GRANTHAM, John Henry

John Henry Grantham

Source: Roachdale Times newspaper, Roachdale, Putnam County, Indiana 7/23/1936

Mrs. Agnes Wood, Mrs. Carl Barnes, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Horace Israel of Crawfordsville were called here last Friday on the account of the illness and death of their father John H. Grantham. --- thanks so much to Marilyn Walker

Source: Roachdale Times newspaper, Roachdale, Putnam County, Indiana 7/23/1936

John Henry Grantham, 83, retired merchant, died at his home Saturday morning. He lived in Roachdale since the town was founded. His father Elijah Grantham owned the lot east of the Monon Railroad and south of what is now the B & Bo, where the greater part of Roachdale now stands. Survivors are daughters; Mrs. Agnes Woods, Mrs W. C. Barnes of Indianapolis, Mrs. Horace Israel of Crawordsville; a son Edgar of Roachdale, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon with burial at Roachdale cemetery. Gray, William 12/20/1934 William Gray, of Indianapolis was killed Tuesday afternoon at the home of William Underwood, of Jefferson Township, his Father-in-law by the discharge of a shotgun, which he is said to have been carrying as he closed a gate

Source: Indianapolis News Tuesday 21 July 1936 p 11

Deaths at Greencastle – Mrs. Robert A. Ogg, seventy-eight is dead. Three nieces and two nephews survive. John Henry Grantham, eighty-three, retired merchant is dead at Roachdale. Three daughters and a son survive. Judson Givens, eighty-five, a civil war veteran is dead. A daughter survives. Leonard A. Young, 18, died at Putnam County Hospital of electrical burns. He is survived by his parents, living in Logansport