PRIEST, George - 1870 - Putnam

– Died – Priest – Monday afternoon at his residence in Monroe Township, George Priest, Sr, aged 78 years one month one day.  Mr. Priest’s death was sudden.  Last Thursday he complained of not feeling well and on Friday his left side became paralyzed.  He gradually grew worse until Monday afternoon when the spirit took its flight. He had generally enjoyed good health through his life.  For 24 years he had been a citizen of this county.  He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was captured by the Indians at the battle of the River Rasin.  He was much esteemed by a large circle of friends, who mourn him as a kind neighbor and good man, and his funeral drew them together in large numbers to  pay their respect to the departed.  Mr. Priest was a member of the Baptist Church.  His wife and a number of children, all of whom are married survive him. Buried in the Priest family cemetery in Monroe Township near ...