BOSTOFER, John
Date of death: 16 Feb 1896 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 21, 1896,
Volume XXXVI Number 32, page 1 column 5
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John Bostofer, Found Dead.
It was announced last week in the Democrat that John Bostofer, who had been in charge of Uriah Wisby’s farm in Hensley township, had mysteriously disappeared.
Sunday morning Mars Percifield and Dit Kemp found his dead body in the frozen mud along the banks of Indian Creek near the place where he had been last seen alive.
Coroner Jones was summoned and viewed the remains. His verdict will be found in another column.
Bostofer was a German and is said to have relatives in Indianapolis. An effort was made to find them but was unsuccessful.
The remains were buried at Morgantown.
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday,February 28, 1896,
Volume XXXVI Number 33, page 2 column 6
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CORONER’S VERDICT
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| STATE OF INDIANA, Johnson County, |
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The undersigned coroner of Johnson county, Indiana, did on the 17th day of February, 1896, hold an inquest on the body of John Bostofer, late of said county, found dead in Hensley township, in said county, on the 16th day of February 1896. Having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, find that the deceased came to his death by accidental drowning.
Deceased was about fifty two years old, 5 feet, 4 inches high, weight about 160 pounds, black hair and mustache, dark complexion. Dressed in brown coat, blue waist, two pair of blue overalls, gray knit drawers, boots, yarn socks and black cap. In a pocket was one silver case, open-face watch. No other valuables found.
J. T. JONES,
Coroner J. C.
Franklin, Ind., Feb. 18, 1896.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry