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Subject: OBITUARY - JOHN K. TAPSCOTT.

Date: Monday, May 21, 2001 2:10 PM

Decatur County Journal

April l, l897

JOHN K. TAPSCOTT was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, September

23, l820, and died at his home in Burrell Township, on Saturday, March

29, l897.

In March, l85l, he was married to MALINDA A. BROOKS, shortly after which

they located in this county. To this union were born seven children,

most of whom embraced religion and followed the early training of a

pious father and mother. The children gathered around the bedside of

the dying father and promised to meet him in Heaven. The funeral

services were conducted by REV. N.B. (cannot read name) in the presence

of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends after which

interment occurred in Elk Cemetery. The deceased had been a faithful

member of the United Brethren Church for many years.

His death will be a personal loss to many of his neighbors, and the

members of his immediate family, to whom he was devoted, have the

sympathies of the entire community.

The deceased was generous to all and especially sympathetic to those in

sickness or (cannot read 2 words)personal contact with his neighbors and

friends he was kind and thoughtful in every way. He was a man who was

loved by all who knew him. His conduct in life was such as to procure

for him the esteem of every one, and especially of those who knew him

intimately.

Last October the deceased visited this office for the last time.

Although weak and infirm, his mind was clear and he related many

interesting reminiscenses concerning his early life in Virginia. His

home was not far from Washington City and he attended the inauguration

of Gen. William Henry Harrison and his funeral which occurred four weeks

later.

The pioneer settlers of Decatur County are rapidly passing away, and

they are greatly missed because they are the links which connect the

present with the log cabin days of more than fifty years ago.

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