BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1902 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harbaugh went to Spencer Friday a.m., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Harbaugh's son, O. W. Anderson, who died in North Dakota and was brought to Spencer for burial.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1902 John Dunlap died in North Bedford Friday afternoon at 5:30, aged 70 years, from the effects of a broken hip. The funeral took place Saturday at 3 o'clock. Burial at the Breckinridge graveyard. NOTE: John Dunlap: Died 25 Apr 1902. Son of I. (or J.) 70y 4m 10d. Burial in Breckinridge Cemetery, Shawswick Twp.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1902 A two months old child of Raphael Pansa died Monday, and was buried at Green Hill this afternoon.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1902 Death Of George C. Hulse. George Cornelius Hulse, son the late Walford Hulse, died at the home of his grandmother, Martha A. Green, Tuesday afternoon at 4:25. He would have been 13 years old the 5th of June. He had been a sufferer for many months with consumption and heart trouble. The friends have the sympathy of all. He leaves a mother and sister, and many friends to mourn his death. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Martha A. Green on 19th and G streets. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery. *********** FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902 B. L. Millican, Manager of the Prudential Insurance Co. Friday paid to Mrs. Emma Hulse, mother of Geo. C. Hulse, who died last week of consumption, $120, the amount of a policy held on her son's life. ******** A CARD. It is my earnest desire to thank my friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of my son, George Hulse. MRS. EMMA HULSE. ************** FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902 OBITUARY. George Cornelius Hulse, aged 13 years and the only son of Mrs. Emma Hulse, was born June 5, 1889 and did April 29, 1902 at the home of his grandmother, Martha A. Green. George had been in delicate health for about one year, and was compelled to abandon the school room last fall. As a student he was diligent and never weary. He was an unusually bright and industrious boy and loved by all who knew him. His highest ambition seemed to be the welfare of his dear mother, his father having passed away about for years ago. When his health began to fail, he tried to be cheerful for the comfort of his friends as well as himself. So the day of his mingled sufferings went on until he had lost all hope, though he kept silent about it. He realized his condition all along. His affliction was borne in patience up to the last. His every want and need were supplied by his kind friends. He never wanted his mother to leave his bedside and one day he said, "We have such good friends mamma." He leaves a mother, a sister and many friends. The brief earth life which brought such bliss to the home circle is unfolding in that Paradise of God. The bereaved ones have left to them all the rich promises of our heavenly Father for the solace. For at last the Father gathers his beautiful harvest all in his eternal garden, where there is no more sorrow and death. "My Lord has need of these flowers gay, The Reaper said and smiled; Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." "They shall all bloom in the fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white, Theses sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain, The flower she most did love; She knew she would find it all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flower away.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902 Mrs. Louisa Johnson died at her home four miles west of town, on one of Isaac Day's farms, Sunday, aged 87 years, and was buried Monday a.m., at Beech Grove Cemetery. ******** Mrs. L. Johnson was buried at Beech Grove Cemetery Monday, making two funerals at the same hour, the other being that of James Quigley.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902 The 8-year-old daughter of Mort Green died Sunday morning and was buried Monday p.m. at Green Hill. *************************** FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902 OBITUARY. Susie Catherine Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Green, was born Oct. 25, 1892, and after a brief illness, died May 4, 1902, aged 9 years, 6 months and 9 days. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at the residence on East 15th street. Burial at Green Hill cemetery. She leaves parents, brothers and sisters and friends to mourn their loss, but may they realize that their loss is more than neutralized in her gain of the Heavenly inheritance. A little life that God had given, Has been taken to the spirit land, And we are left to wonder why, That she so young, so tender and true, Should so soon be called, from earth to Heaven. The misery though is solved, When we remember the words, Of our dear Savior who said: "Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." It is sad to part, But there is a hope, That reaches to that Within the wall, The precious assurance, That to part implies That we shall meet again. J. E. KERN.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902 A tramp about 60 years of age was run down and instantly killed on a bridge, a short distance east of Willow Valley Sunday morning by east bound mail train No. 4. The body was left lying by the railroad in a horribly mangled condition until Coroner Treanor, of Martin county, arrived in the afternoon. The head was severed from the body. Prosecutor Gwin who investigated the case in the interest of the state had the remains buried in a small graveyard nearby.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902 Paoli, Ind., May 5. – The place of burial of Capt. William Charles, who was killed at French Lick Springs, in early days, by the hostile Indians, was discovered there recently by workmen, who were digging a ditch in which to lay water mains. For years only a cherry tree marked the resting place, but the tree had been removed and the improvements at the place have entirely obliterated the resting place of Captain Charles. History says that he was killed by the Indians in 1813, while plowing in a field near the fort, the Indians creeping close to him from the adjoining forest and shooting him from behind a stump. The rangers were away some distance from the fort when he was shot, and hastened to the scene and found an arrow through one arm and several tomahawk holes in his hat, made in attempting to scalp him. The wife of Charles died in a short time after with a broken heart. After his death she wore the hat which he had on at the time.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902 Louis Watson, aged ninety-three years, the oldest native born citizen of Vincennes and the oldest hotel keeper of the State, died Monday night in that city. He was one of the promoters and builders of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad.

Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana Friday, November 10, 1978 George Clifford Clark, 77, of R. 1, Heltonville in the Bartlettsville area, and a former resident of Indianapolis, died suddenly at 1:57 p.m. Thursday at Bedford Medical Center. He was born Sept. 1, 1901 in Lawrence County, the son of Dillon and Flossie Snow Clark. He married Hilda Norman Oct. 20, 1922, and she survives. He was a retired receiving clerk for Chevrolet in Indianapolis. Surviving with the wife are a son, Otis Wayne Clark of Connecticut; a daughter, Mrs. Greg (Norma) Wilsand of Bloomington; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Fessler of Markleville, Mrs. Dessie Hiatt of Anderson, and Delma Wendell of California; four brothers, Gleonard and Boyd of Anderson, Olin of Arizona, and Kelsie of Florida. Two brothers preceded him in death. He was a member of the Bartlettsville Christian Church. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bartlettsville Christian church with Rev. Ben Carney officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.

Times Mail Bedford, Indiana Friday, July 6, 1984 Alpha Axsom Alpha Ross Axsom, 81, R. 1. Norman, died yesterday in Bartholomew County Hospital in Columbus. She was born Sept 12, 1902 in Monroe County to John and Alice Clark Ross. She was a housewife. She married Cecil Franklin Axsom April 9, 1918, and he died Dec. 21. 1978 Surviving are four sons Herschel Dewey Axsom and Marvin Dean Axsom, both of Columbus. Marshall Leon Axsom, Scipio and Perry Lee Axsom, Smithville; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Carolyn Deckard, Columbus, and Mrs. Wilma Jean Kelly, R. 1, Heltonville. 23 grandchildren; 39 great grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons and one daughter. She was a member of Hunters Creek Pentecostal Church. Services will be at 2 p m Sunday at Jones Funeral Home in Heltonville with burial in Mitchell Cemetery in Monroe County. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 pm to 9 pm. today, 12 to 9 pm. Saturday, and from 10 am to service time Sunday.

Daily Times Mail Bedford, Indiana Monday, June 29, 1942 Hotel Operator Succumbs Here Harry Ragsdale, 65 years old, proprietor of the New Bedford hotel, died at 11:55 a. m. today at the. Dunn Memorial hospital where he was admitted at 1:45 a. m. today in a serious condition following a heart attack suffered in his apartment at the hotel. He had been in failing health the past two years. The remains were removed to the Day-Carter & Roach funeral home for burial preparation and will lie in state there. Funeral services will be held at the Elmwood Chapel but the date and hour will not be fixed until a son in San Diego, Calif., is heard from. Burial will be made in Green Hill cemetery. He was a son of John and Canasea Clark Ragsdale and was born in Heltonville. He was twice married, first in young manhood with Lula Beavers, who preceded him in death a number of years ago. In 1920 he married Mrs. Lula Embree, who survives. Other survivors are a son, Homer Ragsdale, San Diego, Calif.; a daughter, Miss Cora Ragsdale, at home; a step-son, Roy Embree, Bedford, a brother, Mack Ragsdale, Hammond, Ind.; four sisters, Mrs. Cora Cramer, Huntington, W. Va., Mrs. Florence Lindsey, Bedford; Mrs. Will Fletcher and Mrs. Virgil Fletcher, Hammond, Ind., and a granddaughter. Mr. Ragsdale operated a transfer business here for forty years before entering the Hotel business several years ago. He belonged to the Free Methodist church and was a member of the Modern Woodmen Lodge.

Bedford Daily Times Mail, Bedford, IN Tuesday October 2, 1951 Thomas White Succumbs Thomas B. White, age 77, a retired farmer of Route 1, Bedford, died at 10:15 p.m. Monday at the Methodist Hospital where he entered September 29. He had been ill for two weeks. Mr. White was born in Boone county, Indiana, on August 10, 1874, to Henry and Mary Ann Johns White. He was first married to Hester Crane, September 13,1895. She died on September 13, 1939. Epsie Smith became his wife on 1941. A member of the Fourteenth Street Pentecost Church, Mr. White is survived by his widow; four sons, Thomas I. of Bedford, James H. and Martin, both of Shelbyville and .Lewis of New Bethel; two daughters, Mrs. Sipes of Bedford, and Mrs. Fred Easton of Indianapolis; 21 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren: three stepsons, Reed, Bert and Stanley Smith; and one stepdaughter, Mrs. Ruby Gaines. Services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Fourteenth Street Pentecost Church. Interment will be in the Cresthaven Memorial Park. Where the remains will lie in state has not yet been decided. Day and Carter is directing the funeral.

Bedford Daily Times, Bedford, Indiana Wednesday, September 6, 1939 DEATH CLAIMS HESTER WHITE Funeral Arranged For 2 P.M. Friday At Mountain Springs Church Of Christ Mrs. Hester Anne Crane White, wife of Thomas B. White, native and lifelong resident of Martin county, passed away at 4:25 pm. Tuesday at her home near Indian Springs following a four year's illness with complications. The remains were prepared for burial at the Everett Lehman funeral home in Owensburg and this forenoon were returned to the residence where they will lie in state until the funeral, arranged for 2 p.m. Friday at the Mountain Springs Church of Christ with Bishop Lewis of Shelbyville officiating. Burial will be made in the Modrel chapel cemetery. Mrs. White was born March 9, 1876. She was united in marriage with Thomas B. White, 46 years ago. She is survived, besides the husband, by four sons, Ira, Heltonville; James, Shelbyville; Martin, Richmond, and Lewis, Lyons; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Sipes and Mrs. Lois Riggs. Bedford; three brothers, William Crane, Indian Springs; Grant Crane, Martin county, and Charles Crane, Lawrence county; two sisters, Mrs. Susan Payton, Bedford, and Mrs. Rebecca Wagner, Clinton, and 18 grandchildren. She was a member of the Pentecost church.

Bedford Daily Times Mail Bedford, Indiana Monday, October 28, 1957 William Rollins Dies Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. today at the Owensburg Church of Christ for William Rollins, 76-year-old Owensburg resident, who died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Fred Barnes near Owensburg, Where he was attending a sale. Officiating at the rites was Rev. Ora Bolton. Mr. Rollins was born October 31, 1880, in Martin County to Lafayette and Amanda McCarty Rollins. He is survived by the wife, Stella Lenora; four daughters Mrs. Ira White, Bedford. R. R. 6, Mrs. Wayne Fields, Springville, Mrs. Clifford Cobey of Bedford, and Mrs. William Waggoner Bloomington, R. R. 9; three sons Roy Rollins of Owensburg, and Ray and Rex Rollins, both of Springville, R. R.1; 24 grandchildren; and 24 great-grand children. Burial was in the Owensburg Cemetery, under the direction of he Jacobs Funeral Home of Bloomfield. . .

Daily Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana Monday, November 17, 1947 DEATH CLAIMS MRS. LINDSEY Mrs. Florence Bertha Lindsey, mother of Carl T. Lindsey, of 1709 N street, died at 12:30 a.m. today at Dunn Memorial Hospital where she was admitted last August 2nd. She had been in failing health several years and her final illness dates from last February 19. A native of Lawrence county, she was born at Heltonville to John and Cansada Clark Ragsdale May 28, 1874. She married Alonzo Lindsey, Bedford, February 28, 1894, who preceded her in death June 28, 1940. Mrs. Lindsey was a member of the Free Methodist Church. Survivors, besides the son Carl, are four grandchildren, Carl T. Lindsey, Jr., and Mrs. Carolyn Johnson, both of Indianapolis; Mrs. Marjorie Hall, of Columbus, and Miss Lila Lu Lindsey, of Bedford; two great-grandchildren, Michael R. Johnson and Thomas Reid Hall; two sisters, Mrs. William Fletcher and Mrs. Virgil Fletcher, and a brother, Mack Ragsdale all of Hammond. A son, Clyde J. and a daughter, Mabel L. preceded her in death. The body was prepared for burial at the Sherwood & Ferguson Funeral Home and will lie in state there after noon Tuesday. Funeral services will be conducted from the Sherwood & Ferguson Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Elmer D. Riggs, pastor of the Free Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery.

