DAY, Francis Marion - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Francis Marion Day, born Jan 25, 1890 at Veedersburg, Indiana Fountain County died August 19, 1906 aged 16 Years 6 Months 25 Days. He moved with his parents to Orange County near Orleans. He leaves his parents and three brothers... clipping does not list name of parents or brothers or burial place.

Source: Obituary collection of Grace Alward Newnum Francis Marion Day was born Jan 25, 1890 at Veedersburg, Fountain Co., Ind. He departed this life August 19, 1906, aged 16 years, 6 months and 25 days. He lived in Fountain County until 12 years of age when with his parents, he moved to Orange County, near Orleans. Marion was of a happy pleasant disposition, a favorite among his friends and school mates and loved by all. He was a member of the Liberty Sunday School, a regular attendant and will be greatly missed. He was a kind hearted, industrious boy, one that could be trusted. He was just budding into young manhood with a bright future before him and it seems hard that he should be so suddenly taken. Yet in the midst of life, ye are in death," and his untimely death has cast a gloom over the entire community. The memory os his genial, pure and happy life will long remain as sweet and fragrant as the beautiful flowers his young friends and school maters so lovingly contributed. Marion leaves a father, mother, three brothers and host of relatives and friends who mourn his death. "Even as a father pitlieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him," .. Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in Me."