Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Shinn, Francis June 27, 1851 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com March 19, 2006, 1:55 am From the Wednesday, July 2, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, DIED. In this place, on Friday morning last, the 27th ult., of chronic diarrhea, Mr. FRANCIS SHINN, aged about 45. Mr. S. was” (this part unreadable due to the age and moisture damage to the paper) “He left a wife and “ (unreadable) “children to mourn his loss.” (unreadable) “he discharged his duty promptly, cheerfully, and entirely. The Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. S. was a member, accompanied his remains to their final resting place, and interred the body with the ceremonies peculiar to that order. They have since handed us for publication the following tribute of respect to his memory. ----- At a called meeting of DeKalb Lodge, No. 138, I.O.O.F., held June 28th, 1851, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, in the dispensation of his Providence to remove from our midst, our much respected and worthy brother, FRANCIS SHINN, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That we sympathise most deeply with the bereaved family of our deceased brother, in the loss of a husband, father, and friend. RESOLVED, That in the sudden and unexpected death of brother Shinn, we are again admonished of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. RESOLVED, That although we mourn with anguish, the death of brother Shinn, we are rejoiced to learn, that he, in the hour of death, gave to those around him, evidence of a sure hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. When informed by a brother, of his approaching dissolution, he exclaimed: ‘I am in the hands of the Lord; he will do what is right.’ RESOLVED, That as a mark of our respect and esteem for the departed brother, the lodge room be clothed in mourning , and the members wear the usual badge for thirty days, RESOLVED, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be signed by the N.G. and S. and recorded on the minutes of this lodge, and that the N.G. present a copy thereof to the bereaved widow and family; also that he send a copy to the Adams County Democrat, People’s Intelligencer, and the Ark and Odd Fellows Magazine for Publication. WILSON PRATHER, N.G. JOHN HARSHA, S. Additional Comments: The following article appeared in the following week's newspaper. From the Wednesday, July 9, 1851, “Adams County Democrat” newspaper, Vol. VII, No. 42, West Union, Adams County, Ohio (Ohio Historical Society microfilm roll # 34942), page 3, col. 4: DIED. On Tuesday, the 2nd inst., in this place, of cholera, Mr. GEO. SHINN, aged about 75. On Sunday, the 6th inst., of cholera, Mrs. ELIZABETH LYTLE, aged about 70. On Monday, the 7th inst., of cholera infantum, FRANCIS A.G. SHINN, infant son of Francis and Sarah Shinn. Four times, in less than two weeks, has the angel of death entered this family circle, and deprived its widowed head of husband, father-in-law, mother and son! Surely, she is entitled to the warmest sympathies of all humane persons. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/obits/shinn299nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb