Obituary of Hiram Lindsey

August 1904 - Hiram C. Lindsey, one of the oldest residents of Noble County, Ind., having located here when the country was new and the comforts of modern times were unobtainable luxuries, died at his home in Green Twp. Sun. Aug. 28, 1904, aged seventy-eight years, five months and twenty days

He leaves to mourn their loss a wife, three sons and one daughter, one son and one daughter having preceded him to the spirit land, He also leaves three sisters, Mary Richison of Arkansas; Elizabeth McDonald of Washington and Harriet Mohn of Michigan.

Mr. Lindsey was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 8, 1826 and was a son of Jacob and Sarah (Craven) Lindsey. He came to Ind. in 1839 and located on the farm where he died. His father died the same year they moved here leaving the support of the family to the care of the two sons. The older of the two sons met an untimely death by drowning two years later, leaving the younger to support the entire family and inured to toil the from his early youth and was a valuable assistant to in clearing and developing much of the land in Green Twp. which was then a howling wilderness, there being but two families within a radius of five miles and but one house marked the site where Churubusco now stands when he came to the state. Being compelled to rely so completely on himself, he developed a business capacity remarkable in one of his years and soon won the admiration and respect of those with whom he had dealings for his sagacity. Near the age of thirty he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Lock, May 12, 1855. He united with the Baptist near his home commonly now as Ite Brush, and later with the Merriam Christian Church. He was a firm believer in Christ and His teachings, and bore his suffering patiently until the end.

The funeral services were held at the Merriam Christian Church, at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by Rev. R. W. Page. The remains were interned in the cemetery near by. The neighbors were very kind during his sickness and burial.

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