This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
A VETERAN GONE.
John George Schurr Answers the Summons of Death.
John George Schurr, who has been painfully ill for some weeks past, departed this life at his home on West Mary street Monday morning at three o’clock, aged 71 years, 4 months and 6 days. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 2 p. m. Brief services were held at the house, after which the remains were taken to the German Lutheran church, where services were conducted by Rev. C. F. Gebhardt. Interment Oakwood cemetery.
John George Schurr was born in Lorch, Wittenberg, Germany, February 18, 1824 He resided at his birthplace until he arrived at man’s estate, and was married in 1853 to Miss Mary Kopp. He emigrated the following year to America, and for two years resided in New York city. In 1856 he came to Bucyrus, and has lived here ever since. To Mr. and Mrs. Schurr were born nine children. Of these three died while young. Six, three sons and three daughters, with the aged widow, survive the death of the father of the family. Mr. Schurr was a veteran of the civil war, having served in Co. C, 179th regiment O. V. I. He was a member of Keller Post, G.A.R. He was for many years a member of the Water Cloud engine company. By occupation he was a carpenter, and worked in this city for various firms, having been for nearly twenty years with C. Roehr. For the past three years failing health has compelled him to abandon hard labor, and this spring was taken with the illness that proved fatal. Mr. Schurr was a kind and loving husband and father, and an upright, conscientious citizen. He was widely esteemed for his many sterling qualities, and is followed to his grave by the regrets of all who knew him. May he rest in peace.
