SELLS, Thomas J.

Date of birth:  10 Apr 1852
Date of death: 17 Jun 1897 – Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, June 25, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 50, page 6 column 4

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OBITUARY.

Died, last Thursday morning about six o’clock, Thomas Sells, aged 44 years, after a few days illness with congestion of the bowels and brain. At the time of his death he was a member of the Olive Branch church in good standing and one of its trustees. He was also a member of the I. O. O. F. order of Greenwood.

Mr. Sells was a kind and affectionate father and husband and a good neigh­bor, possessed of those noble qualities which drew to him a host of friends in life and mourners at the open grave to pay their last respects. The funeral took place at Glenn’s graveyard Saturday mor­ning at 10:30 o’clock, Mr. George of Greenwood, funeral director, services by Rev. Zartman, pastor of his church. Services at the grave by the order. His was one of the largest ever held at that place.

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Link to Thomas J. Sells’ grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry