Thanks to everyone who responded. Based on information I found in a later memorial helps me to say that the time frame was "a year ago" I also got "paralytic" from a few of you and from the other memorial. You have all helped me put it together except for the name of the Reverend! Here is what came together of everyone's hard work. It may need a minor tweak, but I think it's pretty solid. I have emailed out to Iowa to try and find the Reverend's name. I couldn't find anything on the internet to fill in the blank. James Carlisle Dead On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the the spirit of James Carlisle and old resident of this city, winged its flight to the great unknown Carlisle had been suffering for some time past the result of a paralytic stroke about a year ago from the effects of which he finally succumbed. He leaves a wife and three married children to mourn the loss. The funeral service was held at the home conducted by the Rev ... of the Presbyterian Church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Westview Cemetery. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Robert M. Ankenbauer Jr. < robert@yesterdaysmysteries.com> wrote: > Good Afternoon all. I have been trying to decipher a very difficult to > read obituary from 1896. I have a link to my dropbox folder to 3 different > picture versions of the obit (jpg, png and tif) as well as the PDF from > newspaperarcive.com > > Obituary files <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dgq5qxa4h0mu7o9/F4TKE1Np4z> > > Here is what I have so far: > > James Carlisle Dead > > On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the > .... and old.. > ... had > been ... > ... > ... > ... > ... which is > finally ... He leaves a wife > and three...children to mourn > the loss. The funeral service was > held at the home conducted by the > Rev ... of the Presbyterian > Church, after which the... was > laid to rest in the Westview Cemetery. > > Thanks for your help in advance. (This has been driving me crazy for some > time, so your help in restoring my insanity is appreciated) > > -- > Sincerely, > > Robert M Ankenbauer Jr > -- Sincerely, Robert M Ankenbauer Jr -Genealogist- <http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=genealogist> Yesterday's Mysteries PO Box 51 Nutting Lake MA 01865 Visit My Blog <http://yesterdaysmysteries.blogspot.com/> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yesterdays-Mysteries-Genealogy/194666043878153?ref=ts&v=wall> Visit us on Facebook! Memberships: Massachusetts Society of Genealogists <http://www.massog.org/> New England Historic Genealogical Society <http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html> New England Chapter- APG<http://www.neapg.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&tab=23&Itemid=64> <http://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=4971> The Irish Ancestral Research Association <http://tiara.ie> Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War <http://www.suvcw.org/> Ohio Genealogical Society <http://www.ogs.org/> Indiana Genealogical Society <http://www.indgensoc.org/> www.yesterdaysmysteries.com robert@yesterdaysmysteries.com Phone: (978) 600-8103 Fax: (815) 550-1229 Skype: robert_ankenbauer Google Chat: Same as email Yesterday's Mysteries; Where your past comes to life! P Go Green: Please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to.

I agree with those who said 10 o'clock. The second digit is more curved than the first. Honey Ryan -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert M. Ankenbauer Jr. Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 5:02 PM To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TGF] Help with 1896 obituary Thanks to everyone who responded. Based on information I found in a later memorial helps me to say that the time frame was "a year ago" I also got "paralytic" from a few of you and from the other memorial. You have all helped me put it together except for the name of the Reverend! Here is what came together of everyone's hard work. It may need a minor tweak, but I think it's pretty solid. I have emailed out to Iowa to try and find the Reverend's name. I couldn't find anything on the internet to fill in the blank. James Carlisle Dead On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the the spirit of James Carlisle and old resident of this city, winged its flight to the great unknown Carlisle had been suffering for some time past the result of a paralytic stroke about a year ago from the effects of which he finally succumbed. He leaves a wife and three married children to mourn the loss. The funeral service was held at the home conducted by the Rev ... of the Presbyterian Church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Westview Cemetery. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Robert M. Ankenbauer Jr. < robert@yesterdaysmysteries.com> wrote: > Good Afternoon all. I have been trying to decipher a very difficult to > read obituary from 1896. I have a link to my dropbox folder to 3 > different picture versions of the obit (jpg, png and tif) as well as > the PDF from newspaperarcive.com > > Obituary files <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dgq5qxa4h0mu7o9/F4TKE1Np4z> > > Here is what I have so far: > > James Carlisle Dead > > On last Sunday at 11 o'clock the > .... and old.. > ... had > been ... > ... > ... > ... > ... which is > finally ... He leaves a wife > and three...children to mourn > the loss. The funeral service was > held at the home conducted by the > Rev ... of the Presbyterian > Church, after which the... was > laid to rest in the Westview Cemetery. > > Thanks for your help in advance. (This has been driving me crazy for > some time, so your help in restoring my insanity is appreciated) > > -- > Sincerely, > > Robert M Ankenbauer Jr > -- Sincerely, Robert M Ankenbauer Jr -Genealogist- <http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=genealogist> Yesterday's Mysteries PO Box 51 Nutting Lake MA 01865 Visit My Blog <http://yesterdaysmysteries.blogspot.com/> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yesterdays-Mysteries-Genealogy/19466604387815 3?ref=ts&v=wall> Visit us on Facebook! Memberships: Massachusetts Society of Genealogists <http://www.massog.org/> New England Historic Genealogical Society <http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html> New England Chapter- APG<http://www.neapg.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&tab=23&Itemid=64> <http://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=4971> The Irish Ancestral Research Association <http://tiara.ie> Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War <http://www.suvcw.org/> Ohio Genealogical Society <http://www.ogs.org/> Indiana Genealogical Society <http://www.indgensoc.org/> www.yesterdaysmysteries.com robert@yesterdaysmysteries.com Phone: (978) 600-8103 Fax: (815) 550-1229 Skype: robert_ankenbauer Google Chat: Same as email Yesterday's Mysteries; Where your past comes to life! P Go Green: Please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to. The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message