{"id":1461,"date":"2025-07-26T20:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2025-07-26T20:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T20:21:02","slug":"some-burials-in-galena-cemetery-floyd-county-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/2025\/07\/26\/some-burials-in-galena-cemetery-floyd-county-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Burials in Galena Cemetery, Floyd County, Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Public Press 4 Mar 1891 p4 c6
John Clark<\/strong> died at his home at Galena Floyd County, of paralysis, Sunday evening, aged about sixty-five years. He had been sick but a few weeks. He had always enjoyed remarkable good health and was a very active man during his entire lifetime. He leaves four sons Charles, William, Edward<\/strong> and John Clark, Jr<\/strong>., and four daughters, Mrs. D. M. Scott<\/strong>, of Kansas City; Mrs. W. J. Scott, Mrs. Lindsey Wade<\/strong>, and Mrs. J. D. Dempster<\/strong>, all grown, and his wife to mourn his death. Mr. Scott [Clark]<\/strong> was a farmer of the progressive, and driving order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Albany Daily Ledger 1 Dec 1909 p4 c5
Venerable Mother of County Commissioner John L. Clark Passes Away<\/strong>
Mrs. Rebecca Clark<\/strong>, widow of John W. Clark<\/strong>, an old resident of the county and highly esteemed woman, died last night at her home in Greenville township. Her death was due to paralysis. She was eighty-five years of age and had lived in the county the greater part of her life. Mrs. Clark<\/strong> was the venerable mother of County Commissioner John L. Clark<\/strong>.
Mrs. Clark<\/strong> is survived by eight children, four sons and four daughters. They are Charles W., William H., John L.<\/strong>, and Clarence<\/strong> of this county; Mrs. D. M. Scott<\/strong> of Kansas City; Mrs. John Dean<\/strong>, of this county; Mrs. Elizabeth Wade<\/strong>, of Borden; and Mrs. Mary Shuman<\/strong>, of this county.
During her long residence in this county Mrs. Clark<\/strong> made many warm friends by whom she was dearly loved on account of her many Christian virtues.
The funeral will be held at 2 o\u2019clock tomorrow afternoon from the church at Galena, and the burial will be in the Galena Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Press 7 Dec 1909 p5 c1
Mrs. Rebecca M. Clark<\/strong>, mother of County Commissioner, John T. Clark<\/strong>, died last Wednesday at the home of her son, Edward Clark<\/strong>, between Galena and Navilleton. She was eighty-five years old and was the widow of John W. Clark<\/strong>. The funeral took place at Galena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Littell Funeral Home Records:
Jessie Clark<\/strong> (infant) d. March 7 1914<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Albany Tribune 27 Dec 1943 p1 c7
Wife of Greenville Merchant is Dead Following Operation<\/strong>
Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Clark<\/strong>, 61 a native of Floyd County, died at 1:35 a.m. at St. Edwards Hospital where she had recently submitted to an operation. She is survived by her husband, Jesse M. Clark<\/strong>, a Greenville merchant, a son, Vernon Clark<\/strong>, daughters, Mrs. Leona B. Clark<\/strong>, Louisville, KY, Mrs. Charlotte Smith<\/strong>, Crawfordsville; and Mrs. Sylvia Richardson<\/strong>, Washington, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Roscoe Wilson<\/strong>, New Albany, Mrs. Mable McCutcheon<\/strong>, Galena; Mrs. Monroe Pitman<\/strong>, Lafayette, brothers, Homer & Edgar Morris<\/strong>, Louisville, and two grandchildren. The body is at the Kahl Funeral home in Palmyra for funeral services at 2.30 PM Tuesday from the M. E. Greenville church with burial in Galena Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Albany Tribune 21 Jan 1937 p1 c4
Mrs. Mary E. Clark<\/strong>, 82, died Wednesday night in her home in Galena following an illness from complication of diseases. The widow of William H. Clark<\/strong>, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Nettie Coffman<\/strong> and Mrs. Roger Jacobi<\/strong>, both of Greenville, and Mrs. William Fertig<\/strong>, Galena; and son, Jesse M. Clark<\/strong>, also of Greenville. Funeral services will be held at one o\u2019clock Friday afternoon in the Galena M. E. Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Albany Weekly Ledger 3 Sep 1926 p1B c2
Rites for William Clark<\/strong>, 70 years old, resident of the county who died suddenly of a heart attack Friday afternoon, was held at the Methodist Church at Galena at 2.30 o\u2019clock Sunday afternoon with burial in the Galena Cemetery. Mr. Clark<\/strong> was a native of Greenville Twp. He was the brother of C. E. Clark<\/strong>, a member of the board of County Commissioners. Besides his wife, Mrs. Mary Clark<\/strong>, he is survived by a son Jesse Clark<\/strong>, of Greenville and three daughters, Mrs. Elmer Jacobs<\/strong>, Mrs. Nellie Coffman and Mrs. William Fertig<\/strong>, all of Greenville Twp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Albany Weekly Ledger 3 Sep 1926 p1B c1
The funeral of Mr.William Clark<\/strong> who dropped dead last Friday at the home of his brother John Clark<\/strong> in Galena was held Sunday at the Methodist Church in Galena of which he was a member. He leaves a widow, one son, Jesse Clark<\/strong>, and three daughters, Mrs. Essie Fertig, Mrs. Eliza Jacobi<\/strong> and Mrs. A. S. Coffman<\/strong>, eight grandchildren, Sylvia, Leona, Charlotte<\/strong> and Vernon Clark<\/strong>, Audrey Jacobi, William Fertig, Mrs. Clark Miller<\/strong> and Mrs. Nellie Prusch [Preusch]<\/strong>. He was a good man and was followed to his grave by the largest concourse of friends ever witnessed in Galena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public Press 4 Mar 1891 p4 c6John Clark died at his home at Galena Floyd County, of paralysis, Sunday evening, aged about sixty-five years. He had been sick but a few weeks. He had always enjoyed remarkable good health and was a very active man during his entire lifetime. He leaves four sons Charles, William, Edward and John Clark, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cemeteries","category-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentuckianagenealogy.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}