Date of Death: 8 Dec 1920
Subject: John R. Etchison
Source: Savannah Reporter, 24 Dec 1920
Former Resident Dies
John R. Etchison died in St. Joseph December 8, 1920, at his home, 2010 Boyd street. He was born May 4, 1849, on the Etchison farm near the Long Branch church, where he lived until 1885, when he moved to St. Joseph.
He leaves with Mrs. Etchison a son and three daughters, J. A. Etchison of St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Ada Kelley of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Sam Coffman of near Savannah, and five brothers, T. B. Etchison, W. D. and O. D., Isaac and I. D. of St. Joseph, and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Dorrell, of Savannah; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Interment was in the Long Branch cemetery.