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Radcliff, John

Personal Information
Last Name Radcliff
First Name John
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Maiden Name
Death Date 1/25/1879
Birth Date 1/1/1817
Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, Jan. 30, 1879
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Centennial, Green Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Family Information
Spouse 1) Nancy Radcliff ; 2) Sarah Holman Rice
Survived By Wife, Sarah.
Other Age 61 years, 9 months, and 22 days. "Our town was thrown into considerable excitement Sunday morning by the news that John Ratecliff (sic), a wealthy farmer and an old and much respected citizen of Green Township, had been murdered and his body thrown into the hog pen. He had been badly eaten and mutilated by the hogs. Lynn Reynolds, who lives in the neighborhood, was arrested and placed in jail for the crime." [Lynden "Lynn" Reynolds was later acquitted and released; the murder was never solved.] First wife died in 1868; married second wife in 1869.
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