I think this is one odd obit - anyone see the same as I did ?? Source: Waveland Independent March 22, 1901 -- James Shelburne, the old man who carried the mail between Rockville and Hollandsburg for the last 10 years died very suddenly, Monday night. He was a cousin of Dr. Shelburne of Zionsville. Dr. Shelburne was in town Monday looking cheerful, but much thinner. Traveling is training (sic) him down, but he can stand it. He is now dispensing pills by wholesale, whereas ordinary doctors do a retail business only. Suffering humanity puts up with a lot.

Sounds more like an advertisement for the doctor than an obit for his cousin. On 3/28/2014 10:50 AM, Karen Zach wrote: > I think this is one odd obit - anyone see the same as I did ?? > > Source: Waveland Independent March 22, 1901 -- James Shelburne, the old > man who carried the mail between Rockville and Hollandsburg for the last > 10 years died very suddenly, Monday night. He was a cousin of Dr. > Shelburne of Zionsville. Dr. Shelburne was in town Monday looking > cheerful, but much thinner. Traveling is training (sic) him down, but he > can stand it. He is now dispensing pills by wholesale, whereas ordinary > doctors do a retail business only. Suffering humanity puts up with a lot. > > http://indianagenweb.com/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 >

I suspect the Doc came to town to make arrangements and walked into the newspaper article to give his spiel. He conned the obit writer into being impressed by him. So an obit was written with basically no information about the deceased, who may have had no other family in the area. Indeed sad. Sharon Mills ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathi Frost" <cathiclorefrost@comcast.net> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 2:38:47 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Odd obit Sounds more like an advertisement for the doctor than an obit for his cousin. On 3/28/2014 10:50 AM, Karen Zach wrote: > I think this is one odd obit - anyone see the same as I did ?? > > Source: Waveland Independent March 22, 1901 -- James Shelburne, the old > man who carried the mail between Rockville and Hollandsburg for the last > 10 years died very suddenly, Monday night. He was a cousin of Dr. > Shelburne of Zionsville. Dr. Shelburne was in town Monday looking > cheerful, but much thinner. Traveling is training (sic) him down, but he > can stand it. He is now dispensing pills by wholesale, whereas ordinary > doctors do a retail business only. Suffering humanity puts up with a lot. > > http://indianagenweb.com/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://indianagenweb.com/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