Obituary of Benjamin Franklin DeGaugh

Newspaper clipping,  probably from Hamilton News, or Steuben-Republican
about July 13, 1920


Benjamin Franklin Degaugh was born in Huron County, Ohio, January 3, 1852.
Departed this life July 10, 1920,  aged 68 years, 6 months and 7 days.

At the age of 3 years, he with his parents came to Steuben County, settling
on a farm west of Ostego Center.  At the age of 12 he was left an orphan,
and grew to manhood in the home of his sister Mrs Oliver Dunham.

On December 25th, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Mabie.  To 
this union were born six children,  four dying in infancy, a daughter, Mrs 
Leona Everitt and a son William Lewis, growing to womanhood and manhood,
the son proceeding him November 29, 1917 at Tampico, Mexico.   In 1878, he with
his family moved to Michigan, spending fifteen years working in the timber 
mills, after which he moved back to Indiana, settling on the farm which he 
occupied till the death angel, without a moments warning called him.

In 1904, he united with the M.E. Church at Alvarado and remained a faithful
Christian.  He has also been a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge for thirty
years.  Twenty-seven of those years with the Lodge at Metz.

He leaves to mourn their loss, a bereaved wife, one daughter, four 
grandchildren, an aged brother, and a host of other relatives and friends.

The funeral was held from the home at 2 pm Monday, Rev. L.W. Kemper of the 
Fremont M.E. Church officiating, with the Rev. A.F. Uphoff assisting.   
Interment made in the Teegardin Cemetery.

Those from a distance who attended the funeral were:  Mr and Mrs George 
Mallory, Will Mabie, Mr and Mrs Orville Noffsinger,  Mr and Mrs Cramer of 
Elkhart,  Mrs Ella Shank of Lagrange,  Mr and Mrs William Mabie of
Coldwater, Michigan,  Mr and Mrs Ernest Somerlott of Detroit,  William Degaugh and 
daughter Ethel Meyers of Crestline, Ohio, the later arriving to late for the funeral.  


Submitted By: Susan Musser Minch
E-mail: SJMINCH@aol.com