Obituary - Ellis County News July 9, 1909, p. 1
Thursday morning J.B. Basgall received a telegram from California announcing the death of John Aich.
Mr. Aich was born in Württemberg Germany, 69 years ago. At the age of 11 he came to America with his parents. When only 13 he got employment on a Mississippi Steamboat, where he worked until the breaking out of the Civil War. John who had by this time become a great patriot, and who had come from a country where soldiers are a daily sight, would not stay behind, but like thousands of other Germans-Americans offered his services to his adopted country. He enlisted in the 19th U.S. Infantry and served most loyally through the entire war. After his discharge he settled on a farm in Indiana, where he was married.
He brought his family to Kansas in 1883, settling on a homestead in Hamilton Township. He lived on that farm for about 20 years when he moved to Hays, where he has since resided. Last fall he contracted Bright's disease, and hoping that the climate of California might benefit his health, he moved there. The hoped for relief, however, did not come and his condition grew worse period last Wednesday he succumbed to the fatal disease.
Mr. Aich was a good citizen and a patriot. He was a member of the G.A.R. post of Plainville, Kansas. Mr. Aich guide in the fold of the Catholic Church. Having been strengthened for the last great struggle by receiving the holy sacrament of the altar Kamala he calmly awaited the moment when he should meet his creator.
His remains will be brought to Hays for internment. A widow and four children survive him.
Thursday morning J.B. Basgall received a telegram from California announcing the death of John Aich.
Mr. Aich was born in Württemberg Germany, 69 years ago. At the age of 11 he came to America with his parents. When only 13 he got employment on a Mississippi Steamboat, where he worked until the breaking out of the Civil War. John who had by this time become a great patriot, and who had come from a country where soldiers are a daily sight, would not stay behind, but like thousands of other Germans-Americans offered his services to his adopted country. He enlisted in the 19th U.S. Infantry and served most loyally through the entire war. After his discharge he settled on a farm in Indiana, where he was married.
He brought his family to Kansas in 1883, settling on a homestead in Hamilton Township. He lived on that farm for about 20 years when he moved to Hays, where he has since resided. Last fall he contracted Bright's disease, and hoping that the climate of California might benefit his health, he moved there. The hoped for relief, however, did not come and his condition grew worse period last Wednesday he succumbed to the fatal disease.
Mr. Aich was a good citizen and a patriot. He was a member of the G.A.R. post of Plainville, Kansas. Mr. Aich guide in the fold of the Catholic Church. Having been strengthened for the last great struggle by receiving the holy sacrament of the altar Kamala he calmly awaited the moment when he should meet his creator.
His remains will be brought to Hays for internment. A widow and four children survive him.
Obituary - Ellis County News July 9, 1909, p. 1
Thursday morning J.B. Basgall received a telegram from California announcing the death of John Aich.
Mr. Aich was born in Württemberg Germany, 69 years ago. At the age of 11 he came to America with his parents. When only 13 he got employment on a Mississippi Steamboat, where he worked until the breaking out of the Civil War. John who had by this time become a great patriot, and who had come from a country where soldiers are a daily sight, would not stay behind, but like thousands of other Germans-Americans offered his services to his adopted country. He enlisted in the 19th U.S. Infantry and served most loyally through the entire war. After his discharge he settled on a farm in Indiana, where he was married.
He brought his family to Kansas in 1883, settling on a homestead in Hamilton Township. He lived on that farm for about 20 years when he moved to Hays, where he has since resided. Last fall he contracted Bright's disease, and hoping that the climate of California might benefit his health, he moved there. The hoped for relief, however, did not come and his condition grew worse period last Wednesday he succumbed to the fatal disease.
Mr. Aich was a good citizen and a patriot. He was a member of the G.A.R. post of Plainville, Kansas. Mr. Aich guide in the fold of the Catholic Church. Having been strengthened for the last great struggle by receiving the holy sacrament of the altar Kamala he calmly awaited the moment when he should meet his creator.
His remains will be brought to Hays for internment. A widow and four children survive him.
Thursday morning J.B. Basgall received a telegram from California announcing the death of John Aich.
Mr. Aich was born in Württemberg Germany, 69 years ago. At the age of 11 he came to America with his parents. When only 13 he got employment on a Mississippi Steamboat, where he worked until the breaking out of the Civil War. John who had by this time become a great patriot, and who had come from a country where soldiers are a daily sight, would not stay behind, but like thousands of other Germans-Americans offered his services to his adopted country. He enlisted in the 19th U.S. Infantry and served most loyally through the entire war. After his discharge he settled on a farm in Indiana, where he was married.
He brought his family to Kansas in 1883, settling on a homestead in Hamilton Township. He lived on that farm for about 20 years when he moved to Hays, where he has since resided. Last fall he contracted Bright's disease, and hoping that the climate of California might benefit his health, he moved there. The hoped for relief, however, did not come and his condition grew worse period last Wednesday he succumbed to the fatal disease.
Mr. Aich was a good citizen and a patriot. He was a member of the G.A.R. post of Plainville, Kansas. Mr. Aich guide in the fold of the Catholic Church. Having been strengthened for the last great struggle by receiving the holy sacrament of the altar Kamala he calmly awaited the moment when he should meet his creator.
His remains will be brought to Hays for internment. A widow and four children survive him.
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