James T. Warrick

Death of James T. Warrick
Another veteran of the great rebellion has been called to that realm where war is unknown. At the age of fifty-seven years, James T. WARRICK, of Wright Township, died Monday from a disease contracted in Libby prison.

He was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but came to Indiana when he was but a boy and continued to reside here throughout his life. When the civil war broke out and the president called for volunteers to save the nation, although he was a mere lad, not nearly out of his teens, he enlisted on Sept. 2, 1862, and became a member of COMPANY K, EIGHTY-FIFTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, and remained in the service until he was discharged June 28, 1864. He was taken prisoner at Thompson's Station, Tenn., March 5, 1863, and was exchanged April 1 of the same year. He was confined during this time in Libby prison, and although the period of confinement was brief, only twenty-six days, yet during those twenty-six days he suffered all the tortures which a man can undergo and still live. He went into Libby a young man in the pride of health–he came out of Libby broken and shattered—the victim of disease from which he ws doomed to be a lifelong sufferer.

At the time of his captivity he ws an unusually hearty eater and would have perished of starvation had not Lewis LETSINGER, a comrade in misery, shared with him his own meager fare.

His wife was Phebe LETSINGER, sister of H. W. LETSINGER, and she and four sons survive him. Mr. WARRICK united with the M. E. church when quite young, and always was a pillar in the church. He was known to all for the consistency of his christian life—for the unaffected sincerity of his devotion to the cause of his Master. Just before his death he made a deed of a tract of land valued at $600 to $700, near Jasonville, to be used by the trustees toward the erection of a new church at that place.

The funeral took place Wednesday morning. The Rev. John RAGLE, of Hymera, was in charge, and he was assisted by the Rev. Frank DENNY, of Lyons. According to the express wish of Mr. WARRICK his four sons and two brothers acted as his pall-bearers.

The large crowd—one of the largest that ever assembled in the township on a funeral occasion—Indicates the universal esteem in which he was held. He was useful, he was kind, he was honorable, he was good.

THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Friday, November 21, 1901, Volume XXV., Number 52, Page 8, Column 4

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