This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Birtch Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1725 Message Board Post: Lafayette Weekly Courier, pg. 9 Friday, March 26, 1909 Lafayette, Indiana OLD SOLDIER DIES Stephen Birtch, aged 76 years, died at 2:15 Saturday afternoon at the Soldiers' home, his demise resulting from apoplexy. He became ill a few days ago and was removed to the hospital at the home. He is survived by a son and daughter, whose whereabouts are not known by the home authorities. Mr. Birtch came to the home from Marion County. He served as a private in the Civil War in Company A, Twenty-third Kentucky Infantry.