BURGETT, Aaron V.

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DEATH OF AARON V. BURGETT.

Aaron V. Burgett died Tuesday mor­ning about 7 o’clock. Mr. Burgett has been a citizen of Hensley Township during his life time. He was a prom­inent citizen and took a leading part in the township affairs. As a citizen he was respected and highly esteemed by all. He was a leading church member of Mt. Carmel Christian church during the last 35 years. His father, Valentine Bur­gett, was one of the first settlers of Nineveh Township, bordering on Hens­ley, and his son, Aaron grew to man­hood amid the early times of this township.

He was an honored member of I.O.O.F. lodge at Trafalgar and the funeral ceremonies were under the aus­pices of the lodge.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 23, 1900,
Volume XLI, Number 21, page 6 column 6

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OBITUARY.

After a continued illness of several months, Aaron V. Burgett died at his home south of Trafalgar, Oct. 29, 1900, age 57 years, 11 months and 29 days [sic].

He was married to Lucinda Gillaspy April 16, 1863. To them were born five sons and four daughters. Four sons and three daughters still live to mourn with their mother, this great loss.

As a citizen and neighbor Mr. Bur­gett so lived that when he was gone he would be greatly missed, for in life he was law abiding, and his hand was guided by a heart of charity.

Brother Burgett was a charter mem­ber of the Christian church at Mt. Carmel. As one in the church he was faithful in all good work, serving for several years as a deacon.

As a father Mr. Burgett labored hard on his farm that he might supply his home with abundance and entertain his fellow mankind and educate his chil­dren. He ruled his home with kindness.

The entire community joins with the widow and children to weep with them, but our weeping is not as the weeping of them that have no hope. May we all as we think of the many grand and noble deeds of Mr. Burgett, be inspired to live as he lived, ready to be called to our home on high.

The I.O.O.F. had charge of the fun­eral and laid his body to quietly rest in the burial ground at Lick Spring.

Link to Aaron V. Burgett’s grave

Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Hensley Township, Johnson County, Certificate and Record of Death, page 154 records that Aron V. Berget [sic] died at about 8 o’clock a. m. on 23 Oct 1900 in Hensley Township from heart failure, caused by chronic pleuritis, aged fifty-six years, eleven months and twenty days. He was male, white, married and a farmer, born in Indiana. His father’s name was Valentine Berget [sic], born in Ohio, and his mother’s maiden name Nancy Keaton, born in Tennessee. The informant was William Berget [sic]. Aaron was buried in Mount Carmel [sic] on 24 Oct 1900, Forsyth & Richardson, undertaker.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson