LANG, John

Date of birth:  6 Jan 1879 – Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 8 Nov 1950 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

Franklin Evening Star, November 8, 1950,
Volume 66 Number 101, page 1 column 5

John Lang Dies
At Local Hospital

MORGANTOWN, Nov. 8—Death came to John Lang, well known farmer and Shorthorn cattle breeder, in Johnson County Memorial Hos­pital at 12:15 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon where he had been a patient for three weeks.

The body has been removed to the Flinn Mortuary in Franklin where funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock and in the evening from 7 to 9 o’clock. They are invited to attend the rites.

Mr. Lang was the son of Benton and Amanda Adams Lang and was born in Hensley township Jan. 6, 1879. He attended the schools at Morgantown and was a graduate of the high school here. His entire life had been spent here.

He was married to Dessie Deer at Providence on Dec. 26, 1900.

Like his father before him, Mr. Lang was a breeder of Milking Shorthorn cattle and had taken many prizes at the county and state fairs.

Mr. Lang is survived by his wid­ow and a sister, Mrs. George Boles.

He was a member of the Mor­gantown Masonic Lodge.

Link to John Lang’s grave

Submitted by Dietra Rosenkoetter