LANDERS, Joshua Franklin, Sr.

Date of birth:  16 Dec 1814 – Washington, Mason County, Kentucky
Date of death: 12 Jan 1890 – Marion County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 17, 1890
Volume XXX Number 30, page 4 column 1

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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GLENNS VALLEY.

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Died on Sunday morning, Jan. 12 at six o’clock a.m., Uncle Joshua Landers, of Perry Township. He was born Dec. 16th, 1814, in Washington, Ky., and he moved to Morgan County, Ind., in the fall of 1819. He was married to Eliza­beth A. Brown April 25, 1833, and to this union there were born eleven children, five boys and six girls. There are four boys and three girls yet living to mourn his loss. He was a member of the Christian church, having joined when a young man. His companion de­parted this life June 27, 1889. Mr. Landers was 75 years, 26 days old. Brother Wilson preached the funeral discourse.

Link to Joshua Franklin Landers, Sr.’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry