BEN McCUTCHEON TAKEN BY DEATH - Member of Noted Local Family Dies in Chicago; Burial Here Wednesday
Benjamin McCutcheon, 58, member of an illustrious Tippecanoe county family, died Monday [Aug. 27, 1934] in Chicago of heart disease, after a long illness, according to word received here. He had lived in Chicago many years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in Chicago, and the body will then be brought overland to Lafayette, with burial in Spring Vale cemetery, Wednesday afternoon.
"Ben" McCutcheon was long a newspaper writer, publicity and advertising man in Chicago. He was a brother of John T. McCutcheon, Purdue graduate, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and also famous as a writer, and of the late George Barr McCutcheon, author, who upon his death several years ago was also brought here for burial in Spring Vale.
The deceased was born near South Raub, a son of Capt. John Barr McCutcheon, former sheriff and city treasurer. Older residents recall that he left here as a young man, going to Chicago. Surviving are the widow, formerly Miss Anna Barnes of Covington, KY; a son, John Barr McCutcheon; a brother, John T. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Wilbur Nelson of Chicago. "Ben" was the youngest of three brothers.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Mon 8/27/1934
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McCUTCHEON TO BE BURIED HERE - Member of Noted Family Dies Suddenly
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Fullerton Covenant Presbyterian church, Chicago, of which he was a trustee, for Ben Frederick McCutcheon, native of Tippecanoe county and member of one of its early prominent families. The body will then be brought overland to Lafayette for burial Wednesday afternoon in Spring Vale.
Mr. McCutcheon, veteran newspaper man, author and publicist, died Monday morning at about 11 o'clock at the home of a son, John Barr McCutcheon, in Chicago, at the age of 59. He had been confined to Henrotin hospital for several weeks before being removed to the home of his son.
BORN at SOUTH RAUB
The deceased was born near South Raub, south of Lafayette, May 31, 1875, the son of John Barr and Clara Glick McCutcheon, who were also the parents of John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist, and the late George Barr McCutcheon, novelist.
ATTENDED PURDUE
Ben McCutcheon attended Purdue University, where he was a member of the class of 1897. He came to Chicago as a young man and his first job was reporter for the old Morning Record. He later became commercial editor of the Tribune and was also associated editorially with the Daily News and other Chicago and New York newspapers.
In 1917, at the request of the federal government, he became director of publicity for the Fourth and Victory liberty loan drives for the seventh federal reserve district. At the end of the war Mr. McCutcheon became a partner of McCutcheon and Gerson, which was dissolved in 1930. In recent years he had been doing publicity work with his son.
ALSO CARTOONIST
Mr. McCutcheon was known as an accomplished cartoonist, often making sketches of friends in spare moments. He was the author of two books, "Sunrise Acres" and "The Seventh Person", published in 1905-06, and he contributed regularly to periodicals.
In addition to his son, now a member of the Chicago Tribune sports staff, and his brother, Mr. McCutcheon is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Barnes McCutcheon, and a sister, Mrs. A. Wilbur Nelson of New York.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 5/28/1934
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Benjamin McCutcheon, 58, member of an illustrious Tippecanoe county family, died Monday [Aug. 27, 1934] in Chicago of heart disease, after a long illness, according to word received here. He had lived in Chicago many years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in Chicago, and the body will then be brought overland to Lafayette, with burial in Spring Vale cemetery, Wednesday afternoon.
"Ben" McCutcheon was long a newspaper writer, publicity and advertising man in Chicago. He was a brother of John T. McCutcheon, Purdue graduate, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and also famous as a writer, and of the late George Barr McCutcheon, author, who upon his death several years ago was also brought here for burial in Spring Vale.
