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Jacob Loughmiller

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Jacob Loughmiller

Birth
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Death
8 Dec 1877 (aged 68)
Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Jackson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Jacob and Aurelia are buried in a brome pasture just a little east and south of Bucks Grove Methodist Church on C Road [Buck's Grove, KS].
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Jacob Loughmiller. Another old citizen gone, Jacob Loughmiller, one of Jackson county's oldest and most respected citizens, died of chronic disease, last Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock ... He was one of the early settlers of the county and has filled the office of county commissioner and representative in the Legislature ... He was one of our most enterprising farmers, as his splendid farm on Cross Creek will testify. He was 69 years of age was born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, January 28, 1809. When he was quite young he removed to Indiana, where he subsequently married, and lived for many years ... He came to Kansas in the year 1855, and at once became identified with the Free State party ... he has held the office of Justice of the Peace ... The day after his death a large
and mourning concourse of friends followed his remains
to the last resting place, after listening to the
funeral sermon by Rev. Crooks, E.E.

The Holton Recorder, Thursday, December 13, 1877.
Jacob Loughmiller. Another old citizen gone, Jacob Loughmiller, one of Jackson county's oldest and most respected citizens, died of chronic disease, last Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock ... He was one of the early settlers of the county and has filled the office of county commissioner and representative in the Legislature ... He was one of our most enterprising farmers, as his splendid farm on Cross Creek will testify. He was 69 years of age was born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, January 28, 1809. When he was quite young he removed to Indiana, where he subsequently married, and lived for many years ... He came to Kansas in the year 1855, and at once became identified with the Free State party ... he has held the office of Justice of the Peace ... The day after his death a large
and mourning concourse of friends followed his remains
to the last resting place, after listening to the
funeral sermon by Rev. Crooks, E.E.

The Holton Recorder, Thursday, December 13, 1877.

Inscription

69y, 10m, 11d

Gravesite Details

Only these two stones on the site, private property.



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