DUCKWORTH, Roscoe A.
Date of birth: About 1878
Date of death: 19 Oct 1891 – Needham, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 19 Oct 1891 – Needham, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 23, 1891,
page 3 column 1
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Roscoe, the thirteen-year-old son of Noah Duckworth, died at Needham last Tuesday morning of diphtheria, and was buried in the afternoon at Second Mt. Pleasant. Six of this family are said to be sick of this disease.
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Link to Roscoe A. Duckworth’s grave
Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 59, referencing Book H-16, page 10, records that Roscoe Duckworth, a thirteen-year-old white male, died 19 Oct 1891 in Needham.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry