RIVERS, John Washington
Date of death: 31 Mar 1898 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 22, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 41, page 3 column 2
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OBITUARY.
John Washington Rivers was born in Washington county, Kentucky, Feb. 25, 1820, and came to Jackson county, Indiana with his parents, Jas. and Margaret Rivers, in 1825. He lived there two years, then moved to Johnson county, Ind., where he spent the remainder of his life. He was married to Miss Lany Gilmer in 1845. Five sons were born to them, two having died when small. He was married a second time to Mrs. Emily J. Kephart, April 11, 1881. He suffered a paralytic stroke, Dec. 1891, which with heart trouble and old age caused his death, March 31, 1898. He was 78 years of age. He leaves a wife, three sons, Henry, Wm. T. and Robt. L.; eleven grandchildren, one great-grandchild, one brother and a host of friends to mourn their loss. He was a good husband, a kind father, an accommodating neighbor, always jovial and good natured. He was never heard to murmur during his long suffering. Funeral services were held at the residence. Burial at Hopewell cemetery. Gone, but not forgotten.
Minnie.
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Link to John Washington Rivers’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry