HARVEY, Edgar A. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Edgar A, oldest son of Charles L. and Chloe Harvey was born Dec 8, 1889 died Oct 22, 1913, aged 23 years 10 months 14 days. At the age of near 13 his father died. This death made such an impression on the young boy that seemingly he became a man, to whom his mother could go for advice and together they would plan for the future of the three girls and one son in the home circle. He had high ideals of life, it was at Leanna hobson's meeting at Tangier that he accepted Christ as his Savior and united with the Friends Church, thus beginning life on a solid basis. Determined to have an education he graduated from the common schools with credit, entering the high school at Kingman. He graduated with the class of 09 being known as a very industrious student through the four years work. Taking the Teachers Course at the Danville Normal, he began the profession of teaching. During the spring and ! summer months he took a great deal of interest to provide for the comfort of his mother and family. During the winter months he taught school as a means to a better education. Two years in the State Normal made him ambitious to complete the work there, when he expected to enter Purdue. It was while teaching in Newton County that he became sick and on Oct 18, through the advice of his physician, he was urged to come to his home, where under his mother's tender care he hoped soon to be able to return to his school work. His friend Miss Embree accompanied him as he was too ill to come alone. All was done that loved ones could do and at one fifteen Wednesday monring the Master called and almost in the "tinkling of an eye" this young man, with such a bright future before him, went from his home and loved ones to enter a larger sphere -- a home not made with hands. Edgar Harvey was of a quiet, unassuming disposiion; firm in the belief that to be a true man one must do the rig! ht. he was temperate in all things, never having used tobacco or whis key in any form. This seems remarkable for a young man thrown on his own resources. We little know the struggles and temptations he had, but (poem). He was a member of the Modern Woodman Camp of Tangier and leaves to mourn their loss a devoted mother, three sisters, Lena, Elsie and Edith, one brother, Guy a large circle of relatives and friends who say with the poet (poem) -- help us to say, "Thy Will Be Done." Funeral services were conducted at the Friends Church by Rev. David Commons assisted by the pastors Martilla and Mary Cox and Rev. Levi Woody. The floral offerings were beautiful. The pall bearers were Modern Woodmen, Mike Grimes, Charles Ephlin, albert Deal, Madison Commons, DD Ray and Pearly Mendenhall. Many attended the funeral and the burial at Rush Creek.