Obituary of John A. Black, Reno County, KS; 18 May 1916
Submitted by Jerry Nelson
Source:  Turon Weekly Press; Turon, KS; 18 May 1916; p. 8

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JOHN A. BLACK, well known civil war veteran, was born in Tipton
county, Ind. 16 Jan 1843, and died at the family home in
Nickerson Thursday night 11 May 1916 at 8:23 o'clock, after a
short illness.  Mr. Black was married to Salinda H. Phares 5 Oct
1860.  To this union were born eight children, five boys and
three girls, seven of whom survive.  They are: Mrs. Mary E. Davis
of Camden, New York; Horace P. Black of Geary, Okla.; Mrs. Ida
Bargdill of Turon; Mrs. Clara Guthrie of Neola; and Clarence
Black, Fred Black and Lewis M. Black of Davenport, Iowa.

He enlisted in the U.S. service in Co. F, 11th Indiana Volunteers
31 Aug 1861 at Indianapolis, Ind., and served nearly four years
in defense of his country.  He moved to Kansas in 1878, settling
in Stafford county where he lived and reared his family and made
it his home until 1898, when he moved to Nickerson, Reno county,
Kas., where he lived until death claimed him.

On the 12th day of September 1894, he was married to Laura B.
Crandall, his second wife, hence he leaves a wife, his children,
his old soldier comrades and a great many other friends to mourn
his departure.  James Crandle, of McLeod & Crandle of Hutchinson,
is a step-son.  xxx

Funeral services were held from the family home in Nickerson
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in charge of the G.A.R. Post.
Rev. C. A. Richards, pastor of the Christian church, delivered
the sermon.  The body was brought to Turon in a motor hearse and
the interment took place in the Turon cemetery Saturday, 13 May
1916.

The burial services were conducted by Rev. A. P. Hurst and prayer
offered by Rev. W. L. Hinshaw.  Owing to the approaching storm,
the burial ritual was largely omitted.