Hartford City, IN Obituary Lesson: He was Just Reading a Newspaper [1899]

  To day if ye will hear his voice, 

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 

For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.  

Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14

 

"WILLIAM PUGH,

Hartford City, Ind., April 17, -William Pugh, aged fifty-six years,
one of the pioneer residents of Harrison township, dropped dead last evening at 4 o'clock, while reading a newspaper. 

He was one of the best known farmers in the county. 

In 1849 the settled in Harrison township and lived there until his death. 

He was a soldier of the rebellion and enlisted in Company B, Thirty-

fourth Indiana Infantry. 

He was a member of James Cartright Post, G. A. R., and was one of the organizers of the post at Montpelier. 

His death was due to heart failure. 

 [The Weekly Indiana State Journal, (Indianapolis, IN) Wednesday, April 19, 1899 - Submitted by Candi]."