A new post was made this morning to the Comanche County Obituaries board. To respond to this post, please visit the GenConnect boards on the Comanche County webpage. Thank you very much...8-) LaRae County Coordinator, Comanche County OKGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcomanc/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comanche Co. Ok Obituaries Forum A new message, "Obituary of George D. LEDGERWOOD [1859IN—1918OK]," was posted by Robert L. Jackson on Sat, 12 Feb 2000 --- Surname: CATRON, HOSTETTER, LEDGERWOOD, LYLES --- NAME: Robert L. Jackson EMAIL: rjcksn@custom.net DATE: Feb 12 2000 LINK: [Link to Greene County, IN GenWeb] URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ingreene/greenegw.htm QRYTEXT: THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, October 10, 1918, Volume XLII, Number 47, Page 8, Column 6, “DEATH’S HARVEST. LEDGERWOOD.” [Transcribed from Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library’s IHS Microfilm Records.] Once more amid life’s changing scenes another soul has taken its journey to the Great Beyond. The subject of our sketch, George D. LEDGERWOOD, was born in McCameron Township, Martin County, January 9, 1859. He was the youngest child of the late George D. and Lydia (LYLES) LEDGERWOOD, and was one of eight children all having gone on but Mrs. Margaret CATRON, Rebecca J. LEDGERWOOD, Mrs. Drucilla HOSTETTER, Joseph M. and David of Canada. Mr. LEDGERWOOD was born on the same farm from which his body was brought to be laid beside the forms of those who have gone before. In his young manhood he identified himself with the Baptist Church at Scotland. For the last thirty years he has been a resident of Oklahoma and of Lawton, Oklahoma since 1901. Since leaving his early home he has made three or four trips back to the home of his childhood, there to look upon its familiar scenes, the hills, the pebble brook, the old orchard and the friends of his youth. Mr. LEDGERWOOD was never married but made his home most of the time with his sister, Rebecca. In following his request his body was laid to rest in Scotland Cemetery. He had been in failing health for the past two years, first having been stricken with paralysis and later with leakage of the heart, and for the last six weeks he had been confined to the hospital at Lawton, Oklahoma, where all that human hands could do or medical skill suggest was of no avail, and on Sunday, September 29, at 3 p.m., the spirit went home; aged fifty-nine years, eight months and twenty days. The old family circle is growing smaller; from the same home two years ago last July on Sunday morning “Uncle Jake” went home. Odon, Oct. 7, 1918 Y. — NOTES-RLJ: CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Taylor Township, Section 36 T6N R5W, Scotland Cemetery, Page 208: LEDGERWOOD, George D. 9 Jan 1859—29 Sep 1918; LEDGERWOOD, Jacob 26 Dec 1848—23 Jul 1916. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~