GARSHWILER, James Wesley
Date of death: 4 Sep 1900 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 7, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 10, page 3 column 3
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DEATH OF JAMES GARSHWILER.
After a long illness, James W. Garshwiler, of this city, died Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at his home on east Madison street. For many years he lived in Union township, near Providence, but several years ago he moved to Franklin. He was a well-known and successful farmer, and after coming to Franklin engaged extensively in stock buying. In every walk of life he was a good citizen and honorable in his dealings with men.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence conducted by Rev. C. R. Hudson, assisted by Rev. M. S. Heavenridge. Burial at Hopewell.
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Link to James Wesley Garshwiler’s grave
Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Franklin, Franklin Township, Johnson County, Certificate and Record of Death, Health Officer’s Record Number 35, page 95 records that James Wesley Garshwiler died at about 3 o’clock p. m. on 4 Sep 1900 in Franklin, Indiana from melasma suprarenia [symptom of Addison’s disease] of twenty-four months' duration, aged sixty-five years, ten months and eight days. He was male, white, married and a farmer, born in Indiana to George Garshwiler and Nancy Luyster, both born in Kentucky. The informant was W. P. Garshwiler. James was buried in Hopewell, Johnson County on 6 Sep 1900, E. G. Barnhizer, undertaker.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson