with or get lost in
translation.
Sheila
_________________________________________________
JAMES BUCHANAN DIES
James Buchanan, aged ninety-two years died at his home Sunday, September
19th. Death was due to old age.
Funeral services where held at the Baptist Church, Tuesday September
21st at 2:00 p.m. and were conducted by Rev. Wade. Burial was in the Freedom
Cemetery.
Mr. Buchanan was born in North Carolina and came to Jennings county at
the age of eighteen and has lived in and near North Vernon until the time of
his death. He became a member of the Freedom Baptist Church at the age of
eighteen and later had his membership changed to the Baptist Church in this
city.
He was a veteran of the Civil war being a member of Company A, 9th
Regiment, Indiana Legion Infantry and was stationed at Indianapolis.
Besides his widow he leaves one brother Aaron Buchanan of Indianapolis,
two daughters Mrs. Maude Johnson and Mrs. Calvert of Shelbyville, three
sons Ralph Buchanan, Homer Buchanan of Shelbyville and George Buchanan of this
city, seventeen grand children and seven great grandchildren.
___________________________________________________
AGED MAN DIES
Jesse Grinstead, aged eighty-nine years, died Friday September 17th, at
8:15 p.m. at the home of his nephew, James W. Grinstead.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Otter Creek
church and were conducted by Rev. Doughtery/ Burial was in the Otter Creek
cemetery.
Mr. Grinstead had resided with his nephew in this city for the last six
years having formerly lived near Otter Creek. When quite a young man he
became a member of the Baptist church at Brush Creek and later became a member
of the Otter Creek Church. He was a Civil War verteran having served at
Gettysburg and other noted battles.
Mr. Grinstead lived thru the wonderful age of modern inventions. He
witnessed the first trip made by the first train over the B. and O. railroad,
when a boy living at Nebraska, Ind. He had seen the old style wood burner
engine and its one or two cars, replaced with a large massive engine and its
train of ten and twelve cars. During all these years he had remained active
with little or no illness. Up until a short time of his death, he made
frequent visits to town to visit with his friends. He was known to them as
"Uncle Jesse".
Heis survived by several nieces, Emma Stratton, India Stratton, Lena
Doughtery, Alice WIlson and Bessie Toole of Missouri, and five nephews: Harry
Grinstead, Harvey Grinstead, Millerd Grinstead, Frankie Grinstead and James
W. Grinstead and several other relatives and many friends.