Old Soldier's Sudden Death
Heart Disease Ends the Life Of a Well Known Citizen.
The community was shocked last Friday afternoon by the report of the sudden death of one of the best known citizens, William A. Harlan. He had gone to look at some horses belonging to his nephew, Judd Harlan, and was found lying dead near the lot where they were stabled, in the west part of the city. He had been a sufferer from heart disease many years, and this was undoubtedly the cause of his sudden death. Funeral services were held Monday at his residence at Fourth and Locust streets, conducted by Reg. James Ryan, of Greenup. Judge W. B. Scholfield also delivered a touching tribute to the memory of his departed friend.
Mr. Harlan was born in Marshall April 8, 1840. He was married to Clara Payne Nov. 23, 1869. She died March 18, 1901. Soon after his marriage, he moved to the home where he had lived ever since. He was educated in the common schools of the city, and grew up with the plain people, sharing their prosperity and adversity. At the age of 20, while at work on his father's farm, in April 1861, he was told by one of his brothers that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon. He immediately unharnessed his horses, and before noon had made his way to the old store building where now stands the Dulaney building, and enlisted as a private soldier, afterward becoming a soldier of the 21st Illinois Infantry, Grant's old regiment. With that organization, he took part in the battles of Fredericktown, Chapoon Hills, Knob Gap and Shiloh, and on Dec. 29, 1862, at the terrible battle of Stone River, where his regiment suffered a loss of 302 men killed or wounded out of a total strenth of less than 500—said to have been the greatest loss sustained by a single regiment during the war—he fell, terribly wounded. Although he afterward recovered sufficiently to reenter the army, he never recovered from the effects of that wound, but suffered daily from it for nearly half a century. July 4, 1864, he was honorably mustered out, returned home, and took up life where he had abandoned it three years before.
He is survived by three brothers—Edwin and Wilson, of this city and John, of Kuttawa, Ky. Besides these, he leaves a host of friends, by whom, as good friend and citizen, he will be missed.
Heart Disease Ends the Life Of a Well Known Citizen.
The community was shocked last Friday afternoon by the report of the sudden death of one of the best known citizens, William A. Harlan. He had gone to look at some horses belonging to his nephew, Judd Harlan, and was found lying dead near the lot where they were stabled, in the west part of the city. He had been a sufferer from heart disease many years, and this was undoubtedly the cause of his sudden death. Funeral services were held Monday at his residence at Fourth and Locust streets, conducted by Reg. James Ryan, of Greenup. Judge W. B. Scholfield also delivered a touching tribute to the memory of his departed friend.
Mr. Harlan was born in Marshall April 8, 1840. He was married to Clara Payne Nov. 23, 1869. She died March 18, 1901. Soon after his marriage, he moved to the home where he had lived ever since. He was educated in the common schools of the city, and grew up with the plain people, sharing their prosperity and adversity. At the age of 20, while at work on his father's farm, in April 1861, he was told by one of his brothers that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon. He immediately unharnessed his horses, and before noon had made his way to the old store building where now stands the Dulaney building, and enlisted as a private soldier, afterward becoming a soldier of the 21st Illinois Infantry, Grant's old regiment. With that organization, he took part in the battles of Fredericktown, Chapoon Hills, Knob Gap and Shiloh, and on Dec. 29, 1862, at the terrible battle of Stone River, where his regiment suffered a loss of 302 men killed or wounded out of a total strenth of less than 500—said to have been the greatest loss sustained by a single regiment during the war—he fell, terribly wounded. Although he afterward recovered sufficiently to reenter the army, he never recovered from the effects of that wound, but suffered daily from it for nearly half a century. July 4, 1864, he was honorably mustered out, returned home, and took up life where he had abandoned it three years before.
He is survived by three brothers—Edwin and Wilson, of this city and John, of Kuttawa, Ky. Besides these, he leaves a host of friends, by whom, as good friend and citizen, he will be missed.
