Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, July 6, 1911 'Body Discovered in the Barn at the Home of his Son-in-law, Lafe Weaver, Monday.' ----------------------------------- Uncle JOHN TULLIS was found dead Monday evening shortly after six o'clock lying inside the barn at the home of his son-in-law, LAFE WEAVER, in southeast Leon. Mr. TULLIS returned Monday noon from near Decatur where he had been visiting at the home of Theodore Mullin, and fishing on Grand River. He was feeling unusually well and ate a hearty dinner. He remained at the WEAVER home until about three o'clock when he told Mrs. WEAVER, his daughter, that he believed he would go up town for a while and taking up his hat he started out going by the barn. That was the last seen of him by Mrs. WEAVER until her son, ORVILLE, found the body lying inside the barn shortly after six o clock. It seems after getting to the barn he was taken suddenly ill and he stepped inside for a moment and while standing there death came. He had fallen with his face against the side of a partition running north and south across the interior of the structure and had apparently never struggled after falling. Master ORVILLE, who was playing about the yard, for some reason went to the barn, and as he stepped inside found the body of his grandfather. He ran for his mother and she hurried to the barn. They tried to raise the fallen body but were unable to do so. Help was quickly summoned and a physician called but it was found that Mr. TULLIS had been dead for about three hours. The news of the sudden death was a great shock to the many friends of Uncle JOHN. The funeral was held Wednesday morning, interment following in the cemetery at Decatur. Mr. TULLIS was born in Van Wert County, Ohio, seventy-nine years ago last March. He had been a resident of Decatur County many years. An obituary will be published in the next issue of the Journal. ------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 7, 2009 [email protected]