McCASLIN, Wosson

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The death of Wosson McCaslin occurred Friday morning about seven o’clock. Mr. McCaslin lived about two miles west of this city and until Thursday evening about five o’clock had not complained of any ailment whatever. He then said he had a severe pain in his right side and a physician was called, who succeeded in relieving him and he slept until the next morning when all at once he sank easily and peacefully away. The direct cause of his death was supposed to be the formation of a clot of blood in his heart. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and he was a most consistent Christian man. He was born in Scott county, Ind., June 18, 1827. In the fall of the same year his father moved to this county and settled just west of this city. In 1856 he settled on his present farm. He married Miss Jane O. [sic S.] Win­chester in Nov. 1850. There have been born to them seven children, all of whom survive except Florence [Anna Florence], who died a few months after her marriage to Rev. A. H. Shroyer [sic Charles O. Shirey] which occurred three years ago. The funeral occurred Mon­day morning at the Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock, the services being con­ducted by Rev. L. P. Marshall. The burial was at Greenlawn cemetery.

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Roland McCaslin [William Rollin McCaslin, nephew] of Chicago, atten­ded the funeral of the late Wosson McCaslin on Monday.

Link to Wosson McCaslin’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 138, referencing Book H-17, page 5, records that Wosson McCaslin, a sixty-six-year-old white male, died 26 Jan 1894 in Johnson County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson