Gary Post Tribune Thursdy Feb 3 1944
Death today called John August North, age 94, one of the pioneers of the Calument Region, who settled in Miller more than a half century before Gary was founded.
since the death of his wife in 1940 he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Carroll, were he succumbed a lingering illness. Mr and Mrs. North had been married 67 years when she died. They had lived in Miller though out their married life.
North first came to the area in 1871 to help out the right away though the sand dunes for the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Wild game Plentiful he settled in Miller were only four of the five families living in the region. He used to recall that wild game was plentiful around the countryside and wolves infested the neiboring woods.
For 45 years, North was in the real estate and insurance business in Miller and along served as a member of the town board. He saw the community grow and helped to develope it, in the years before the steel corporation acquried the land that eventually became Gary in 1874, North was one of the organizaters of the Bethal Luthern Church, where he served many years as an official and at the time of his death was a Deacon emeritus.
Miller was truly a pioneer community in which early settlers with stood many hardships of Pioneer life. The families worked hard and long to raise their own provisions. The cows were allowed to wander in the woods and often strayed as far away as Aetna and Blankville. The body was taken to Anderson Funeral Chapel, pending arrangements for the funeral.
Death today called John August North, age 94, one of the pioneers of the Calument Region, who settled in Miller more than a half century before Gary was founded.
since the death of his wife in 1940 he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Carroll, were he succumbed a lingering illness. Mr and Mrs. North had been married 67 years when she died. They had lived in Miller though out their married life.
North first came to the area in 1871 to help out the right away though the sand dunes for the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Wild game Plentiful he settled in Miller were only four of the five families living in the region. He used to recall that wild game was plentiful around the countryside and wolves infested the neiboring woods.
For 45 years, North was in the real estate and insurance business in Miller and along served as a member of the town board. He saw the community grow and helped to develope it, in the years before the steel corporation acquried the land that eventually became Gary in 1874, North was one of the organizaters of the Bethal Luthern Church, where he served many years as an official and at the time of his death was a Deacon emeritus.
Miller was truly a pioneer community in which early settlers with stood many hardships of Pioneer life. The families worked hard and long to raise their own provisions. The cows were allowed to wander in the woods and often strayed as far away as Aetna and Blankville. The body was taken to Anderson Funeral Chapel, pending arrangements for the funeral.
Gary Post Tribune Thursdy Feb 3 1944
Death today called John August North, age 94, one of the pioneers of the Calument Region, who settled in Miller more than a half century before Gary was founded.
since the death of his wife in 1940 he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Carroll, were he succumbed a lingering illness. Mr and Mrs. North had been married 67 years when she died. They had lived in Miller though out their married life.
North first came to the area in 1871 to help out the right away though the sand dunes for the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Wild game Plentiful he settled in Miller were only four of the five families living in the region. He used to recall that wild game was plentiful around the countryside and wolves infested the neiboring woods.
For 45 years, North was in the real estate and insurance business in Miller and along served as a member of the town board. He saw the community grow and helped to develope it, in the years before the steel corporation acquried the land that eventually became Gary in 1874, North was one of the organizaters of the Bethal Luthern Church, where he served many years as an official and at the time of his death was a Deacon emeritus.
Miller was truly a pioneer community in which early settlers with stood many hardships of Pioneer life. The families worked hard and long to raise their own provisions. The cows were allowed to wander in the woods and often strayed as far away as Aetna and Blankville. The body was taken to Anderson Funeral Chapel, pending arrangements for the funeral.
Death today called John August North, age 94, one of the pioneers of the Calument Region, who settled in Miller more than a half century before Gary was founded.
since the death of his wife in 1940 he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Carroll, were he succumbed a lingering illness. Mr and Mrs. North had been married 67 years when she died. They had lived in Miller though out their married life.
North first came to the area in 1871 to help out the right away though the sand dunes for the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Wild game Plentiful he settled in Miller were only four of the five families living in the region. He used to recall that wild game was plentiful around the countryside and wolves infested the neiboring woods.
For 45 years, North was in the real estate and insurance business in Miller and along served as a member of the town board. He saw the community grow and helped to develope it, in the years before the steel corporation acquried the land that eventually became Gary in 1874, North was one of the organizaters of the Bethal Luthern Church, where he served many years as an official and at the time of his death was a Deacon emeritus.
Miller was truly a pioneer community in which early settlers with stood many hardships of Pioneer life. The families worked hard and long to raise their own provisions. The cows were allowed to wander in the woods and often strayed as far away as Aetna and Blankville. The body was taken to Anderson Funeral Chapel, pending arrangements for the funeral.
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