BRACKETT, John “Uncle Johnnie”
Date of death: 1 Dec 1893 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 27, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 16, page 1 column 4
John Brackett, living near Whiteland, died Tuesday, after suffering for a long time with Bright’s disease. Mr. Brackett was 83 years old and an old settler in the county.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 3, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 17, page 6 column 3
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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HONEY CREEK.
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Uncle Johnnie Brackett, who was reported dead last week, thinks it is a mistake.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 8, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 22, page 4 column 4
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OBITUARY.
John Brackett was born in Trimble County, Ky., March 4, 1818. Died Dec. 1, 1893, aged 75 years, 9 months and 27 days. Uncle Johnnie, as he was familiarly known, came to Pleasant township in 1840, settling on the tract of ground now owned and occupied by Geo. T. Fisher, just west of his late home, one-and-a-half miles southwest of Greenwood, where he died, residing there over fifty years. His first wife was Miss Mary Hill: to this union were born three sons, two dying in infancy, the eldest, Meritt W. Brackett, still living in the old home. This wife and mother died June 2, 1861. The deceased remarried to Sarah Bowers, May 9, 1863, there being no children to this union and today she remains the widow, lonely and sad in her loss of a kind, true husband. As to religious views, Uncle John was inclined to the Baptist church but never joined any organization. He was a great reader of the Bible and knew much of its sacred truths by heart; he believed its every page, believed in a resurrection, a future state, and who knows but what he accepted Christ as his personal Savior. In politics no party ever had a more loyal member, true as steel in utter defeat, always in line ready for the fray, whilst firm as a rock, he asked nothing but what he was willing to grant. He was ever a Democrat, honest in his convictions and well posted for a man of his opportunities; a constant reader of political literature. In his social relations he was jovial, neighborly and kind, a good neighbor, friend and loyal. If he did not approve what others did or said, he would say so frankly, kindly, firmly. Not a back-biter or prevaricator; honest in his business dealings; lenient and a heart kind for the poor and distressed, his latch-string was always out, but he detested deception, chicanery or an injustice. President Cleveland in all this realm, had no truer admirer, devotee, than Uncle Johnnie Brackett, and his life, odd sayings and jolly laughs will long with pleasure be remembered by many in this community. And as a final word of sympathy for the widow, and son, we say farewell, Uncle John, peace to your ashes until resurrection morning and may we all meet in the celestial city.
D. W.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry