Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Lennox
Obituaries
Lennox
The Shelbyville Republican
Monday January 31, 1916
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WELL KNOWN FARMER
DEAD AT SON’S HOME
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Alexander Lennox Died At
Twelve-Twenty O’Clock Sunday Morning
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Complication Of Diseases Caused Death
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Alexander Lennox died at twelve-twenty o’clock Sunday morning
at the home of his son, Jesse Lennox, four and a half miles southeast
of this city in Shelby township. Mr.
Lennox had been seriously ill with a complication of diseases for some time
and his condition had been critical for the past week.Monday January 31, 1916
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WELL KNOWN FARMER
DEAD AT SON’S HOME
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Alexander Lennox Died At
Twelve-Twenty O’Clock Sunday Morning
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Complication Of Diseases Caused Death
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Mr. Lennox had been a life long resident of this county and was exceptionally well known. He was born December 24, 1837, and was the son of Joseph and Mary Lennox. He was married September 20, 1860 to Miss Mahala Amos. She died May 11, 1905.
Four children were born to Mr. Lennox and his wife, two of whom survive. These are Mrs. Nora E. Clapp, of this township, and the son at whose home he died. Five grandchildren and three sisters survive. The sisters are Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, of Connersville; Mrs. Mary Murphy, of Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Permelia Howe of Washington township, this county.
The deceased was a member of the Lewis Creek Baptist church, joining some forty-six years ago. He had been interested in church work and had held several church offices.
Funeral services will be held at two-thirty o’clock Tuesday morning in the Lewis Creek Baptist church. The Rev. S. Holmes Wood, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Lewis Creek cemetery. No flowers.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Elsie Brock
The Shelbyville Republican
Friday July 28, 1911
Page 3 column 5
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William Lennox, an old soldier and well known over the county,
died at the home of his nephew, Otto House, this afternoon at 2:20
o’clock, aged sixty-nine years, ten months and fifteen days.
He leaves one brother and three sisters.
He had been in poor health since last March, but had been able to up
and around until the last two weeks, when he took to his bed never to rise
again. Mr. Lennox had lived in
Shelbyville the last eleven years, and had lived in the county all his life.
He spent fourteen years in Shelby township where he lived with his
mother. After her death he lived
there awhile and finally moved to town. The
cause of death was diabetes. Funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
Friday July 28, 1911
Page 3 column 5
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Saturday July 29, 1911
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The funeral services of the late William Lennox will be held at the
Lewis Creek Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Rev. Scull will officiate. Interment
in Lewis Creek cemetery.Saturday July 29, 1911
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Contributed by Barb Huff for Elsie Brock
The
Shelby Democrat
Thursday May 18, 1905
Page 7 column 3
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Mrs. Mahala Lennox, wife of Alex Lennox, died at their
residence yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock of paralysis. She was sixty-six years old.
She leaves a husband and two children, Mrs. Chas. Clapp and Jesse
Lennox. Funeral services will
be held at Lewis Creek Baptist church Saturday at 11 o’clock in the morning.
Rev. G. W. Jayne will officiate. Interment
in the Lewis Creek cemetery. R. T.
Stewart in charge.Thursday May 18, 1905
Page 7 column 3
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Contributed by Barb Huff for Elsie Brock
The Shelby
Democrat
Thursday November 12, 1896
Page 2 column 7
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Mary Lennox died at her residence in Shelby township at eleven
p.m. Friday, November 6, 1896, of typhoid fever, at the age of eighty years,
three months and twenty days, after an illness of several weeks. She was one of the oldest settlers of this county, having
moved here with her parents in 1825. She
is the widow of the late Joseph Lennox, who preceded her some twenty-four
years ago. Unto them were born ten
children, seven of who survive her. The
funeral services were held in the Lewis Creek Baptist church at eleven a.m.
Sunday, November 8, 1896, Rev. Harper, of Columbus, officiating.
Remains and cortege in charge of Marshall G. Tindall.Thursday November 12, 1896
Page 2 column 7
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[Buried Lewis Creek Baptist cemetery]
Contributed by Barb Huff for Elsie Brock
