Decatur County Journal

March 7, l907

J. ALLBAUGH, One of Decatur County's Prominent Pioneer Citizens, Passes

Away.

JOHN ALLBAUGH, one of Decatur County's prominent and pioneer citizens

died, at his home on East Commercial Street, Monday morning following a

hard fall he received on Friday of last week.

MR. ALLBAUGH had gone out to the back yard at his residence about 2

o'clock Friday afternoon and upon returning to the house, slipped and

fell almost at the back door on the north. Little THOMAS BRADFIELD,

grandson of MRS. ALLBAUGH, who was there with his mother, MRS. HARRY

BRADFIELD, said that he would go out to the wood house and bring in a

stick of wood. When he opened the door, he discovered MR. ALLBAUGH and

called to those inside that Grandpa has fallen. The two ladies hurried

out and assisted him into the house. He told them that he was not

seriously injured and talked to them until about 3 o'clock, when he

began to grow dizzy. MRS. ALLBAUGH assisted him to bed and called Dr.

H.R. Layton. She also notified MR. ALLBAUGH's son, W.A. ALLBAUGH, who

arrived with Dr. Layton in a few minutes. MR. ALLBAUGH was unconscious

upon their arrival and remained so until death occurred at 6:20 Monday

morning.

He was eighty years, six months and thirteen days old at the time of his

death. He had been a resident of Decatur County for over fifty years

and had been closely identified with the business interests and progress

of the county. He served as a member of the board of supervisors and

proved a most able official.

The funeral was held at the home on Tuesday morning at ll o'clock and

interment followed at the Chastain Cemetery.

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Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert

August 27, 200l

I copied the spelling of ALLBAUGH as it is written in the obituary.