Union County OhArchives Obituaries.....Patch, Birt B. July 25, 1897 ************************************************ 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: Virginia Smith vmaggies@yahoo.com February 5, 2009, 7:20 pm Marysville Tribune, July 28, 1897 IN HIS PRIME Young Man Called to Give Up His Life Birt B. Patch was born Sept, 25th, 1877 and died in Marysville, Ohio, July 25 1897 aged 19 years and ten months. The disease which caused his death was something of a mystery to his physician. Feb; 22, 1897, he was united in marriage to Miss-Gertrude Melching, who with the father, mother, four brothers ,an aged grandmother and large circle of friends are left to mourn. During his sickness of three weeks, he was a great sufferer. A few days before his death he sought the Lord, was baptized, said that he was prepared to die, and exhorted his friends to meet him in heaven. The funeral Services were held at the-Residence of his father, Harmon Patch, Marysville, conducted by Rev: Haines assisted by Prof. Cole, after which the remains were interred in Oak Dale Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/union/obits/p/patch1353nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb