William Jefferson Eberhart

1897 - 1927  (29 years)

• Name	William Jefferson Eberhart
  Birth	30 Nov 1897	Shelby County, Indiana, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	6 Jun 1900	Jackson Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Residence	20 Apr 1910	Jackson Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Residence	12 Jan 1920	Jackson Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Death	4 Mar 1927	Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Burial	6 Mar 1927	Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I959	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Albert Eberhart,   b. 3 Mar 1857, Shelby County, Indiana, United States d. 6 Apr 1923, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Jeanetta "Tina" Williams,   b. 30 Nov 1863, Johnson County, Indiana, United States d. 20 May 1926, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vivian May Harrell,   b. 15 Nov 1897, Hendricks Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 17 Jun 1994, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1917	Shelby County, Indiana, United States
  Children	1. Living   2. Dorothea May Eberhart,   b. 12 May 1918, Shelby County, Indiana, United States d. 5 Jun 2008, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Harrell Eberhart,   b. 3 Sep 1919, Hendricks Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States d. 8 Feb 2011, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  William is listed as being born in 1898 in the 1910 Census. William J. Eberhart, prominent young farmer of Jackson Township, who was brought to the William S. Major Hospital in this city three days ago suffering from tetanus, commonly known as lockjaw, died of the disease at 8 o'clock this morning in the hospital. He was twenty-nine years, three months and two days old at the time of his death. The fatal illness of Mr. Eberhart dates to nine days ago, when he stepped on a rusty nail at his farm in Jackson Township. The nail was embedded deeply in his foot and an infection set in almost immediately. His suffering was intense and as a last hope of saving his life he was moved to the hospital here where expert medical attention failed to ward off the inevitable results of the ailment with which he had been attacked. Mr. Eberhart was born in Jackson Township Nov. 30, 1897, and his entire life was spent in that community. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eberhart, who resided in West Broadway here. His marriage with Miss Vivian Harrell took place Aug. 2, 1917, and three children were born. They are Dorothy May, 9; William Harrell, 7, and Lorene Lavonne, 4, who survives with the sorrowing widow. He also leaves two brothers, Carl Eberhart of Shelbyville. and Everett Eberhart, of Jackson Township, and one sister, Mrs. Clyde Pierson, of Shelbyville. Many residents of the community are saddened by the untimely death of this young man. He was an energetic and successful farmer, an ideal husband and father and one of the leaders in his section of the county. All who knew him held Mr. Eberhart in the highest esteem and deeply mourn his death. He was a member of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church at Smithland and was affiliated with Hiawatha Lodge, I.O.O.F., at Smithland. This lodge will take part in the funeral services. The funeral will be held in the church at Smithland at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Dallas Renn will conduct the service and burial will be in the Miller Cemetery. C.F. Fix & Son are the undertakers in charge. Friends may call any time at the late home in Jackson Township.