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.

Oops. This was the message that was lost in the ether. It should have stayed lost. JW Eller died June 19, 1937. 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

Thanks, It is formatted and ready to go up. Jeff Kathleen Lynch wrote: > Oops. This was the message that was lost in the ether. It should have stayed lost. JW Eller died June 19, 1937. 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 >> > > 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 > > -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG "In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can exist without the latter, but the latter cannot exist without them." -- Joseph Story (Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833) Reference: Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 191.