MORTUARY
J. E. Eberly.
Hockley, Harris Co., Tex., Jan. 11. — Last night between 9 and 10 o'clock Mr. J. E. Eberly died, after an illness of several months. Mr. Eberly was a Mexican war soldier; also served in the late war. He was 71 years old last October, has been a resident of Harris county for the past sixteen or seventeen years, having moved to this county from Grimes, Tex., where he raised a family of several children.
(John Elgin Eberly FindaGrave)
"J. E. Eberly Obituary.", The Galveston Daily News, Sunday, January 12, 1896, p. 2, col. 2.
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