Boraker - Daniel
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 8 April 1898
Daniel Boraker and Presley D. Johnson Are Called to Their Reward After Long and Useful Lives. Thursday morning at 5:30, Daniel Boraker died at his home several miles northwest of the city. The funeral will occur at Wesley Chapel this afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity, of which Mr. Boraker had been a member for over forty years. Mr. Boraker was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, September 11, 1816, and came to this county in 1833. In 1841 he was married to Nancy Jackson. Eight children were born to them, six of whom still live: Elkanah, John, Ebenezer, Sarah, George and Nancy Jane. Two, Lucinda and Henry, are dead. Mr. Boraker was a fine old man and had the esteem and respect of the entire community.