John Dye
March 18, 1879
Daily Muncie (Indiana) News
Died, at his father's residence one-half mile north of Selma, March 11th, 1879, John O. Dye, in his 25th year, after a lingering illness of the most dreaded of all diseases, consumption. He expressed himself not only willing but ready to die. He called his friends to his bedside and bade them all farewell, and requested them to meet him in heaven. He leaves a father and mother and two sisters, besides many friends to mourn his loss. His funeral was preached by Rev. Wm. Pierce of Selma. S. N. J.