Stine - John
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 20 December 1895
John Stine was the son of John and Mary Wilcox Stine. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on the 30th of August, 1828. He was the eighth child of ten children. When he was fur years of age his parents moved to Indiana and settled in this county on the farm where he has resided for 63 years, and where he died on the 11th of December at the age of 67 years. He was the last survivor of his parents’ family. He was married to Lavina Cope, March 10, 1853. She died January 18, 1854. On the 22d of February, 1859, he married Sarah Rose. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are living: Mary Helen, deceased, Rosa Bell, Fannie Campbell, Cora Jane, wife of D. Y. Stout, Frankie Mamie, deceased, and Charles Albert, deceased, Lillie Forest, wife of Seno Cope and Elnora A. Stine. He also leaves a loving wife and three dear little grandchildren to whom he was deeply attached, Gladys L. and Lester Stout, and Marie Cope.
In the death of Mr. Stine the community suffers a great loss. He was an excellent citizen and a good neighbor. his many kind acts, his cheerful disposition, his unwavering honesty and his attention to his own business affairs made him an exemplary man. He was charitable to the poor and many persons who have been in destitute circumstances will remember him with grateful hearts. His life was a constant effort to make his family happy, and everyone that came in contact with him.
He never worried about things that he could not help, and often has the writer heard him remark in the midst of disappointments and misfortunes, that everything would come out all right. That kind of a spirit shows a true philosophy of life. It is the keynote of the greatest success, the warm sunshine that causes the human soul to bud and bloom its choicest flowers. His religion was to do right, to help the moral and intellectual advancement of humanity. He loved his family; he loved his country, nature and nature’s God. For nearly seventy years he walked the weary way of life, doing whatsoever his hand found to do with a cheerfulness and a determination that was admirable. Certainly his life was not vainly spent. The many kind words spoken of him by friends show that he lived not in vain. He has left behind him innumerable memories of loving kindness that will be a balm to his bereaved wife, daughters and many friends. - thanks to "S" for this one