Gilkey - Joseph A.
JOSEPH A. GILKEY
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 15 April 1893 p 1
A telegram was received here Thursday evening from North Judson addressed to Robert Gilkey, of Ripley Township, stating that his brother Joseph A. Gilkey was dead and that his remains would be taken to Winimac for burial. There were no other particulars given. It is known that he was in poor health and had been for years. He was an inmate of the Soldier’s Home at Marion whither he had gone when he became unable to gain a livelihood by his own efforts. Mr. Gilkey was born and reared in this county and lived nearly all his life in Ripley Township. Along back in the 50s he was one of the editors of The Journal for about a year, but most of his life was spent in teaching school and farming. He enlisted from this county in the 135 th regiment and served with that organization until it was mustered out. A few years ago he went to Winamac where his wife died and where she is buried. He was a genial, pleasant gentleman and carried with him wherever he went the sunshine of a happy heart notwithstanding the great adversities which encountered him in the later years of his life. – kbz
Source: findagrave – photo and dates 25 March 1829 – 12 April 1893 buried Winamac Cemetery, Pulaski County, Indiana with wife Milicent Nixon 1837-1877 children listed: Mary Emma and Ellen
