John Scales, 73, retired farmer and timber buyer, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose Baxter, ten miles southeast of Bloomington. Death was caused by dropsy. Mr. Scales is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rose Baxter, and Mrs. Lillie Holler of Martinsville; four sons, Thomas, William, Fred and Shirley Scales of Monroe county. He was a member of the Hindustan Church, where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev. Orly Bailes, with burial in the Hindustan cemetery. – Bloomington Evening World, 25 November 1929, Page 1, Column 3
John Scales, 73, retired farmer and timber buyer, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose Baxter, ten miles southeast of Bloomington. Death was caused by dropsy. Mr. Scales is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rose Baxter, and Mrs. Lillie Holler of Martinsville; four sons, Thomas, William, Fred and Shirley Scales of Monroe county. He was a member of the Hindustan Church, where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev. Orly Bailes, with burial in the Hindustan cemetery. – Bloomington Evening World, 25 November 1929, Page 1, Column 3
Inscription
SCALES
SARAH A.
JAN. 29, 1863
NOV. 1, 1926
JOHN H.
JUNE 21, 1856
NOV. 24, 1929
