WEATHERS, JC - Putnam

JC Weathers of the south side died last night from an attack of typhoid fever after an illness of but a few days. The disease was contracted a short time ago but he refused to believe that it was serious and did not seek medical attention until a few days ago he fell in the header barge in which he was working.  He was brought to this city and received constant medical care but it seemed that his constitution had been so undermind that it could not throw off the disease and he gradually grew worse. “Bud,” as he was known among his friends was a man who possessed sterling honor and integrity and his death brings sorrow not only to a family in which he was loved and respected but to a neighborhood or community as well. He had lived in South Bend Township for 28 years and had grown to affluence there. Coming here in 1884 he knew what the hard times meant when crops were poor and money scarce but he was a pioneer with unflinching faith in the ultimate success to be attained here. His first home was a little frame house, 14 x 16, the whole structure hardly as large as some of the rooms in his present residence.  From time to time additions were made to this home but in 1900 he built a fine new homes, one of the finest residences in the south part of the county, a large eight room house, furnished neatly with modern conveniences.  Josiah Clinton Weathers was born in Putnam County, Indiana Oct 14, 1856 and came to Barton County in 1884.  He located on the home place, still occupied by the Weathers family, a section of land which had never seen a plow. In the early days he bought corn for 15 cents a bushel and wages at that time were 75 cents a day for man and team.  He told many incidents of the early days in this county which, were interesting and many had their pathetic side as well.  He was married in November 1881, to Miss Marguerite F. Reigel in Indiana. To this union 11 children were born: Dennis, Alva, Leroy, Ora, Paul, Pearl, Jessie, Blanche, Chester, Roscoe and Herman.  The home place consists of three quarter sections of land and is named Cedar Grove. The funeral will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Congregational Church in this city. The body will lie in state until then at the home of Andrew Boyd in this city.

Note: Bud rests (14 Oct 1856 – 23 July 1912) in the Great Bend Cemetery, Barton County, Kansas.  Margaret “Meg” lived 20 more years (1 April 1863 Cloverdale, died Great Bend 26 Aug 1932

Note: nice photo on findagrave (K Sutton)