Oliver W. Johnson is not buried in Howard, but his 2nd wife and his son Earl are.
"Oliver W. Johnson, highly respected citizen of this community, died at his farm home. south of Gale, yesterday noon. He had been ill for months for heart trouble. The funeral service will be held Friday afternoon at the Danville Christian church, in charge of the minister, Rev. Harry F. Lett. Interment will be in the South cemetery. Mr. Johnson, age 83 was born in Putnam county near Greencastle, a son of Samuel and Sarah Johnson. He was first married to Alice Carter of Hendricks county, April 9, 1882. To this union was born two children, Monta and Alvin, the later died at the age of two years. The mother died in 1914, and he married Tenney Smith (Elmira) of Zionsville, in 1917. She died in 1932. In 1933, he married Mrs. Mollie Jackson of Indianapolis. By trade, he was a plasterer, later becoming a farmer. He was a member of the Danville Christian Church, where he had faithfully served man years in various capacities. He was mad an elder emeritus in 1931. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Pittsboro, and the Masonic lodge here."
Obituary provided by Lavern Wing. The stone in Howard is carved with the name Earl and you can read the son of Oliver and Alice. I do not know if there was another child named Alvin or if Earl and Alvin are the same person. Earl was two years of age when he passed
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