Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Obituaries

Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries

Andrews

The Shelbyville News
Saturday, October 10, 1998
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Donald Wayne Andrews, 45, Shelbyville, died Thursday.
Born on Oct. 14, 1952, in Shelbyville, s/o William F. Andrews and Mary Alice (Cord) Andrews.
March 14, 1982, he married Sally (Siead) Andrews, who survives.
Construction contractor, worked for Cord Brothers Inc. for 30 years.
Survivors: wife; mother, Mary Andrews, Shelbyville; two sons, Eric Allen Andrews and Alex William Andrews, both of Shelbyville; a daughter, Haley Andrews, Shelbyville; three brothers, William Andrews, Plainfield, Dan Andrews, Cincinnati, and Scott Andrews, Shelbyville; and two sisters, Mrs. David (Jan) Martin, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Michael (Joy) Collins, Shelbyville.
Preceded in death by his father.
Murphy-Parks Funeral Service with the Rev. Paul Landwerlen officiating.
Burial: St. Vincent Catholic Cemetery.
Contributions: American Diabetes Association.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Friday, November 6, 1970
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MRS. ANDREWS
DIES AT 67
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Mrs. Penelope "Nellie" Andrews, 65, Bloomington, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leslie (Marjorie) Holzhausen, Thompson Rd., with whom she had resided for the past three years due to failing health.
Born in Greene County Aug. 8, 1905, Mrs. Andrews was the daughter of Elijah and Ollie Etta (Burch) Hamlin. On Aug. 9, 1922, she was married to James Franklin Andrews and he survives at their home in Bloomington. Other survivors are two other daughters, Mrs. Robert (Louise) Jacobs, Nashville, and Miss Betty Lou Andrews, Downey, Calif.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother, George Hamlin, Bloomfield, and a sister, Mrs. Clarence (Mamie) Hardin, Nashville. One son, two brothers and a sister preceded in death.
Mrs. Andrews was a member of the Henderson Street Pentecostal Church at Bloomington.
Services will be Monday at the Greene and Harrell Mortuary in Bloomington. Burial will be in Valhalla Cemetery there. Friends may call the the Murphy Mortuary here after 2:00 p.m. Saturday and the the Greene and Harrell Mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Sunday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Saturday, September 7, 1963
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MRS. ANDREWS
DIES IN HOSPITAL
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Mrs. Bessie A. Andrews, 76, Fairland, R.R. 1, died Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at Hancock Memorial Hospital of Greenfield where she had been hospitalized two weeks.
Mrs. Andrews was an employe of the Indiana State Gross Income Tax Division in Indianapolis. She was a member of the London Methodist Church and Fairland Order of Eastern Star, a past state deputy of O.E.S., and a member of White Shrine, Shelby County Garden Club, Fri (continued on page 4 column 2)
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Monday, December 21, 1953
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DEATH CLAIMS MRS. ANDREWS
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Heart Ailment Fatal To Former City Woman
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Mrs. Lucile Andrews, widow of Bert Andrews, operator of the old Progress Laundry in this city for many years, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Sanders, 1543 E. 53rd St., Indianapolis. She had been in ill health for two years and death was attributed to congestive heart failure.
Mrs. Andrews, who had resided in Indianapolis since 1939, was born in this city, the daughter of Robert and Frankie (Wallar) Harrison. Her husband preceded her in death in 1947. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sanders, and Mrs. Jane Alexander of Addison township. A daughter, Beulah, preceded her in death. There are five grandchildren.