Bedford Daily Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana Thursday, August 26, 1954 Carl T. Lindsey Found Dead In River Cabin Carl Thomas Lindsey, 1709 N street, estimator for the Indiana Limestone Company was found dead at 10:45 a.m. today at his cabin at Duncan Bend on White River. He was last seen alive about 11 o'clock last night. According to Dr. R. E. Wynn, county coroner, who investigated, Mr. Lindsey died about 4 a.m. today of a heart attack. The 59-year-old Bedford native was born July 9, 1895, to Alonzo C. and Florence Ragsdale Lindsey. On Dec. 25, 1915, he was married to Bessie Foddrill at Bedford. He owned and operated the Lindsey Dry Cleaning establishment on the west side of the square several years ago. He was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, one son, Carl R. Lindsey of Bedford; three daughters, Mrs. Charles F. Johnson, .. Mrs. John R. Hall and Mrs. Harold McMurtrey, all of Indianapolis, and four grand children. Funeral arrangements are being made by Sherwood Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home and the service will be Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Funeral Home with burial following in Green Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Friday

Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana Thursday, January 11, 1990 Bessie Lindsey INDIANAPOLIS - Bessie Lindsey, 93, formerly of Bedford, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Community Hospital South in Indianapolis. She was born July 11, 1896 in Oolitic, to John and Sarah Clendening Foddrill. She married Carl T. Lindsey and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and member of Christian Science. Survivors include two daughters: Marjorie L. Hall of Greenwood and Lila Lou McMurtrey of Indianapolis; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son, Carl R. Lindsey, two daughters: Carolyn L. Johnson and Sarah F. Foddrill; eight brothers and two sisters. Private graveside rites will be held at Green Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Frank Green officiating. Friends may call Thursday from 4-8 p.m. at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home.

TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1974 Mamie Turpin, 68, 818 Fourteenth St., died at 8:46 p.m. yesterday at the Bedford Medical Center. She had been ill three years. Mrs. Turpin was born March 27, 1906 in Jackson County to Elisha and Amanda Arthur Fleetwood. She was married in 1922 at Heltonville to Doyle Turpin, Sr. She attended the First Assembly of God Church of Bedford. Survivors include two sons, Marshell Turpin of Chicago and Doyle Turpin, Jr., Las Vegas, Nevada; three daughters, Mrs. Carl (Mary Frances) Daugherty, Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Albert (Freeda) Ross of Culver City, California and Mrs. James (Marilyn) Hackney of Mitchell; one brother, Elbert Fleetwood of Bedford and one sister, Mrs. Ruby Combs, Franklin, Indiana. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. One son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Ferguson Lee Funeral Home with Rev. E. J. Bruton will be in Mundell Cemetery. Friends may call after 6:00 p.m. today at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home.

Bedford Daily Times BEDFORD INDIANA Friday, January 17, 1941 JAMES BYERS DIES FRIDAY County Resident, Timberman Succumbs To Long Illness At Son's Home James N. Byers, 68, died at 11:30 o'clock last night at the home of a son, Perry Byers, in Mitchell. He had suffered a heart ailment for the past three months.. Mr. Byers had resided in the Heltonville neighborhood for many years, where he was, engaged as a timberman. He was a native of this county, born June 2, 1872, to Jabish and Mary J. Browning Byers. his wife, Mrs. Mary Keithley Byers, died many years ago. Survivors include five sons, Paul Byers, Bedford rural route 6, Perry of Mitchell, Lee Byers, Bedford, and Lloyd Byers, Heltonville route one; two daughters, Mrs. Cora Guthrie, Bedford route 3 and Mrs. Mildred Hutton, Valley Station, Ky.; one sister, Mrs. Esta Turpin; one brother, Lafe Byers, and fourteen grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock from the Mundell Christian church by the Rev. Loren N. Raines. Burial will be in Mundell cemetery. The remains will be returned to the home of the son in Mitchell late this afternoon, from the Jones funeral home in Heltonville. Byers / Beyers