STROUP, Peter

Date of birth:  About 1821
Date of death: 8 Apr 1897 – Shelby County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 16, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 40, page 6 column 4

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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BENGAL [Shelby County].

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Peter Stroup died April 8, of la grippe, age 76 years, at his son, James Stroup’s. Father Stroup was one of the early settlers of this county, and was honored by all who knew him. His beloved, Mary, passed from this world to the great beyond about a month ago with the same disease. Burial at Second Mt. Pleasant Saturday. They are both gone, but not forgotten by their many friends.

Link to Peter Stroup’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry