POOR, Nathaniel

Local and Personal.

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Our Bargersville correspondent men­tions the death of Nat Poor, an old resident of that place, the particulars of which will be found in the corres­pondence.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 29, 1899,
Volume XL Number 26, page 6 column 1

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BARGERSVILLE.

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This was a sad Christmas here on account of the sudden death Sunday evening of Nathaniel Poor, for many years an old and respected citizen of this place, who so far as known, had not an enemy. Uncle Nat was out all day Sunday seeming as well as usual, until a short time after retiring, when his wife heard him struggling, and before she could light a lamp and get to him he was dead. Burial took place Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at Bargersville cemetery.

Link to Nathaniel Poor’s grave

Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Health Officer’s Record Number 3, page 188, records that Nathaniel Poor died of hart [sic] failure at 8:00 p. m. on 24 Dec 1899 in Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana, aged sixty-four years, eight months and ten days. He was a white male, married and a mechanic, born in Johnson County, Indiana. His father’s name was Wm. Poor, and his mother’s name Sanlifer [sic Parthena Stanford], both born in Kentucky. He was buried in Bargersville Cemetery on 26 Dec 1899, undertaker Covert & Covert.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson