Oops. The date's wrong on this one. He died in 1937. This is the message that was lost in the ether while Jeff was busy, and it's a pity it wasn't lost longer. As I said, oops. Kathy > From: kslynch62@hotmail.com > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:36 +0000 > Subject: [InMontgo] James Wright Eller 1843-1936 obit > > > CIVIL WAR VET'S FUNERAL SERVICE > CONDUCTED HERE > James W. Eller, 93, Succumbs at > Daughter's Home Near City > Enlisted with Union Forces When 18 – > Captured, Held Prisoner by Confederates > > > > Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 > o'clock this afternoon at the Proffitt and Sons parlors for James W. > Eller, 93-year-old Civil war veteran, who died Saturday afternoon[June 19, 1936] at > the home of a daughter, Mrs. L.W. Bannon, on the Country club road. > Mr. Eller's death followed a two weeks' illness and was attributed to > a complication of diseases. > Last rites for Mr. Eller were in charge > of Rev. Earl Moore, pastor of the Trinity Methodist church. Interment > was made in the New Richmond cemetery. > Mr. Eller enlisted with the Union > forces in the Civil war when 18 years of age. He joined the 22nd > Indiana Infantry and served three years and nine months. He was taken > prisoner and was held in the Andersonville prison for about six > months. > The deceased was born July 3, 1843, in > Monroe county, Indiana, the son of James H. and Faraby Sanders Eller. > He was married three [sic] times, first to Nancy Ann Milam in 1865, > second [sic] to Jane Bault in 1901 and third to Mrs. Mary Starkey in > 1925. All three of his wives preceded him in death. > Mr. Eller came here about a year ago to > make his home with his daughter, although he had lived in Montgomery > county at different intervals for about 35 years. He was a member of > the G.A.R. And the Methodist church. He formerly lived in Owen > county. > Surviving, in addition to the daughter > at whose home he died, are two sons, Emmett Eller of Portland, Ore., > and Emery Eller of Olympia, Wash.;a brother, Charles Eller of > Spender; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Miller of Crawfordsville, Mrs. > Emma Cook of Indianapolis and Mrs. Martha Boruff; a step-daughter, > Mrs. Flora Porter of Morocco, Ind., a stepson, Luther Bault of > Spencer, and sixteen grandchildren. Three children preceded him in > death. > Crawfordsville Journal-Review. > > > > He was married four times. His second > marriage, to Jane O. Hall, was ended by divorce in California in > about 1891. > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message