BEELER, Ernest “Earnie”
Date of death: 12 Mar 1892 – Trafalgar, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 18, 1892,
Volume XXXII Number 39, page 4 column 1
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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TRAFALGAR.
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Our quiet little town was called to mourn the loss of one of our little ones. The deceased expired at half past eight o’clock Saturday morning, March 12th, and was the only son of Andy and Inez Beeler. Ernest was seven years old past [sic]. His loss will be sorrowfully felt not only by his father and mother but by friends and school mates, teacher and all who knew him. His death was caused by diphtheria. No more will he be heard cheerfully singing on our streets; no more will he do the house work of his mother but his remembrance will serve to bring closer together the bonds of friendship of this community.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 18, 1892,
Volume XXXII Number 39, page 4 column 2
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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TIMOTHY RIDGE.
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Andy Beeler’s son, Ernest, died Saturday of membranous croup.
Link to Ernest “Earnie” Beeler’s grave
Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 12, referencing Book H-16, page 11, records that Ernie Beeler, a seven-year-old white male, died 12 Mar 1892 in Trafalgar.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson