Bartholomew County IN Archives Obituaries.....Everson, Charles E. December 2, 1898
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 9, 1898, Volume XXXIX, Number 22, page 1, column 4
A special from Columbus, Sunday, says:  “The dead body of Private Charles Everson,
company K, One 
Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana volunteers, arrived here from Savannah, Ga., this
morning and was buried 
with military honors this afternoon.  He died of typhoid fever in the hospital at
Savannah.  He was the first 
soldier of the Spanish American war from this city who has died.  The funeral was
conducted during a 
blinding snow storm.  There was considerable feeling expressed that his captain, W.
T. Stott, did not attend 
the funeral.

Capt. Stott’s Regrets.

Rev. L. C. Goodrich received the following telegram at 6 o’clock Sunday evening from
Capt. W. T. Stott at 
Indianapolis:
“Business engagements make it impossible for me to attend the funeral of my friend
Everson.  Please to 
express to his mother my sincere sympathy.  He was a splendid soldier, and that is
saying much.  W. T. 
STOTT, Capt. Co. K, 161st.

The telegram was filed at Indianapolis at 2:31 o’clock p.m. and was not delivered
here until 6 o’clock.  Capt. 
Stott came down from Indianapolis Saturday night on the 8:33 train but returned to
Indianapolis on the 10:18 
train the same night, with the expectation of returning here Sunday morning on the
9:45 train to attend the 
funeral.  Failing to arrive Sunday morning, as expected, he sent the telegram in
explanation. - Col. Democrat.


Additional Comments:
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
Link to Charles E. Everson's grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52235362

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