Shelbyville  News
 Saturday, January 29, 1949
Page 1
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Mrs. Jessup Dies At Home
Two-Month Illness Fatal To Resident of Morristown
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           Ill for the past two months with a complication of diseases, Mrs. Edith Jessup died at her home in Morristown at 11:00 o'clock Friday night.  She was 57 years of age.
           Mrs. Jessup, who was a member of the Methodist Church and of the Morristown chapter, Order of  Eastern Star, was born in Freeport on September 12, 1891, the daughter of  Charles  and  Anna  (Hughes) Patten.
           On October 27, 1915, she was married to  Nolan Jessup  who preceded her in death January, 1941.  She is survived by two sons Robert   and James  Jessup of Waterloo, Iowa; one granddaughter and one niece  Mrs. Clara  Daily  of Evanston, Illinois.
           Funeral services will be held at the late home Monday at 2:00 p.m. in charge of the E. L. Frazier funeral home.  Burial will be made in Asbury cemetery. Friends may call at the home after noon Sunday.
Submitted by Dan Jessup


Shelbyville  News
 January 20, 1941
Page 6
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WORD  OF  DEATH  RECEIVED  HERE
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End Comes for Nolan Jessup
at Home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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          Announcement was made last night of the death of  Nolan  W.  Jessup,  former Hancock county resident, at his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Death occurred at 9:30 Saturday evening and resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage(sic). The deceased was fifty years of age.
          He was married to   Miss Edith  Patton, of Morristown, in 1916, and is survived by the widow and two sons,Robert and James, both at home. There are also three sisters, Mrs.  Jennie  Turner,  of Cicero, Ind.;  Mrs.  Elnora  Hill,  of Carthage, and  Mrs. Cora Winslow, Texas, and three brothers, Rolland, near Charlottesville;  Otis, of California, and  Luther, whose present residence is unknown.  Mr. Jessup was a member of the Methodist church and the Masonic lodge.
          The body will be brought to the home of the brother, Rolland, near Charlottesville, Monday afternoon, and funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 in charge of Rev. K. D. Vandeventer, of the Morristown Methodist church. Burial will take place in the Asbury cemetery, Morristown, in charge of  L. V. Hauk, funeral director.
Submitted by Dan Jessup

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