BORGSTEAD, John Herman

Date of birth:  18 Sep 1852
Date of death: 22 Apr 1891 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 24, 1891,
Volume XXXI Number 44, page 1 column 6

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John Borgstead, died at his home in this city Wednesday afternoon of brain fever, supposed to have been brought on by an injury received some time ago by being kicked on the head by a horse. His death removes another of our most worthy citizens and saddens the hearts of a host of friends in addition to a de­voted wife and several children. The funeral will take place this afternoon at two o’clock.

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Link to John Herman Borgstead’s grave

Notes: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 17, referencing Book H-16, page 24, records that John Borgstede [sic], a forty-year-old white male died 22 Apr 1891 in Franklin.
His surname is spelled “Borgstedt” on his Find A Grave memorial.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson