Kellison - Samuel
Hoping to find his obit but until then here is a cute remembrance by him
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 18 March 1898 p 9
Uncle Samuel Kellison reached his seventieth miie post of life Tuesday the 8th. Resting in a rustic seat in his sugar camp watching the rich sweet simmer down to crystai syrup, he was somewhat surprised to have a delegation of relatives swoop down upon him. Among other congratulation his camp was mentioned, being" the most convenient in the State, probably over fifty trees on less than one acre of ground. After his usual cheerful greeting our esteemed old neighbor said: "I was just reflecting back through life to sixty-two years ago today. Near Linden my father was hewing out sugar troughs. There was about six inches of snow on the ground and the country was full of deer. There were practically no fences to hinder a spirited chase which I well remember." It must be pleasant and gratifying to rellect over seventy years of well-spent life, if not full recompense for well doing. Mr. Kellison has an attractive farm home, new buildings and abundance of fruit He educated his children, four of whom were teachers in high positions out west, besides enabling certain neighbors to buy homes for themselves, realising that "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Even financially he has been as successful as any other farmer who inherited nothing from father nor father-in-law. Dinner was the invitation of the hour and the amiable housewife had prepared a genuine feast, to which the guests sat down by the score. It had the good effect to make the host and Uncle Peter Townsley. of Darlington, to "feel as young as they used to be," for when the Cuban question came up, they aged seventy and sixty-eight, respectively, warmly declared that they wanted to go on "coast duty" where bullets would be thick and fast but no tiring marches to endure. Mr. K. walks yet without a cane, but took much pride in showing the party a $25 walking stick which exactly matches the one carried by our greatest Hoosier. Ben Harrison, Colonel Chas Clark an official of Denver, having presented both canes some years ago while on a visit to Indiana. In brief.it was a bright joyous day and the merry crowd with one voice wish "Uncle Sam" many more such anniversaries.