SMYTH, Harry

Date of birth:  About 1881
Date of death: 26 Dec 1893 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 5, 1894,
Volume XXXIV Number 26, page 1 column 3

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Rod Whittaker of Pleasant township was in Franklin Wednesday having just returned from Indianapolis where he attended the funeral of a child of Ed. Smyth, his brother-in-law. The child’s death was caused by typhoid fever. Three other members of the family are sick with the same disease.

Note: The Marion County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-5, page 80, records that Harry Smyth, a twelve-year-old white male, died on 26 Dec 1893.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry