WISHARD, Raymond “Ray”
Date of death:25 Aug 1884 – Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 21, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 28, page 6 column 3
FROM OVER THE COUNTY
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GREENWOOD.
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The first person buried in our beautiful city of the dead [incorporated Apr 1884], was a small son of J. W. Wishard and wife. The first funeral services held in the Methodist church were over the remains of Mrs. Jane Wilson.
Link to Raymond “Ray” Wishard’s grave
Notes: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Birth Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-10, page 4, records that Ray Wishard, a white male, was born 30 Jan 1884 to John W. Wishard and Alice Brunnemer.
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 234, referencing Book H-14, page 274, records that Raymond Wishard, a six-month-old white male, died 25 Aug 1884 in Greenwood.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Lois Johnson