Princeton, Indiana newspaper dated Wednesday, September 8, 1909
The death of William N.
Flinn, an aged and almost lifelong resident of Gibson County occurred Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Elsfelder at
117 west Ohio Street.
He was 81 years of age and
death was due to the infirmities of his advanced years. The deceased was well
known throughout the county and was held in high esteem as a citizen.
Four children survive. They
are Mrs. David Braselton of Patoka; Mrs. Polly Smith of Danville, Ill.; Vincent
Flinn of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Elsfelder of this city.
The funeral will be held at
White Church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, and the interment will be in the
cemetery there.
NOTE:
His Record of Death, Gibson
County Health Department Book 2, Page 14 has his birth
date as March 3, 1828
and his death date as September
7, 1909; his father as Perkin Flinn, born in KY, and his mother as Serepta Colvin Flinn born in
Indiana.
It also has his middle
initial as 'M'
Another source has his
father's name as Edward Perkin Flinn and his mother as Cynthia Colvin Flinn