Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Tuesday, April 17, 1923
Jonathan N. CRABBS, 74 years, well known Fulton county farmer, hung himself in the corn crib on his farm west of Rochester, Monday afternoon. The body was found by members of the family who had been absent from the house during the day.
Mr. Crabbs, who was planning to move to Rochester within the very near future, where he expected to undergo a major operation for the removal of hernia from which he had been suffering for some time, is believed to have committed suicide as a result of his ill health. He had, however, never at any time intimated that he contemplated taking such action.
Mrs. Crabbs and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd SHEETS, who rent the Crabbs farm, left the house Monday morning to be gone for the larger part of the day to attend a sale. Before leaving, Mr. Crabbs' lunch was placed on the table and when they returned about three o'clock they noticed that it had not been disturbed.
At first nothing was thought of this, as it was believed that he might have gone to Rochester on business, but a search was instituted and the body was found hanging in the corn crib. He had suspended a noose from a ring in the upper frame of the crib and apparently slumped forward off his feet. It is believed that he had been in this position for six or seven hours when he was found.
Jonathan Crabbs was born in Ohio August 26, 1848. He moved to Fulton county in 1895. His first wife died in 1915 and in 1918 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma HAYS, who survives. There are five children, L. E. CRABBS, of this city, Elmer [CRABBS] and J. M. CRABBS, of Chicago, Mrs. John PASCHALL, of Rochester and Mrs. Della MUTCHLER, of Plymouth, and two brothers, Rev. Cyrus CRABBS and Abraham CRABBS, of Fremont, Ohio.
Funeral services from the farm home west of the city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. F. O. FRALEY in charge. Burial at I.O.O.F. cemetery.
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, April 19, 1923
Among the out-of-town people who attended the funeral of Jonathan CRABBS were James M. CRABBS and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. CRABBS of Chicago, Mrs. Della M. MUTCHLER and daughter Rae [MUTCHLER], of Plymouth, Rev. C. M. CRABBS of Toledo, Ohio, Nathanial MEAD and son Santy [MEAD], Luella DABLEY and son Haromon [DABLEY], Samuel MEAD and Mrs. Minnie MOORHOUSE of Fithian, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. D. C HAYS of Ogden, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. F. A. MEEKER, Mr. and Mrs. Harold POWELL, Leo RAMSEY, Fred WHITECOTTON, Ora BRAUNELLER and Mr. OWENS of Peru.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1923
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Tuesday, April 17, 1923
Jonathan N. CRABBS, 74 years, well known Fulton county farmer, hung himself in the corn crib on his farm west of Rochester, Monday afternoon. The body was found by members of the family who had been absent from the house during the day.
Mr. Crabbs, who was planning to move to Rochester within the very near future, where he expected to undergo a major operation for the removal of hernia from which he had been suffering for some time, is believed to have committed suicide as a result of his ill health. He had, however, never at any time intimated that he contemplated taking such action.
Mrs. Crabbs and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd SHEETS, who rent the Crabbs farm, left the house Monday morning to be gone for the larger part of the day to attend a sale. Before leaving, Mr. Crabbs' lunch was placed on the table and when they returned about three o'clock they noticed that it had not been disturbed.
At first nothing was thought of this, as it was believed that he might have gone to Rochester on business, but a search was instituted and the body was found hanging in the corn crib. He had suspended a noose from a ring in the upper frame of the crib and apparently slumped forward off his feet. It is believed that he had been in this position for six or seven hours when he was found.
Jonathan Crabbs was born in Ohio August 26, 1848. He moved to Fulton county in 1895. His first wife died in 1915 and in 1918 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma HAYS, who survives. There are five children, L. E. CRABBS, of this city, Elmer [CRABBS] and J. M. CRABBS, of Chicago, Mrs. John PASCHALL, of Rochester and Mrs. Della MUTCHLER, of Plymouth, and two brothers, Rev. Cyrus CRABBS and Abraham CRABBS, of Fremont, Ohio.
Funeral services from the farm home west of the city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. F. O. FRALEY in charge. Burial at I.O.O.F. cemetery.
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, April 19, 1923
Among the out-of-town people who attended the funeral of Jonathan CRABBS were James M. CRABBS and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. CRABBS of Chicago, Mrs. Della M. MUTCHLER and daughter Rae [MUTCHLER], of Plymouth, Rev. C. M. CRABBS of Toledo, Ohio, Nathanial MEAD and son Santy [MEAD], Luella DABLEY and son Haromon [DABLEY], Samuel MEAD and Mrs. Minnie MOORHOUSE of Fithian, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. D. C HAYS of Ogden, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. F. A. MEEKER, Mr. and Mrs. Harold POWELL, Leo RAMSEY, Fred WHITECOTTON, Ora BRAUNELLER and Mr. OWENS of Peru.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1923
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Tuesday, April 17, 1923
Jonathan N. CRABBS, 74 years, well known Fulton county farmer, hung himself in the corn crib on his farm west of Rochester, Monday afternoon. The body was found by members of the family who had been absent from the house during the day.
Mr. Crabbs, who was planning to move to Rochester within the very near future, where he expected to undergo a major operation for the removal of hernia from which he had been suffering for some time, is believed to have committed suicide as a result of his ill health. He had, however, never at any time intimated that he contemplated taking such action.
Mrs. Crabbs and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd SHEETS, who rent the Crabbs farm, left the house Monday morning to be gone for the larger part of the day to attend a sale. Before leaving, Mr. Crabbs' lunch was placed on the table and when they returned about three o'clock they noticed that it had not been disturbed.
At first nothing was thought of this, as it was believed that he might have gone to Rochester on business, but a search was instituted and the body was found hanging in the corn crib. He had suspended a noose from a ring in the upper frame of the crib and apparently slumped forward off his feet. It is believed that he had been in this position for six or seven hours when he was found.
Jonathan Crabbs was born in Ohio August 26, 1848. He moved to Fulton county in 1895. His first wife died in 1915 and in 1918 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma HAYS, who survives. There are five children, L. E. CRABBS, of this city, Elmer [CRABBS] and J. M. CRABBS, of Chicago, Mrs. John PASCHALL, of Rochester and Mrs. Della MUTCHLER, of Plymouth, and two brothers, Rev. Cyrus CRABBS and Abraham CRABBS, of Fremont, Ohio.
Funeral services from the farm home west of the city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. F. O. FRALEY in charge. Burial at I.O.O.F. cemetery.
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, April 19, 1923
Among the out-of-town people who attended the funeral of Jonathan CRABBS were James M. CRABBS and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. CRABBS of Chicago, Mrs. Della M. MUTCHLER and daughter Rae [MUTCHLER], of Plymouth, Rev. C. M. CRABBS of Toledo, Ohio, Nathanial MEAD and son Santy [MEAD], Luella DABLEY and son Haromon [DABLEY], Samuel MEAD and Mrs. Minnie MOORHOUSE of Fithian, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. D. C HAYS of Ogden, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. F. A. MEEKER, Mr. and Mrs. Harold POWELL, Leo RAMSEY, Fred WHITECOTTON, Ora BRAUNELLER and Mr. OWENS of Peru.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1923
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Tuesday, April 17, 1923
Jonathan N. CRABBS, 74 years, well known Fulton county farmer, hung himself in the corn crib on his farm west of Rochester, Monday afternoon. The body was found by members of the family who had been absent from the house during the day.
Mr. Crabbs, who was planning to move to Rochester within the very near future, where he expected to undergo a major operation for the removal of hernia from which he had been suffering for some time, is believed to have committed suicide as a result of his ill health. He had, however, never at any time intimated that he contemplated taking such action.
Mrs. Crabbs and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd SHEETS, who rent the Crabbs farm, left the house Monday morning to be gone for the larger part of the day to attend a sale. Before leaving, Mr. Crabbs' lunch was placed on the table and when they returned about three o'clock they noticed that it had not been disturbed.
At first nothing was thought of this, as it was believed that he might have gone to Rochester on business, but a search was instituted and the body was found hanging in the corn crib. He had suspended a noose from a ring in the upper frame of the crib and apparently slumped forward off his feet. It is believed that he had been in this position for six or seven hours when he was found.
Jonathan Crabbs was born in Ohio August 26, 1848. He moved to Fulton county in 1895. His first wife died in 1915 and in 1918 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma HAYS, who survives. There are five children, L. E. CRABBS, of this city, Elmer [CRABBS] and J. M. CRABBS, of Chicago, Mrs. John PASCHALL, of Rochester and Mrs. Della MUTCHLER, of Plymouth, and two brothers, Rev. Cyrus CRABBS and Abraham CRABBS, of Fremont, Ohio.
Funeral services from the farm home west of the city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. F. O. FRALEY in charge. Burial at I.O.O.F. cemetery.
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, April 19, 1923
Among the out-of-town people who attended the funeral of Jonathan CRABBS were James M. CRABBS and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. CRABBS of Chicago, Mrs. Della M. MUTCHLER and daughter Rae [MUTCHLER], of Plymouth, Rev. C. M. CRABBS of Toledo, Ohio, Nathanial MEAD and son Santy [MEAD], Luella DABLEY and son Haromon [DABLEY], Samuel MEAD and Mrs. Minnie MOORHOUSE of Fithian, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. D. C HAYS of Ogden, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. F. A. MEEKER, Mr. and Mrs. Harold POWELL, Leo RAMSEY, Fred WHITECOTTON, Ora BRAUNELLER and Mr. OWENS of Peru.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1923
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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