Mrs. Andrews was a member of the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, in Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at the Murphy Mortuary Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. with Mrs. J. G. Danforth serving as reader. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Submitted by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, November 8, 1949
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W. J. ANDREWS DIES OF ATTACK
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Word has been received here of the death Sunday of William J. Andrews, a former resident of this city. Mr. Andrews, who was 64 years of age died at his home at 1609 Spruce St., Indianapolis , of a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Wilson Chapel of the Chimes in Indianapolis. Burial will be in the Ogden cemetery. Mr. Andrews is survived by the widow, Olive Andrews, nine grandchildren and eight children. The eight children are Harold Andrews of this city; Leon of Muncie; Robert of Danville, Mrs. Vernon Rickard of Mississippi, and Kenneth, Glenn, Mrs. Robert Faris and Mrs. Harold Bales of Indianapolis.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Wednesday, January 8, 1947
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FORMER LOCAL MAN SUCCUMBS
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Bert Andrews, Ex-Laundry Owner Here, Dies At Home
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Bert Andrews, age sixty-three, former local business man, died at his home at 27 W. 27th St., Indianapolis Tuesday night at 10:30 O'clock. He had been ill for the past several months and death was due to a complication of diseases.
Mr. Andrews owned and operated the Progress Laundry in this city for 30 years, but had resided in Indianapolis for the last several years.
He was born in Fairland on June 17, 1883 the son of James Monroe and Melissa Andrews. He was a member of the First Christian Church in this city. In 1907 he married Lucille Harrison, of this city, and she survives with two daughters, Mrs. Jane Alexander, of Shelby county, and Mrs. Mary Sanders, of Indianapolis. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Lottie Stamer, of Elsimore, California.
Graveside funeral rites in charge of Loren H. Murphy will be held at Forest Hill cemetery Friday at 11 a.m. with Rev. E. L. Ford officiating. Friends may call at the Murphy Funeral Home from 2:00 p.m. Thursday until the hour of the last rites.
Submitted by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Wednesday, March 20, 1946
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DEATH CLAIMS AGED WOMAN
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Funeral Rites for Mrs. Sarah Andrews to Be Friday
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Mrs. Sarah Andrews, age 93, died at 6:00 a.m. today at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Elsie Duncan, in Greenfield. She had been ill for one week.
The daughter of Charlie and Margaret Webb Bradburn, she was born in Tipton county on February 20, 1853. She was married to William E. Andrews on July 12, 1876, and he died August 11, 1941. Four children preceded her in death.
Survivors are four sons, Henry, of Colorado; Charlie and Frank, of Greenfield, and William, of Milroy; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Morton, of Rushville, and Mrs. Duncan, at whose home she died; four brothers, Clell L. Bradburn, of Rays Crossing; Willie Bradburn, of Tipton county, and Ike Bradburn, of near Winchester; two sisters, Mrs. Josie Gibbons and Mrs. Mary Shoemaker, of Tipton county; 31 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Andrews was a member of the Methodist Church at Arlington, and funeral services will be held there at 2:30 p.m. Friday with Rev. Fern N. Royster, officiating. Burial will be in the Arlington cemetery in charge of D.E. Carmony, funeral director. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Morton, the daughter in Rushville, after noon Thursday.
Submitted by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday, February 26, 1946
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PNEUMONIA IS FATAL TO MAN
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James H. Andrews,
Civil War Veteran, Dies
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James Henry Andrews, Shelby county's only remaining Civil War veteran, died at his home in Gwynneville at 6:50 o'clock Friday morning of pneumonia. He was ninety-six years of age although his army record listed him as 98. He joined the ranks of the Union army when he was 16 but gave his age as 18 years. He was honorably discharged after two years' service.
Mr. Andrews was born in Delaware, on July 13, 1847, the son of William and Sarah Andrews. He came to Shelby county with his parents when a small boy. The remainder of his life following his army service, until his retirement many years ago, was spent in farming in Shelby and Rush counties.
In 1888 he was married to Calvra Bundy, who survives with one son, Alva Andrews, of Gwynneville; one step-son, Clifford Andrews, of Wabash; a foster daughter, Mrs. Herschel Thurston, of Gwynneville; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two foster grandchildren. Also surviving is one brother, Dora Andrews, of Greenfield.
The aged man was a member of the Gwynneville Christian Church and an honorary member of Willard Hensley Post, American Legion, of Morristown.
Funeral services will be held at the Gwynneville Christian Church Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Lowell Haggard officiating. Burial will be made in Asbury cemetery in charge of L. V. Hauk. Members of the Morristown Legion post will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call at the late home at any time.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Kokomo Tribune
May 26, 1930
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Identify Body
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Indianapolis, May 26---
Identification of the body of a man found in the canal here last Friday as that of tis [Otis?] Andrews, 60, of Shelbyville, was announced by Coroner C. H. Keever Sunday. Identification was made by relative. The body was taken to Evansville for burial. Acute alcoholism was given as cause of death, and the theory was advanced that the man toppled into the canal after dying.
Contributed by Janet McColley Franklin

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday February 24, 1916
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VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR
VICTIM OF PARALYSIS
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Hamilton Andrews Died
at Son’s Home Yesterday
-- Funeral Tomorrow
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(From Tuesday’s Daily)
Hamilton Andrews, age 78 years a veteran of the civil war, and one of the widely known farmers of Moral township died yesterday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the home of his son, Edward Andrews, north of London. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which Mr. Andrews suffered a few days ago.
The funeral services will e held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock in the Methodist church at London. Burial will be made in the London cemetery.
Hamilton Andrews was born on a farm in Dearborn County, Indiana April 9, 1838, and was the son of Jonathan Andrews. He was married to Miss Henrietta Hennis and to this union six children were born, all of whom survive. They are Henry, of Indianapolis, Volney, Frank, Charles, and Ed at whose home he died of Moral township, and Mrs. George Breedlove, of Indianapolis.
When the rebellion broke out in 1861 Mr. Andrews was one of the first to answer the call to the colors, enlisting in the 26th Indiana infantry. He served his country faithfully during the entire strife, taking active part in many of the hard fought battles of the war and at last received an honorable discharge.
Following the war he returned to this county and began farming, an occupation which he followed until his health failed and he was compelled to retire.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Thursday March 2, 1916
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OBITUARY
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Hamilton Andrews, son of Jonathan and Margaret Andrews, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, April 9, 1838. He was the eldest son of a family of seven children, six boys and one girl. Of this family of brothers and sister, one brother, Wickliff, and his only sister, Rachel, have gone on to that spirit land, while there yet remain four brothers, namely, Frank, George, Fleming and Henry.
In early manhood he came from the place of his birth, Dearborn county, Indiana to Shelby county, where he has since lived continuously up to the time if his death.
Here on October 2, 1861, he was married to Harriett Hennis. To this union were born ten children, three of whom, William Harvey, Mary Elizabeth and Anna Belle, died in infancy, while another daughter, Cinderella, died at the age of nine years. The remaining children, five sons and one daughter, all of whom have reached mature manhood and womanhood, are as follows; Benjamin Henry Andrews, Mrs. Margaret Breedlove, Edward Andrews, Vollie Albert Andrews, Charles Andrews and Frank Andrews.
In addition to brothers, sons and daughters, who will miss him, fourteen grandchildren mourn the loss of Grandpa Andrews.
Within a year or two after his marriage he left wife and babe and home and took his place in the ranks of his regiment, in the defense of his country in that great struggle, the Civil War. With his honorable discharge from the army he returned home, shouldered the responsibilities of life and was granted over forty years with his wife and children, until her death on May 24, 1905, she having preceded him by almost eleven years, his death occurring on February 21, 1916, aged 77 years, 10 months and 12 days.
Within the immediate family of brothers, children and grandchildren will feel the loss of his present most keenly, there are scores of friends and acquaintances who will miss Hamilton Andrews. Always interested in the welfare of those about him, always in favor of anything that was for the betterment of the community-his acquaintances were his friends.
Altho he never identified himself with any church he was opposed to immorality or dishonesty in either public or private life. While in his home life, home ties were sacred to him. A kind husband, a loving father, interested in the welfare of each child.
Of late years this affection included his grandchildren as well. We may truly say that their joys were his joys and their sorrows were his sorrows.
Even in his last sickness he remembered them, and with halting, painful speech told those about his bedside that his heart was always warm for little children. This love for children is no small thing. Christ the Savior of mankind, has said that "Even as ye did unto one of these, ye did it unto me."
God the Almighty Father who notes even the sparrow’s fall knows of this love and will reward.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Thursday, May 10, 1906
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;Mrs. M. J. Andrews died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Purvis, in Maplewood, on Sunday, May 6, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock p.m. Interment in the Brandywine cemetery. Edwards & Hageman have charge of the services. She leaves three children: J. W. Andrews of Indianapolis, Mrs. Harry Purvis and Bert Andrews of this city. Also two sisters, Mrs. Henry Farley and Mrs. Alfred Sleeth.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday May 25, 1905
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HARRIETT ANDREWS DEAD
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Harriett Andrews, the beloved wife of Hamilton Andrews, died at their home in Moral township, at one o’clock, Wednesday morning, May 24, 1905, aged 63 years, 2 months and 14 days.
Mrs. Andrews was a Christian woman, a faithful wife and a good mother. Many have been the deeds of kindness that Mrs. Andrews has rendered those in affliction.
Besides the husband, there remains six children, one daughter and five sons to mourn her loss.
The funeral services will be held at the East Union Baptist church, on Thursday afternoon, at two thirty o’clock. Rev. Buchanan officiating. Interment in the London cemetery, in charge of Oscar Hand & Son.
Mrs. Andrews’ death come as a shock to her may friends. She was ill only a half an hour. The demise was occasioned by heart trouble.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Thursday March 3, 1887
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OBITUARY
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Henry Davis Andrews, was born in Stokes county, North Carolina, October 31, 1807, and died February 18, 1887, age 79 years, 3 months and 18 days. He came to Shelby county at the age of 13, where he has ever since resided. He was married to Anna Price in 1842, who only lived 22 days after their marriage. His second wife was Julia Ann Campbell, who died April 17, 1861. Five children survive her, Mrs. John Parrish, Mrs. Belle Hoop, Mr. Henry Douglas Andrews, Mrs. Emma Walker, Miss Rosalie Andrews, all residing in Shelby county except Mrs. Emma Walker, who lives in Ohio. By his third wife, Nancy Odell, who survives him, he had one daughter, Miss Anna Andrews. He united with the Fairland Baptist church in 1880, under Rev. McDowell, and was a faithful member of that church up to the time of his death. He left a living testimony of his faith in Christ and often expressed a willingness and readiness to meet his God. The funeral services were conducted at his late residence in Moral township, amid a very large concourse of sorrowing relatives, friends and neighbors.
While the friends and relatives were taking a final view of the remains, “Sweet By and By” was sung by the choir, with Mr. John Tomlinson as leader, followed by “Garfield's Funeral March” with Miss Stella Robertson at the organ. After the usual exercises, funeral director Joseph Cummins, of Shelbyville, took charge of the remains and interred them in the Fairland cemetery.
Deceased was a patient sufferer for three years and was never heard to complain or murmur. The county had lost one of its best citizens, the neighborhood a genial neighbor and the family a devoted husband and loving father.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The National Volunteer
January 30,1879
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DAVID ANDREWS
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ANDREWS: David A. Andrews of the Slough died at his residence Tuesday morning. The funeral took place Wednesday at the graveyard on James F. Parrish's farm.
Submitted by David Craig

The Shelbyville Weekly Volunteer
Thursday October 15, 1874
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We learn that a young man by the name of Wick Andrews, residing at London in this county, was found dead on the I.C. & L. R.R., about ¼ mile northwest of Fairland, on Thursday morning. His remains were completely mutilated by the cars which had passed over him in such a way as to destroy every means of recognition save his face, which was badly bruised. Various are the rumors about as to the probable cause of his death. Some think he started to walk home from Fairland on Monday night, but was to drunk to travel, and laid down on the railroad and was run over and killed by the cars. While others think he was killed and afterwards placed on the track so the cars would mangle his remains in such a manner as to banish any suspicion of foul. However, we are not able to throw any light on the subject.
Contributed by Barb Huff

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