Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=172 Surname: Austin, Bachman, Dorothy, Habben, Jacobs, Jenkins, Mapes, Smith, Wear ------------------------- Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois Obit 1 Page 15 John Austin Funeral services for John Austin, 92, retired farmer of rural route 1 Carthage, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Kilgore Memorial Home, the Rev. Leland R. Beck officiating. Burial will be in Moss Ridge cemetery. Mr. Austin died Tuesday, Aug. 12, in a hospital in Kankakee. He had been ill for about six years. ---------------------- Hancock County Journal Carthage, Illinois Thursday August 21, 1958 Page 4 Column 8 John T. Austin Funeral services for John T. Austin, 92, of Carthage were held Thursday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Kilgore Memorial Home, the Rev. Leland R. Beck officiating. Mrs. Ralph Denison played the organ. Casket bearers were Alfred Wear, Chester Dorothy, Lewis Habben, Leo Austin, Raymond Bachman and Orval Jacobs. Burial was in Moss Ridge cemetery. Mr. Austin died Tuesday, Aug. 12, in a Kankakee hospital. He had been in ill health for several years and a patient in the hospital for three years. Born on a farm east of Carthage Dec. 4, 1865, he was a son of Francis S. and Phoebe Mapes Austin. He was married to Ellen Smith and they farmed on rural route 1 until Mrs. Austin's death Dec. 10, 1952. He was a member of the Modern Woodman of America lodge. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Bachman of Hazelton, Ia. and Mrs. Grace Jenkins of Harvey; nine grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Pearl. Link: Bryant Genealogy URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>