Friday, March 12, 1920
Omer D. BEARSS, 75, long a resident of Fulton county but recently of Peru, died at his home at the family residence at Ridgeview at 3:40 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr. Bearss died the result of a complication of diseases brot on by old age. He has been ill for several months.
Mr. Bearss owned at one time considerable land in this county most of it being in prairie region west of Rochester. Several years ago he moved to Peru and continued to make his home there with his family until his death.
Omer Daniel BEARSS was the fifth son of Daniel R. and Emma A. BEARSS and was born February 5, 1844. Practically his entire life was spent in this community. He received his education in the Peru schools and in Wabash College at Crawfordsville. On June 5, 1865, he was united in marriage to Mary C. MANN and to this union four children were born, two of whom died in infancy, the surviving children being Edwin C. BEARSS of Huntington, West Virginia, and Mrs. John CRUME of Peru.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1920
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Friday, March 12, 1920
Omer D. BEARSS, 75, long a resident of Fulton county but recently of Peru, died at his home at the family residence at Ridgeview at 3:40 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr. Bearss died the result of a complication of diseases brot on by old age. He has been ill for several months.
Mr. Bearss owned at one time considerable land in this county most of it being in prairie region west of Rochester. Several years ago he moved to Peru and continued to make his home there with his family until his death.
Omer Daniel BEARSS was the fifth son of Daniel R. and Emma A. BEARSS and was born February 5, 1844. Practically his entire life was spent in this community. He received his education in the Peru schools and in Wabash College at Crawfordsville. On June 5, 1865, he was united in marriage to Mary C. MANN and to this union four children were born, two of whom died in infancy, the surviving children being Edwin C. BEARSS of Huntington, West Virginia, and Mrs. John CRUME of Peru.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1920
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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