OBIT:
Calvin Jones Remy, one of the county's best known and best liked citizens, died suddenly at his home on Fifth Street about 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon [November 11, 1917]. For the past two years Mr. Remy had been afflicted with heart trouble and this caused his death. He had gone into the backyard and fell dead there.
Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the Rev. E. E. Valentine, pastor of the church, and he will be assisted by the Rev. F. M. Huckleberry of Franklin. Burial will be in the Garland Brook Cemetery.
Mr. Remy was born in Franklin County, Indiana, September 21, 1834, and was the son of John T. and Nancy Jones Remy. The family moved to a farm near Hope when Mr. Remy was 16 years of age and Mr. Remy lived there until September, 1891 when he and Mrs. Remy moved to Columbus. However, he did not give up active farming when he moved here as he kept in close touch with the farm and even drove there every few days during the past few years.
Mr. Remy and Miss Miranda Essex were married March 5, 1857 and celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last March. She is the daughter of the late Thomas Essex who was twice Mayor of Columbus. Mr. Essex also served two terms as county recorder, was a county commissioner and three times represented Bartholomew County in the Indiana General Assembly.
Three sons and three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Remy. One of the daughters died in infancy and the others are still living. The other children are: Mrs. B. Fitzpatrick of this city; Chas. F. Remy, Edward A. Remy, Mrs. W. S. Bittrich and Sherman J. Remy, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. Remy also survives her husband and there is one brother, Dr. George O. Remy of Ainsworth, Neb.
For more than 45 years Mr. Remy was a Granger. He was a charter member of the old Hawcreek Grange and was the first Worthy Master of the organization. That Grange has passed out of existence but Mr. Remy's interest in the organization was maintained and at the time of his death, he was a member of the Columbus Grange.
Mr. Remy's first vote was cast for John C. Freemont, first candidate of the Republican Part for President in 1856. He had voted for every Republican candidate for President since the party came into existence and his last vote was cast in the city election last Tuesday.
Fifty-nine years ago, Mr. Remy became a member of the Hawcreek Baptist Church and still held membership there at the time of his death. Throughout his life, he was a consistent church member and helped in every way to build up the work of the church.
Three characteristics of Mr. Remy's life stand out prominently. They were industry, integrity, and cheerfulness. He was one of the rapidly disappearing class of "four o'clock farmers." For many years he was up and doing when the clock struck four. He worked early and late to make the farm a success and for 25 years he ran a threshing outfit, keeping this busy from the time the first wheat was ripe until frost put an end to the threshing season. In those days, much of the wheat was stacked and the season lasted until late in the fall.
Mr. Remy never owed a debt that he did not pay and never made a promise that he did not keep. There is an old saying to the effect that a certain man's word is as good as his bond and this was doubly true in the case of Mr. Remy. Coupled with his industrious mood and his passion for honesty and integrity, was a mood of cheerfulness that made him a good neighbor and a good friend. His life was one that any young man could take as an example, for along the long pathway he trod, there never had been a misstep and never an excursion into any of the byways that lead off from the narrow highway of rectitude and right living.
OBIT:
Calvin Jones Remy, one of the county's best known and best liked citizens, died suddenly at his home on Fifth Street about 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon [November 11, 1917]. For the past two years Mr. Remy had been afflicted with heart trouble and this caused his death. He had gone into the backyard and fell dead there.
Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the Rev. E. E. Valentine, pastor of the church, and he will be assisted by the Rev. F. M. Huckleberry of Franklin. Burial will be in the Garland Brook Cemetery.
Mr. Remy was born in Franklin County, Indiana, September 21, 1834, and was the son of John T. and Nancy Jones Remy. The family moved to a farm near Hope when Mr. Remy was 16 years of age and Mr. Remy lived there until September, 1891 when he and Mrs. Remy moved to Columbus. However, he did not give up active farming when he moved here as he kept in close touch with the farm and even drove there every few days during the past few years.
Mr. Remy and Miss Miranda Essex were married March 5, 1857 and celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last March. She is the daughter of the late Thomas Essex who was twice Mayor of Columbus. Mr. Essex also served two terms as county recorder, was a county commissioner and three times represented Bartholomew County in the Indiana General Assembly.
Three sons and three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Remy. One of the daughters died in infancy and the others are still living. The other children are: Mrs. B. Fitzpatrick of this city; Chas. F. Remy, Edward A. Remy, Mrs. W. S. Bittrich and Sherman J. Remy, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. Remy also survives her husband and there is one brother, Dr. George O. Remy of Ainsworth, Neb.
For more than 45 years Mr. Remy was a Granger. He was a charter member of the old Hawcreek Grange and was the first Worthy Master of the organization. That Grange has passed out of existence but Mr. Remy's interest in the organization was maintained and at the time of his death, he was a member of the Columbus Grange.
Mr. Remy's first vote was cast for John C. Freemont, first candidate of the Republican Part for President in 1856. He had voted for every Republican candidate for President since the party came into existence and his last vote was cast in the city election last Tuesday.
Fifty-nine years ago, Mr. Remy became a member of the Hawcreek Baptist Church and still held membership there at the time of his death. Throughout his life, he was a consistent church member and helped in every way to build up the work of the church.
Three characteristics of Mr. Remy's life stand out prominently. They were industry, integrity, and cheerfulness. He was one of the rapidly disappearing class of "four o'clock farmers." For many years he was up and doing when the clock struck four. He worked early and late to make the farm a success and for 25 years he ran a threshing outfit, keeping this busy from the time the first wheat was ripe until frost put an end to the threshing season. In those days, much of the wheat was stacked and the season lasted until late in the fall.
Mr. Remy never owed a debt that he did not pay and never made a promise that he did not keep. There is an old saying to the effect that a certain man's word is as good as his bond and this was doubly true in the case of Mr. Remy. Coupled with his industrious mood and his passion for honesty and integrity, was a mood of cheerfulness that made him a good neighbor and a good friend. His life was one that any young man could take as an example, for along the long pathway he trod, there never had been a misstep and never an excursion into any of the byways that lead off from the narrow highway of rectitude and right living.
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