The deceased was born near South Raub, a son of Capt. John Barr McCutcheon, former sheriff and city treasurer. Older residents recall that he left here as a young man, going to Chicago. Surviving are the widow, formerly Miss Anna Barnes of Covington, KY; a son, John Barr McCutcheon; a brother, John T. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Wilbur Nelson of Chicago. "Ben" was the youngest of three brothers.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Mon 8/27/1934
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McCUTCHEON TO BE BURIED HERE - Member of Noted Family Dies Suddenly
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Fullerton Covenant Presbyterian church, Chicago, of which he was a trustee, for Ben Frederick McCutcheon, native of Tippecanoe county and member of one of its early prominent families. The body will then be brought overland to Lafayette for burial Wednesday afternoon in Spring Vale.
Mr. McCutcheon, veteran newspaper man, author and publicist, died Monday morning at about 11 o'clock at the home of a son, John Barr McCutcheon, in Chicago, at the age of 59. He had been confined to Henrotin hospital for several weeks before being removed to the home of his son.
BORN at SOUTH RAUB
The deceased was born near South Raub, south of Lafayette, May 31, 1875, the son of John Barr and Clara Glick McCutcheon, who were also the parents of John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist, and the late George Barr McCutcheon, novelist.
ATTENDED PURDUE
Ben McCutcheon attended Purdue University, where he was a member of the class of 1897. He came to Chicago as a young man and his first job was reporter for the old Morning Record. He later became commercial editor of the Tribune and was also associated editorially with the Daily News and other Chicago and New York newspapers.
In 1917, at the request of the federal government, he became director of publicity for the Fourth and Victory liberty loan drives for the seventh federal reserve district. At the end of the war Mr. McCutcheon became a partner of McCutcheon and Gerson, which was dissolved in 1930. In recent years he had been doing publicity work with his son.
ALSO CARTOONIST
Mr. McCutcheon was known as an accomplished cartoonist, often making sketches of friends in spare moments. He was the author of two books, "Sunrise Acres" and "The Seventh Person", published in 1905-06, and he contributed regularly to periodicals.
In addition to his son, now a member of the Chicago Tribune sports staff, and his brother, Mr. McCutcheon is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Barnes McCutcheon, and a sister, Mrs. A. Wilbur Nelson of New York.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 5/28/1934
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BEN McCUTCHEON TAKEN BY DEATH - Member of Noted Local Family Dies in Chicago; Burial Here Wednesday
Benjamin McCutcheon, 58, member of an illustrious Tippecanoe county family, died Monday [Aug. 27, 1934] in Chicago of heart disease, after a long illness, according to word received here. He had lived in Chicago many years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in Chicago, and the body will then be brought overland to Lafayette, with burial in Spring Vale cemetery, Wednesday afternoon.
"Ben" McCutcheon was long a newspaper writer, publicity and advertising man in Chicago. He was a brother of John T. McCutcheon, Purdue graduate, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and also famous as a writer, and of the late George Barr McCutcheon, author, who upon his death several years ago was also brought here for burial in Spring Vale.
The deceased was born near South Raub, a son of Capt. John Barr McCutcheon, former sheriff and city treasurer. Older residents recall that he left here as a young man, going to Chicago. Surviving are the widow, formerly Miss Anna Barnes of Covington, KY; a son, John Barr McCutcheon; a brother, John T. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Wilbur Nelson of Chicago. "Ben" was the youngest of three brothers.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Mon 8/27/1934
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McCUTCHEON TO BE BURIED HERE - Member of Noted Family Dies Suddenly
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Fullerton Covenant Presbyterian church, Chicago, of which he was a trustee, for Ben Frederick McCutcheon, native of Tippecanoe county and member of one of its early prominent families. The body will then be brought overland to Lafayette for burial Wednesday afternoon in Spring Vale.
Mr. McCutcheon, veteran newspaper man, author and publicist, died Monday morning at about 11 o'clock at the home of a son, John Barr McCutcheon, in Chicago, at the age of 59. He had been confined to Henrotin hospital for several weeks before being removed to the home of his son.
BORN at SOUTH RAUB
The deceased was born near South Raub, south of Lafayette, May 31, 1875, the son of John Barr and Clara Glick McCutcheon, who were also the parents of John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist, and the late George Barr McCutcheon, novelist.
