Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Jan 18, 2009 18:47:28 GMT -5
ASA FRIEND, AGED EIGHTY, IS DEAD
Civil War Veteran Expires at Home on South Broadway
Asa Friend, a veteran of the Civil war, died at 8 o'clock Monday night at the family residents, 1029 South Broadway. He would have been eighty years old in July. He had suffered from kidney trouble and this, with the infirmities of age, caused his death.
Mr. Friend was born in South Perry, Ohio, July 16, 1839. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Union army and served till the close of the war. He came to Decatur about thirty-six years ago and has lived here ever since.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mrs. Martha Bivans and Fred L. Friend of Decatur, Frank L. Friend, who lives in Michigan and Forrest L. Friend, whose home is in Oklahoma.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the family residence. The interment will be in Fairlawn cemetery.
The Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois
Feb. 4, 1919
Civil War Veteran Expires at Home on South Broadway
Asa Friend, a veteran of the Civil war, died at 8 o'clock Monday night at the family residents, 1029 South Broadway. He would have been eighty years old in July. He had suffered from kidney trouble and this, with the infirmities of age, caused his death.
Mr. Friend was born in South Perry, Ohio, July 16, 1839. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Union army and served till the close of the war. He came to Decatur about thirty-six years ago and has lived here ever since.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mrs. Martha Bivans and Fred L. Friend of Decatur, Frank L. Friend, who lives in Michigan and Forrest L. Friend, whose home is in Oklahoma.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the family residence. The interment will be in Fairlawn cemetery.
The Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois
Feb. 4, 1919