OBITUARY: Madison Obenchain, Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 7 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail, Friday, 1 Jan 1896, Jacksonville Items, p. 3: Died - At the family residence in Jacksonville, Dec. 28, 1896, Madison Obenchain, a native of Linn county, Iowa, aged fifty years ten months and twenty-nine days. Mr. Obenchain has been an invalid for the past three years caused by softening of the brain, and his death was a relief as all the medical aid procurable could not have cured him. Mr. Obenchain was a man of good qualities and well liked by all with whom he had any dealings. He leaves a wife and one son, who is engaged in the stock business in Klamath county. The funeral took place Tuesday at two o'clock under the auspices of Warren lodge, No. 10, A. F. & A. M. Services were held at the residence by Rev. Robt. Ennis.