Gilkey - Squire
DEATHS in 1887
Source: Waynetown Hornet Sat Dec 24, 1887
Jan 4, 1887 – David Daisy, of Coal Creek Township died.
Jan 9th – Mrs. Thomas Ward of New Richmond died J. Bryant Young died.
Jan. 20th – John Miles died at Alamo.
Jan. 26th – William Stivers died..
Jan 31st – Veezy Tracy died.
Feb 3rd – James Short committed suicide.
Feb. 28th Clara Hendricks died.
March 12th – Mrs. Clint Grimes of Alamo died
March 31st – J. Cord of Whitlock died
April 25th – William Fouts died.
May 1st Mrs. Henry Oxley died.
May 22 – Olive Thompson died.
June 5 – Mrs. Frank Wade died. .
July 2 – Wife of James Grenard died.
July 20 – Mollie Rusk died at her home in Michigan City.
August 8 – Mrs. Eliza Warfield died in Kansas
Aug 11 – Michael Buckley died.
Aug 12 – A little don of Wesley Hendricks died.
Aug 19th – Mathew McClure died.
Aug 20 – The venerable divine Rev. Aaron Wood died.
Aug 21 – Dr. C.A. Phillips died
Aug 25 – Infant daughter of Wint Washburn of New Richmond died. Joe Hatt died while attending school at Lebanon, Ohio.
September 8 – George Davis dies suddenly
Sept 18 – Squire Gilkey dead Sept 18 .
Sept 26 – Myrtle Tiffany died. Oct 6 – Little Julia Cramer died., Freddie Gott died.
Oct 7 – Mrs. Mame VanCleave died.
Oct 13 – James Switzer died.
Oct 17 – James Macaway died in Illinois.
Oct 22 – Billy Hall was killed in a runaway.
Oct 30 – Mrs. Will Dotson died.
Nov 24 – Nathan Oxley dropped dead.
Nov 25- Mrs. Dinah Livegood died.
Nov 28 – Harve Fugate died.
Dec 6 – Noah Livengood died
Dec 8 - Mrs. Joan Fouts died.
Source: Crawfordsville Star 22 Sept 1887 p 1
Squire Gilkey died at the residence of his uncle, Henry Thompson three miles west of Yountsville Sunday after a short but several illness of acute kidney trouble. He was cut down in the early dawn of manhood, being hardly 27 years of age. The funeral services were conducted at the house by Elder Green Tuesday at 10 o’clock and interment was at Oak Hill. - kz