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James H Earnest

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James H Earnest

Birth
Simpson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Jun 1900 (aged 82)
Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Shullsburg Pioneer Lived to be 83 Years of Age- Well Known All Over State

Shullsburg, Wis. June 13- James H. Earnst died here last evening of general debility. He was 83 years of age and was well known throughout the state. He had a stroke of paralysis on May 1. He leaves six children.

Mr. Earnst was a native of Kentucky, and went to Shullsburg at the age of 17 years. He engaged in farming and later in mining, and entered the Assembly for his district for the first time in 1855, at the age of 38 years.

Source: The Daily Tribune 16 Jun 1900

Contributor: Audrey Quinn Porter
Shullsburg Pioneer Lived to be 83 Years of Age- Well Known All Over State

Shullsburg, Wis. June 13- James H. Earnst died here last evening of general debility. He was 83 years of age and was well known throughout the state. He had a stroke of paralysis on May 1. He leaves six children.

Mr. Earnst was a native of Kentucky, and went to Shullsburg at the age of 17 years. He engaged in farming and later in mining, and entered the Assembly for his district for the first time in 1855, at the age of 38 years.

Source: The Daily Tribune 16 Jun 1900

Contributor: Audrey Quinn Porter


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154524513/james_h-earnest: accessed ), memorial page for James H Earnest (11 Jan 1818–12 Jun 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154524513, citing Saint Matthews New Catholic Cemetery, Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by McCauley (contributor 48842935).