Wert - Asher
Source: Crawfordsville Indiana Journal Saturday 22 Jan 1917 p 1
Asher Wert, seventy-two years old, a native of Montgomery county and one of the best known men in the county, died at his home, 509 east Market street, this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, after an illness of several months duration with a complication of diseases. Mr Wert had been confined to his home nearly all of this winter and during the past few weeks his condition had become so critical that his death had been expected for some time. Mr. Wert was born near Alamo on March 10, 1844. He was a son of Richard and Amanda Compton Wert, who came to this locality when it was practically a wilderness. Mr Wert grew to manhood on his parents' farm and he was educated in the common schools of that day. While a young man he began life for himself as a farmer and by hard work and economy became one of the substantial, prosperous farmers of the county. He was rated one of the best judges of live stock, especially cattle, in this locality. In 1900 he gave up active farming and came to Crawfordsville, where he and his family have since resided. Mr. Wert was married on October 21, 1875 to Angeline Hankins, whose parents had come to this county from Ohio years ago. One daughter born to this union, Mrs. Rose Line, wife of John B. Line, survives her father. Mr Wert is also survived by two brothers, George Wert, of this city, and Joseph Wert, of Wallace, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Myers, of Danville, Ill., and Mrs. Oscar Thomas of Chicago. Mr. Wert was a Democrat and had taken an active part in the party's work in the county. For eight years he was road supervisor. He had been prominent in the work of the Montgomery County Fair Association and had been an officer of the organization for many years. Funeral services will be held from the late home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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