BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901 Flavius J. Potter, of Buddha, is very low with pneumonia, and not expected to live. His brother, Lee Potter, went to that place Thursday. ********** FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901 DEATH OF FLAVIUS J. POTTER. Flavius J. Potter, of near Buddha, died Thursday at 2 o'clock p.m., of pneumonia, aged about 56 years. The funeral took place at Pinhook Saturday at 11 o'clock a.m. Services conducted by Rev. C. A. Ward, of Tunnelton. Burial at Pinhook, by G. A. R. and Red Men. ********** IN MEMORIAM. Flavius J. Potter was born in Lawrence county, Indiana, July 15, 1845, and died near Buddha, Ind., April 25, 1901, aged 55 years, 8 mos. And 10 days. He enlisted in Co. D 27th Indiana Aug. 28, 1861. At the age of 16 years, after suffering the privations and hardships of a soldier's life for over two years he was so afflicted as not to be able to do active service in the field, but rather than to come home, he again enlisted in the Veterans' Reserve Corps 20th Regiment Co. C., Dec. 12, 1863, where he remained until honorable discharged Nov. 15, 1865, having served four years, two months and 15 days. His comrades, who knew him in the army, say that he was a typical American soldier and that means more than I could say in a column of this paper. After returning home he married Josephine F. Donica, June 9, 1867. To this union were born eight children, four of whome preceded him to the better land, the last one to go being Farie, wife of O. P. Harris, who preceded him a little less than a years. In 1887 he united with the M. E. church at the Selby school house, under the pastorate of Rev. I. M. Nash. That point having been dropped from the work and revived again, he again reunited with the class at Buddha last February. He was a man who was honored and respected by his neighbors, a kind and indulgent father, a tender, loving and affectionate husband, and one that filled the term to its fullest in all that it implies. It has been our pleasure to be personally acquainted with him most of our lives and it might be said of him that to know him was to love him. He was sick but for a short week, stricken with pneumonia together with heart trouble, which he contracted in the army. These and other army afflictions his frail body could not endure so he yielded to the fell destroyer, and passed over the dark river to a glorious and eternal sunshine beyond, to join his four children and to sing the glad songs of Moses and the Lamb. His funeral, which was held at Pinhook, was one of the largest ever seen at that place. Rev. C. A. Ward officiated. After an appropriate discourse his remains were laid to rest according to the beautiful ceremony of the Order of Red Men, he being a member of the lodge at Tunnelton. He now rests in peace. His spirit has gone to Him who said "Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." No more will the pains, cares or anxieties of this life disturb his eternal joy. Let us all strive to imitate his virtues and at last meet him in that sun bright clime, where it is one bright summer always and storms do never come. Soldier rest, thy warfare's o'er. Sleep the sleep that knows no waking. Dream of battle fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. Sweet is the scene when Christians die, When holy souls retire to rest. How mildly beams the closing eye, How gently heaves the expiring breast. J. W. H. ************ FORT RITNER There were several from here attended the funeral of F. J. Potter at Pinhook Saturday. *********** CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our sincere thanks to our kind neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy shown us through the short illness and death of our beloved husband and father, F. J. Potter. MOTHER AND CHILDREN **************** PINHOOK F. J. Potter, of the Selby neighborhood, died Thursday at 2 p.m. He had only been sick one week of pneumonia and grip. Mr. Potter was a member of the M. E. church and was loved and respected by all who knew him. He was also a member of Wawbeck Tribe No. 271, of Imp. O. R. M., which order took charge of and consigned his mortal body to mother earth. May the Great Spirit receive him in that happy hunting ground. …. Several Bedford people attended the funeral of F. J. Potter here Saturday. ….. There was a large crowd at Pinhook Saturday, to attend the funeral of F. J. Potter. The procession was half a mile long. ******* RESOLUTIONS. Wawbeek Tribe No. 271, Improved Order of Red Men, Tunnelton, Ind., 27 Sun, Plant Moon, S. S. D. 410 Common Era, April 27, 1901. Whereas: The Great Spirit has seen fit to call from our midst our beloved Bro. F. J. Potter, to that Happy Hunting Ground, from which no traveler ever returns. Be it Resolved: That Wawbeek Tribe No. 271 Imp. O. R. M. has lost a good and worthy member and the family a kind and loving father and husband. And Be it Resolved: That we extend to his relatives and friends our warmest sympathy in this their sad bereavement. And Be it further Resolved: That we direct our C. of R. to place these Resolutions on the Records and that a page be set apart to his memory, and that a Copy of these Resolutions be presented to the family and sent to some leading newspaper for publication. JOS. A. BROOKING, C. E. ALLEN, W. T. COOPER, Committee.