ATTENDED PURDUE
Ben McCutcheon attended Purdue University, where he was a member of the class of 1897. He came to Chicago as a young man and his first job was reporter for the old Morning Record. He later became commercial editor of the Tribune and was also associated editorially with the Daily News and other Chicago and New York newspapers.
In 1917, at the request of the federal government, he became director of publicity for the Fourth and Victory liberty loan drives for the seventh federal reserve district. At the end of the war Mr. McCutcheon became a partner of McCutcheon and Gerson, which was dissolved in 1930. In recent years he had been doing publicity work with his son.
ALSO CARTOONIST
Mr. McCutcheon was known as an accomplished cartoonist, often making sketches of friends in spare moments. He was the author of two books, "Sunrise Acres" and "The Seventh Person", published in 1905-06, and he contributed regularly to periodicals.
In addition to his son, now a member of the Chicago Tribune sports staff, and his brother, Mr. McCutcheon is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Barnes McCutcheon, and a sister, Mrs. A. Wilbur Nelson of New York.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 5/28/1934
Contributed.
Benjamin McCutcheon, 58, member of an illustrious Tippecanoe county family, died Monday [Aug. 27, 1934] in Chicago of heart disease, after a long illness, according to word received here. He had lived in Chicago many years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in Chicago, and the body will then be brought overland to Lafayette, with burial in Spring Vale cemetery, Wednesday afternoon.
"Ben" McCutcheon was long a newspaper writer, publicity and advertising man in Chicago. He was a brother of John T. McCutcheon, Purdue graduate, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and also famous as a writer, and of the late George Barr McCutcheon, author, who upon his death several years ago was also brought here for burial in Spring Vale.
The deceased was born near South Raub, a son of Capt. John Barr McCutcheon, former sheriff and city treasurer. Older residents recall that he left here as a young man, going to Chicago. Surviving are the widow, formerly Miss Anna Barnes of Covington, KY; a son, John Barr McCutcheon; a brother, John T. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Wilbur Nelson of Chicago. "Ben" was the youngest of three brothers.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Mon 8/27/1934
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McCUTCHEON TO BE BURIED HERE - Member of Noted Family Dies Suddenly
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Fullerton Covenant Presbyterian church, Chicago, of which he was a trustee, for Ben Frederick McCutcheon, native of Tippecanoe county and member of one of its early prominent families. The body will then be brought overland to Lafayette for burial Wednesday afternoon in Spring Vale.
Mr. McCutcheon, veteran newspaper man, author and publicist, died Monday morning at about 11 o'clock at the home of a son, John Barr McCutcheon, in Chicago, at the age of 59. He had been confined to Henrotin hospital for several weeks before being removed to the home of his son.
BORN at SOUTH RAUB
The deceased was born near South Raub, south of Lafayette, May 31, 1875, the son of John Barr and Clara Glick McCutcheon, who were also the parents of John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist, and the late George Barr McCutcheon, novelist.
ATTENDED PURDUE
Ben McCutcheon attended Purdue University, where he was a member of the class of 1897. He came to Chicago as a young man and his first job was reporter for the old Morning Record. He later became commercial editor of the Tribune and was also associated editorially with the Daily News and other Chicago and New York newspapers.
In 1917, at the request of the federal government, he became director of publicity for the Fourth and Victory liberty loan drives for the seventh federal reserve district. At the end of the war Mr. McCutcheon became a partner of McCutcheon and Gerson, which was dissolved in 1930. In recent years he had been doing publicity work with his son.
ALSO CARTOONIST
Mr. McCutcheon was known as an accomplished cartoonist, often making sketches of friends in spare moments. He was the author of two books, "Sunrise Acres" and "The Seventh Person", published in 1905-06, and he contributed regularly to periodicals.
In addition to his son, now a member of the Chicago Tribune sports staff, and his brother, Mr. McCutcheon is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Barnes McCutcheon, and a sister, Mrs. A. Wilbur Nelson of New York.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 5/28/1934
Contributed.
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Died in Chicago, age 59, Ralph A Hofmeister undertaker, Chicago
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