ELGIN, Rev. Gaddis H.

Date of birth:  1848
Date of death: 5 May 1890 – Southport, Marion County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 9, 1890,
Volume XXX Number 46, page 3 column 2

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Rev G. H. Elgin died at his home in Southport, on Monday at 12:30 p.m. of consumption, aged 42 years. Several months ago he suffered a severe attack of la grippe, which soon developed into pneumonia and finally into consumption of which he died at the time above stated. The funeral took place at South­port on Wednesday afternoon after which the remains were brought to this city and interred in Greenlawn ceme­tery.

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Link to Rev. Gaddis H. Elgin’s grave

Note: The 1880 US Federal Census for Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana records Gaddis H. Elgin as a thirty-two-year-old minister.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson