MESSMORE, Daniel Merritt
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
1964
ATTICA — Funeral services for Daniel Merritt Messmore, 86-year-old retired farmer and carpenter, who died Thursday, Jan. 23, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the DeSutter Funeral Home here. The Rev. Ronnie DeLong of the Christian Church officiated and burial was at Newtown. Mr. Messmore, who was born Nov. 26, 1877 in Mellott, succumbed in the Burnett Nursing Home in Lafayette. He was the son of Charles Wilson and Sidney Jane Kellogg Messmore. He was married Jan. 2, 1901 in Newtown to Lida Shultz, who preceded him in death in 1946. Survivors include: one daughter, Mrs. Twyla Dexter of Lafayette; one son, Morris, of Danville, Ill..; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. --typed by Walt W