Breaks - John B. 1901
Source: Obituary from the Thursday 6/27/1901 Crawfordsville Daily Journal:
Last night at midnight John Breaks, one of the county's best known farmers, died after an illness of several months. The funeral will occur at the home, four miles northwest of this city Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be at Oak Hill. John Breaks was born in Union Township December 14, 1832. His father was an Englishman and came to this country in 1817 where he married Jane Beard in Wayne County. He died in 1870. John Breaks was raised a cultivator of the soil and devoted all his life to that vocation and to stock raising. On November 24, 1854, he was married to Caroline Groenendyke and to them were born ten children, five of whom survive their father, the mother dying three years ago. The children living are: James R., Amos Gilbert, Mrs. Chas. Gilliland, Mrs. Chas. A. Johnson and Luther Z. Mr. Breaks had been a professor of religion ever since his youth and was a man of strong character who will be missed not only by his children but by a large circle of friends as well.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 28 June 1901
Wednesday at midnight John Breaks, one of the county’s best known farmers, died after an illness of several months. The funeral will occur at the home, four miles northwest of this city Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment will be at Oak Hill. John Beaks was born in Union Township December 14, 1832. His father was an Englishman and came to this country in 1817 where he married Jane Beard in Wayne County. He died in 1870. John Breaks was raised a cultivator of the soil and devoted his life to that vocation and to stock raising. November 24, 1854, he was married to Caroline Groenendyke and to them was born ten children, five of whom survive their father, the mother dying three years ago. The children living are: James R., Amos Gilbert, Mrs. Chas. Gilliland, Mrs. Chas. A. Johnson and Luther Z. Mr. Breaks had been a professor of religion ever since his youth and was a man of strong character who will be missed not only by his children but by a large circle of friends as well.