BERGEN, David D.
Date of death: 6 Nov 1897 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 5, 1897,
Volume XXXVIII Number 17, page 1 column 2
LOCAL and PERSONAL.
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Dave Bergen, one of the members of the planing mill firm, Jones & Bergen, while moving material on the platform facing Jefferson street, to be loaded into a wagon, slipped and fell from the platform to the cement side walk below. The distance he fell is about twelve feet. His head struck the pavement and rendered him unconscious. He was at once taken to his home and physicians summoned who found his injuries of the most serious nature. But little hope is ehtertained [sic] for his recovery.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 12, 1897,
Volume XXXVIII Number 18, page 1 column 6
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Death of D. D. Bergen.
D. D. Bergen, who was injured by a fall from the platform at the planing mill, as mentioned last week, died from his injuries Saturday evening about 7 o’clock. He never regained complete consciousness after the fall.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. L. P. Marshall. Burial at Hopewell.
Deceased was born April 23, 1831 on the Peter Banta farm near Hopewell. His parents were natives of Kentucky and early settlers of the county. In early life he worked at the tanner’s trade. He was a faithful and active member of the Presbyterian church and a man held in the highest esteem.
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Link to David D. Bergen’s grave
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 14, referencing Book H-18, page 8, records that David D. Bergen, a sixty-six-year-old white male, died 6 Nov 1897 in Franklin.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson