Brown County IL Archives Obituaries.....Means, John November 29, 1863 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 April 24, 2023, 11:24 am Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) December 16, 1863 Died at his residence, near Mt Sterling, Brown County, Ill., on Sabbath morning, November 29th, 1863, Maj., John Means, Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church, in the 66th year of his age. He was born in Lewis County, Ky., and at the age of twenty-five, united with the Presbyterian church. Five years after, he was made a Ruling Elder in the same church. He removed to Brown County, Ill., in the Spring of 1835, and the Summer following, aided in organizing the First Presbyterian church in Mt. Sterling, and was elected one of its first elders… He was a kind husband, an affectionate father, and a faithful friend... File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/brown/obits/m/means1221gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb