Yount - George Morton
Source: Waveland Independent Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana May 1931
George Morton Yount died at his home in Northside on Monday evening. Funeral services at the home on Wednesday afternoon at two were in charge of Rev. H. Ray Sigler of the Presbyterian Church. Burial at Union Cemetery. Mr. Yount was born in Parke County, May 21, 1863, and was the son of James and Mary Catherine Yount. He married Sarah H. Collins, June 20, 1883. To them were born four children: Mrs. Clara Barton of Lebanon, Harry Yount of Waveland, Mrs. Bessie Trout, deceased, and Mrs. Nettie Andrews of Crawfordsville. He has been a resident of Waveland all his life. He leaves to mourn his loss the wife, the three children and a stepson, Mack Collins of Peoria, Ill.; fourteen grandchildren; a brother, John Yount of Russellville; one sister, Mrs. Lavina Nicholson of Independence, Oregon, and a host of relatives and friends. - transcribed by kbz