SHOEMAKER, Prime - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Colfax, March 4 – Prime Shoemaker, 72 a farmer of the Bowers community died at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville.  He was born in Tippecanoe County Sept 22, 1864 and Dec 27, 1884 was married to Jane Sutton.  He had resided in the Bowers vicinity for 35 years.  Surviving are the widow; two sons, John L of Wyandotte and OJ, Darlington; a brother Reuben Shoemaker, Darlington and two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Lucas, Hoopeston, Ill and Mrs. Lucy Roberts of Paoli.  The funeral will be held at the residence Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Rev. AB Coats officiating; burial in Bowers cemetery. - kbz