Old Soldier's Sudden Death
Heart Disease Ends the Life Of a Well Known Citizen.
The community was shocked last Friday afternoon by the report of the sudden death of one of the best known citizens, William A. Harlan. He had gone to look at some horses belonging to his nephew, Judd Harlan, and was found lying dead near the lot where they were stabled, in the west part of the city. He had been a sufferer from heart disease many years, and this was undoubtedly the cause of his sudden death. Funeral services were held Monday at his residence at Fourth and Locust streets, conducted by Reg. James Ryan, of Greenup. Judge W. B. Scholfield also delivered a touching tribute to the memory of his departed friend.
Mr. Harlan was born in Marshall April 8, 1840. He was married to Clara Payne Nov. 23, 1869. She died March 18, 1901. Soon after his marriage, he moved to the home where he had lived ever since. He was educated in the common schools of the city, and grew up with the plain people, sharing their prosperity and adversity. At the age of 20, while at work on his father's farm, in April 1861, he was told by one of his brothers that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon. He immediately unharnessed his horses, and before noon had made his way to the old store building where now stands the Dulaney building, and enlisted as a private soldier, afterward becoming a soldier of the 21st Illinois Infantry, Grant's old regiment. With that organization, he took part in the battles of Fredericktown, Chapoon Hills, Knob Gap and Shiloh, and on Dec. 29, 1862, at the terrible battle of Stone River, where his regiment suffered a loss of 302 men killed or wounded out of a total strenth of less than 500—said to have been the greatest loss sustained by a single regiment during the war—he fell, terribly wounded. Although he afterward recovered sufficiently to reenter the army, he never recovered from the effects of that wound, but suffered daily from it for nearly half a century. July 4, 1864, he was honorably mustered out, returned home, and took up life where he had abandoned it three years before.
He is survived by three brothers—Edwin and Wilson, of this city and John, of Kuttawa, Ky. Besides these, he leaves a host of friends, by whom, as good friend and citizen, he will be missed.
Heart Disease Ends the Life Of a Well Known Citizen.
The community was shocked last Friday afternoon by the report of the sudden death of one of the best known citizens, William A. Harlan. He had gone to look at some horses belonging to his nephew, Judd Harlan, and was found lying dead near the lot where they were stabled, in the west part of the city. He had been a sufferer from heart disease many years, and this was undoubtedly the cause of his sudden death. Funeral services were held Monday at his residence at Fourth and Locust streets, conducted by Reg. James Ryan, of Greenup. Judge W. B. Scholfield also delivered a touching tribute to the memory of his departed friend.
Mr. Harlan was born in Marshall April 8, 1840. He was married to Clara Payne Nov. 23, 1869. She died March 18, 1901. Soon after his marriage, he moved to the home where he had lived ever since. He was educated in the common schools of the city, and grew up with the plain people, sharing their prosperity and adversity. At the age of 20, while at work on his father's farm, in April 1861, he was told by one of his brothers that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon. He immediately unharnessed his horses, and before noon had made his way to the old store building where now stands the Dulaney building, and enlisted as a private soldier, afterward becoming a soldier of the 21st Illinois Infantry, Grant's old regiment. With that organization, he took part in the battles of Fredericktown, Chapoon Hills, Knob Gap and Shiloh, and on Dec. 29, 1862, at the terrible battle of Stone River, where his regiment suffered a loss of 302 men killed or wounded out of a total strenth of less than 500—said to have been the greatest loss sustained by a single regiment during the war—he fell, terribly wounded. Although he afterward recovered sufficiently to reenter the army, he never recovered from the effects of that wound, but suffered daily from it for nearly half a century. July 4, 1864, he was honorably mustered out, returned home, and took up life where he had abandoned it three years before.
He is survived by three brothers—Edwin and Wilson, of this city and John, of Kuttawa, Ky. Besides these, he leaves a host of friends, by whom, as good friend and citizen, he will be missed.
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