Died
at age 93
in Berne, Adams, Indiana, United States
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Biography
Obituary
Adam Syphers, a former Decatur man, one of the pioneers of the county died at three o'clock Tuesday morning at his late home at Berne. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis which attacked him a week ago Sunday. Had he lived until the fifteenth of this month he would had been ninety-four years old.
He was twice married and leaves two children from his first marriage. They are Mrs. Mattie Neff of St. Louis, Mo., and Joe Syphers of Antwerp, O. His second wife, who was formerly Mrs. Sarah Jane Merriman, is living at the age of eighty six years.
The deceased is the stepfather of John W. Merriman of this city.
The funeral will be held Thursday morning at the Salem Church and burial will be in the Tricker Cemetery east of the church.
Sources
"Pioneer Dead." The Decatur Daily Democrat 1 Mar 1916. Print.