RTree - Person Sheet
NameHomer Thomas MACHLAN 
Birth24 Mar 1831, Rush Co., Indiana
Death11 Aug 1898, Clark Co., IL
BurialBlack Cemetery, Marshall, Clark, IL
FatherWilliam MACHLAN (1800-1833)
MotherElizabeth STITES (1808-1860)
Misc. Notes
Note: Tombstone spelling Machlin is in error.
... in the death of Homer Machlan of Lower Wabash. For years he has been an able and faithful worker in township Sunday School conventions and until his health failed a few years ago was nearly always seen at the county convention of which he was president of the year. He was Sunday School president at Wabash township for a number of years at the early history of the movement and helped establish and maintain the organization. The writer spent many days with him visiting the Sunday Schools and helping organize new ones. He organized the school at Liberty school house and superintended it most of the time till his death.
He was a great favorite with little children and for years taught the infant class of the Sunday School at No. 2 schoolhouse.
Mr. Machlan was born in Rush county, Indiana, March 24, 1833 and moved to Illinois the last of February 1851. Sept. 3, 1854, he was married to Miss Catherine Glover. The marriage was a very happy one. Mrs. Machlan and two sons and a daughter all married, survive to mourn the loss of the husband and father.
At the age of 17, Mr. Machlan united with the Methodist church. After coming to Illinois, he assisted in the organization of the South Vigo Congregational church and afterwards united with it. He was one of the first trustees and was a member of the budding committee that built the house of worship. He served also as elder othe congregation for a number of years. He was agent of the American Bible Society for a number of years and was active in seeing that families were supplied with the Word of God.
Between the writer and Mr. Machlan a close friendship had existed for years. He seldom came to Marshall that he did not call at the Herald office for a half hour's talk, and we were often guests at each other's tables and firesides. He was a genial, pleasant man of kindly heart and warm sympathies, honest and upright in his dealings, pure and Christ-like in his life.
He had an attack of grippe about four years since and though he recovered so he thought himself well, his constitution was greatly weakened. about four months since he was taken quite bad again and medicine seemed to do him no good. A few weeks since he called upon the writer and said unless he got help soon his stay on earth would be short. But there was no sign of fear in his eye, no tremor in his voice. He spoke as one who felt that death would be but another victory. And such to him it was. On Thursday, about noon, the end came.
The funeral was held at the family residence on Friday at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Smith, pastor of the Congregational church at Marshall, officiating. The remains were laid to rest in what is known as the Black cemetery, near the church which he helped to build. A large concourse of friends paid the last tribute of respect.
Source: Clark County Herald, 18 August 1898, p. 4
... in the death of Homer Machlan of Lower Wabash. For years he has been an able and faithful worker in township Sunday School conventions and until his health failed a few years ago was nearly always seen at the county convention of which he was president of the year. He was Sunday School president at Wabash township for a number of years at the early history of the movement and helped establish and maintain the organization. The writer spent many days with him visiting the Sunday Schools and helping organize new ones. He organized the school at Liberty school house and superintended it most of the time till his death.
He was a great favorite with little children and for years taught the infant class of the Sunday School at No. 2 schoolhouse.
Mr. Machlan was born in Rush county, Indiana, March 24, 1833 and moved to Illinois the last of February 1851. Sept. 3, 1854, he was married to Miss Catherine Glover. The marriage was a very happy one. Mrs. Machlan and two sons and a daughter all married, survive to mourn the loss of the husband and father.
At the age of 17, Mr. Machlan united with the Methodist church. After coming to Illinois, he assisted in the organization of the South Vigo Congregational church and afterwards united with it. He was one of the first trustees and was a member of the budding committee that built the house of worship. He served also as elder othe congregation for a number of years. He was agent of the American Bible Society for a number of years and was active in seeing that families were supplied with the Word of God.
Between the writer and Mr. Machlan a close friendship had existed for years. He seldom came to Marshall that he did not call at the Herald office for a half hour's talk, and we were often guests at each other's tables and firesides. He was a genial, pleasant man of kindly heart and warm sympathies, honest and upright in his dealings, pure and Christ-like in his life.
He had an attack of grippe about four years since and though he recovered so he thought himself well, his constitution was greatly weakened. about four months since he was taken quite bad again and medicine seemed to do him no good. A few weeks since he called upon the writer and said unless he got help soon his stay on earth would be short. But there was no sign of fear in his eye, no tremor in his voice. He spoke as one who felt that death would be but another victory. And such to him it was. On Thursday, about noon, the end came.
The funeral was held at the family residence on Friday at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Smith, pastor of the Congregational church at Marshall, officiating. The remains were laid to rest in what is known as the Black cemetery, near the church which he helped to build. A large concourse of friends paid the last tribute of respect.
Source: Clark County Herald, 18 August 1898, p. 4