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Albert J Thurston

Birth	:	13 Jun 1882
Death	:	4 Dec 1920
Burial	:	Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, USA
Coordinate	:	30.2998140, -81.6221010
Plot	:	Section 7, Row 1
Description	:	Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel Tuesday, December 7, 1920 (Special to the Sentinel) Joliet, Ill., Dec. 7 -- Dead since Saturday, the body of Albert J. THURSTON was found yesterday morning hanging from a rafter in the corn crip on the farm owned by W. L. WAINWRIGHT, near Morris, Illinois, by a neighbor who entered the building to borrow some tools. His identity was learned thru a draft registration card dated September, 1918, which was made out at Rochester, Indiana. He was about 40 years of age, five feet 10 inches in height, had brown eyes, black hair and was slightly bald at... Read More	Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel Tuesday, December 7, 1920 (Special to the Sentinel) Joliet, Ill., Dec. 7 -- Dead since Saturday, the body of Albert J. THURSTON was found yesterday morning hanging from a rafter in the corn crip on the farm owned by W. L. WAINWRIGHT, near Morris, Illinois, by a neighbor who entered the building to borrow some tools. His identity was learned thru a draft registration card dated September, 1918, which was made out at Rochester, Indiana. He was about 40 years of age, five feet 10 inches in height, had brown eyes, black hair and was slightly bald at the back of his head. There was no message of any kind in the dead man's pockets or near the body to explain a motive for the suicide, which was the verdict returned by the coroner. --The Sentinel has been unable to secure any information about the man. The draft papers have long since been forwarded to Washington and none of the members of the board recalls the name. ----- Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel Wednesday, December 8, 1920 After keeping the wires hot between this city and Morris and Joliet, Illinois, the mystery surrounding the identity of Albert J. THURSTON, who was found hanged in a corn crib at Morris, dead since last Saturday. Inquiries from the Sentinel led Mrs. Sarah POFFENBERGER to believe that the dead man was a half-brother of hers. She wired to the coroner at Morris, who had been holding the body pending identification giving a description of her half-brother who had tattoo marks on both arms and the forefinger of his right hand amputated at the knuckle. A reply Wednesday morning from the coroner stated that the description corresponded to the man held there and asked what disposition should be made of the body. They have not yet decided whether to have the burial there or in Rochester. Albert J. THURSTON was born in Shelby county, June 13, 1882, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Josh THURSTON. The father is dead and the mother, Mrs. Hattie SWANGO, had re-married. There are three half-sisters, Mrs. POFFENBARGER, Mrs. Charles HAGAN, and Mrs. May SOSBE, and three half-brothers, Isaac [SWANGO], Frank [SWANGO] and Eddie SWANGO, all of this community. Thurston had spent most of his life in the West. He was in the regular army at one time serving five years in the Philippines. He had registered for the draft in Rochester and was single. ----- Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel Saturday, December 11, 1920 Funeral services for Albert J. THURSTON, who hanged himself last week at Morris, Illinois, will be held at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Allen SOSBE, north Main street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The body arrived here Friday from Morris, where it had been held pending identification. Mrs. Sarah POFFENBERGER and Mrs. Sosbe went to Morris and returned with the body. SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1920 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh

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Latitude: 30.2998140
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Family Members:

Parent

Harriet Fallis Swango

(1859 - 1923)

Siblings

Sara Elizabeth Swango Poffenberger

(1885 - 1954)

Isaac J Swango

(1887 - 1921)

May T “Tichie” Swango-Sosbe Fingerle

(1888 - 1971)

Frank Swango

(1891 - 1974)

Emma Swango Higgins

(1895 - 1972)

Edward Walter Swango

(1898 - 1968)

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