CONSTABLE POOR DEAD
--Taken Sick Suddenly at his Home-Gone.
The many friends of Constable John Poor, who was elected to office in the spring of 1893, will be surprised and pained to learn that he died this afternoon at his home on North Jasper street after a brief illness. He was up town yesterday, apparently in good health, and on going home he became ill. He told his family that he was going to die, and against his expressed wish as he didn't want any doctor, Dr. Hall was summoned at once to attend him. He worked with him in vain and he passed away at 2:15 to-day, death resulting from heart failure. Mr. Poor was a native of Tennessee and a brother of James. Poor. His age was 59 years. He leaves a widow and six children. Five children are dead.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 19, 1895, p. 8.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor will take place at 1 o'clock p.m. Sunday, April 21, from East Park Chapel, on East Prairie street, conducted by Rev. J.D. Jordan, of the Baptist church. The burial will be at the Spangler cemetery, east of the city. All but one of the children have arrived. A daughter in [Labette County] Kansas [Mary Emily Poor Tranbarger] cannot reach the city in time for the service.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 20, 1895.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor took place Sunday afternoon from the East Park Baptist Chapel in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. John D. Jordan. The burial was in the Spangler cemetery east of the city. The pallbearers were Constables W.W. Connard, Harry Midkiff and J.W. Kirkbride, Justice W.W. Peddecord, H.F. Dillehunt and J.E. Murray.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 22, 1895.
--Taken Sick Suddenly at his Home-Gone.
The many friends of Constable John Poor, who was elected to office in the spring of 1893, will be surprised and pained to learn that he died this afternoon at his home on North Jasper street after a brief illness. He was up town yesterday, apparently in good health, and on going home he became ill. He told his family that he was going to die, and against his expressed wish as he didn't want any doctor, Dr. Hall was summoned at once to attend him. He worked with him in vain and he passed away at 2:15 to-day, death resulting from heart failure. Mr. Poor was a native of Tennessee and a brother of James. Poor. His age was 59 years. He leaves a widow and six children. Five children are dead.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 19, 1895, p. 8.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor will take place at 1 o'clock p.m. Sunday, April 21, from East Park Chapel, on East Prairie street, conducted by Rev. J.D. Jordan, of the Baptist church. The burial will be at the Spangler cemetery, east of the city. All but one of the children have arrived. A daughter in [Labette County] Kansas [Mary Emily Poor Tranbarger] cannot reach the city in time for the service.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 20, 1895.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor took place Sunday afternoon from the East Park Baptist Chapel in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. John D. Jordan. The burial was in the Spangler cemetery east of the city. The pallbearers were Constables W.W. Connard, Harry Midkiff and J.W. Kirkbride, Justice W.W. Peddecord, H.F. Dillehunt and J.E. Murray.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 22, 1895.
CONSTABLE POOR DEAD
--Taken Sick Suddenly at his Home-Gone.
The many friends of Constable John Poor, who was elected to office in the spring of 1893, will be surprised and pained to learn that he died this afternoon at his home on North Jasper street after a brief illness. He was up town yesterday, apparently in good health, and on going home he became ill. He told his family that he was going to die, and against his expressed wish as he didn't want any doctor, Dr. Hall was summoned at once to attend him. He worked with him in vain and he passed away at 2:15 to-day, death resulting from heart failure. Mr. Poor was a native of Tennessee and a brother of James. Poor. His age was 59 years. He leaves a widow and six children. Five children are dead.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 19, 1895, p. 8.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor will take place at 1 o'clock p.m. Sunday, April 21, from East Park Chapel, on East Prairie street, conducted by Rev. J.D. Jordan, of the Baptist church. The burial will be at the Spangler cemetery, east of the city. All but one of the children have arrived. A daughter in [Labette County] Kansas [Mary Emily Poor Tranbarger] cannot reach the city in time for the service.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 20, 1895.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor took place Sunday afternoon from the East Park Baptist Chapel in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. John D. Jordan. The burial was in the Spangler cemetery east of the city. The pallbearers were Constables W.W. Connard, Harry Midkiff and J.W. Kirkbride, Justice W.W. Peddecord, H.F. Dillehunt and J.E. Murray.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 22, 1895.
--Taken Sick Suddenly at his Home-Gone.
The many friends of Constable John Poor, who was elected to office in the spring of 1893, will be surprised and pained to learn that he died this afternoon at his home on North Jasper street after a brief illness. He was up town yesterday, apparently in good health, and on going home he became ill. He told his family that he was going to die, and against his expressed wish as he didn't want any doctor, Dr. Hall was summoned at once to attend him. He worked with him in vain and he passed away at 2:15 to-day, death resulting from heart failure. Mr. Poor was a native of Tennessee and a brother of James. Poor. His age was 59 years. He leaves a widow and six children. Five children are dead.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 19, 1895, p. 8.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor will take place at 1 o'clock p.m. Sunday, April 21, from East Park Chapel, on East Prairie street, conducted by Rev. J.D. Jordan, of the Baptist church. The burial will be at the Spangler cemetery, east of the city. All but one of the children have arrived. A daughter in [Labette County] Kansas [Mary Emily Poor Tranbarger] cannot reach the city in time for the service.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 20, 1895.
The funeral of the late Constable John Poor took place Sunday afternoon from the East Park Baptist Chapel in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. John D. Jordan. The burial was in the Spangler cemetery east of the city. The pallbearers were Constables W.W. Connard, Harry Midkiff and J.W. Kirkbride, Justice W.W. Peddecord, H.F. Dillehunt and J.E. Murray.
"The Daily Republican," Decatur, Illinois, April 22, 1895.
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