Other names mentioned: Houze, Montague, Paul
Submitted by: Susan Adkins

F.A. TRUESDELL DEAD

Funeral services for Frank A. Truesdell, 67, who died yesterday morning at King's Daughters hospital where he was taken Saturday night for a heart ailment, will be conducted by Rev. E. E. McConnell, Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Haskell & Morrison funeral home in Vevay. Burial will be in Jacksonville cemetery.

Mr. Truesdell had spent most of his life in Switzerland county and was a respected citizen and successful farmer.

Besides his wife he leaves the following children, Alva at home; Louis and Harry of Brooksburg; Earl, who lives near Madison; Miss Grace Truesdell, at Cincinnati, O., and Mrs. Della Paul, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He leaves also a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Montague, of Manchester, Iowa.

Source: The Madison Courier, Madison, Indiana, Tuesday, February 6, 1940, Pg 6, Col. 4

Brooksburg Farmer Dies Early Monday

Burial Services Held At Local Funeral Home

Franklin A. Treasdale, noted farmer of the Brooksburg community, died at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison Monday morning, February 5th.

Mr Treasdale was born on Nov. 15, 1872, in Kansas and while still a young boy, he with his family removed to his present home. He was the son of Benjamin and Mercy Zerador Treasdale and on November 15, 1894 he was united in marriage to Florence M. Houze who survives him.

Also left to mourn his passing are six children, Earl Stafford of Hanover, Lewis and Alvo of Switzerland County, Harry of Jefferson County, Mrs. Della Paul of Lincoln, Nebraska and Grace Treasdale of Cincinnati.

He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Montanye of Iowa.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. E. McConell at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment was made in the Jacksonville cemetery.

Source: Vevay (IN) Reveille-Enterprise, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1940, Pg 1, Col. 1

(NOTE from submitter/great-granddaughter Susan Adkins, Michigan: Second obituary has several errors - in particular, Franklin's mother was Melissa Mead. Mercy Zerador Mead was his father's first wife and younger sister of Melissa, who died between 1860 and 1864.)