Lizzie was the only child of Thomas J. Denton (1845-1864) and Mahala Floyd (b. 1849), and was named after her two grandmothers, Fannie Boston and Elizabeth Lincoln. Elizabeth was the daughter of Josiah Lincoln and first cousin to President Abraham Lincoln.
Lizzie's parents were married on January 28, 1864 in Harrison County, Indiana. Shortly after that, Thomas, perhaps inspired by his older brother Wilford, joined the 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E to fight for the Union. On November 29, 1864, he died of malaria just outside of Nashville, TN. Lizzie was born the following January.
On November 1, 1866, Mahala married Thomas' older brother, David Franklin Denton. They never had any children together, but David raised Lizzie as his own.
Lizzie grew up in Depauw, Indiana. On December 28, 1882, she married Danny Stonecipher:
This certifies that Daniel Asa Stonecipher and Fannie Elizabeth Denton were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at David Franklin Denton's on the twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two conformably in the ordinance of God, and the Laws of the State.
In Presence of: Lewis Clark, Sarah C. Slaughterback
Signed: Jacob Keller, Pastor, Brushey Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church
The couple then built a farmhouse for their family. It was completed around 1885.
Lizzie and Danny had five children together:
Cort Franklin (1885-1976)
An unnamed baby girl (1888)
Sophie (1891-1893)
Hala Alice (1893-1928)
Edgar Reader (1897-1970)
In 1928, their daughter Hala died giving birth to her third child. Three years later, Lizzie had a heart attack while walking from the barn to the house. She had already passed away by the time Danny found her.
Danny lived to be 85 years old, and when he died, their son Edgar inherited the farm.
Obituary
FOUND DEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher's Lifeless Body Found by Husband Sunday.
Aged Sixty Seven Years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher, wife of Daniel Stonecipher was found dead Sunday evening, near the barn, at their home in Blue River township. Mrs. Stonecipher was assisting her husband with the evening work. He heard a noise, and upon investigation he found Mrs. Stonecipher's lifeless body against the fence. Death was caused from apoplexy.
She was sixty seven years, eleven months and nineteen days of age.
Funeral services will be held this (Wednesday) afternoon at two o'clock at the M.E. church at Milltown, conducted by the Rev. Gillum. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Corte Stonecipher, of Jeffersonville, and Edgar Stonecipher, of Delavan, Illinois.
--Corydon Democrat, May 4, 1931
--My great-great-grandmother--
Paternal Grandparents:
Isom Denton
Elizabeth Lincoln
Maternal Grandparents:
Alexander Floyd
Frances Boston
Lizzie's parents were married on January 28, 1864 in Harrison County, Indiana. Shortly after that, Thomas, perhaps inspired by his older brother Wilford, joined the 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E to fight for the Union. On November 29, 1864, he died of malaria just outside of Nashville, TN. Lizzie was born the following January.
On November 1, 1866, Mahala married Thomas' older brother, David Franklin Denton. They never had any children together, but David raised Lizzie as his own.
Lizzie grew up in Depauw, Indiana. On December 28, 1882, she married Danny Stonecipher:
This certifies that Daniel Asa Stonecipher and Fannie Elizabeth Denton were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at David Franklin Denton's on the twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two conformably in the ordinance of God, and the Laws of the State.
In Presence of: Lewis Clark, Sarah C. Slaughterback
Signed: Jacob Keller, Pastor, Brushey Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church
The couple then built a farmhouse for their family. It was completed around 1885.
Lizzie and Danny had five children together:
Cort Franklin (1885-1976)
An unnamed baby girl (1888)
Sophie (1891-1893)
Hala Alice (1893-1928)
Edgar Reader (1897-1970)
In 1928, their daughter Hala died giving birth to her third child. Three years later, Lizzie had a heart attack while walking from the barn to the house. She had already passed away by the time Danny found her.
Danny lived to be 85 years old, and when he died, their son Edgar inherited the farm.
Obituary
FOUND DEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher's Lifeless Body Found by Husband Sunday.
Aged Sixty Seven Years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher, wife of Daniel Stonecipher was found dead Sunday evening, near the barn, at their home in Blue River township. Mrs. Stonecipher was assisting her husband with the evening work. He heard a noise, and upon investigation he found Mrs. Stonecipher's lifeless body against the fence. Death was caused from apoplexy.
She was sixty seven years, eleven months and nineteen days of age.
Funeral services will be held this (Wednesday) afternoon at two o'clock at the M.E. church at Milltown, conducted by the Rev. Gillum. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Corte Stonecipher, of Jeffersonville, and Edgar Stonecipher, of Delavan, Illinois.
--Corydon Democrat, May 4, 1931
--My great-great-grandmother--
Paternal Grandparents:
Isom Denton
Elizabeth Lincoln
Maternal Grandparents:
Alexander Floyd
Frances Boston
Lizzie was the only child of Thomas J. Denton (1845-1864) and Mahala Floyd (b. 1849), and was named after her two grandmothers, Fannie Boston and Elizabeth Lincoln. Elizabeth was the daughter of Josiah Lincoln and first cousin to President Abraham Lincoln.
Lizzie's parents were married on January 28, 1864 in Harrison County, Indiana. Shortly after that, Thomas, perhaps inspired by his older brother Wilford, joined the 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E to fight for the Union. On November 29, 1864, he died of malaria just outside of Nashville, TN. Lizzie was born the following January.
On November 1, 1866, Mahala married Thomas' older brother, David Franklin Denton. They never had any children together, but David raised Lizzie as his own.
Lizzie grew up in Depauw, Indiana. On December 28, 1882, she married Danny Stonecipher:
This certifies that Daniel Asa Stonecipher and Fannie Elizabeth Denton were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at David Franklin Denton's on the twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two conformably in the ordinance of God, and the Laws of the State.
In Presence of: Lewis Clark, Sarah C. Slaughterback
Signed: Jacob Keller, Pastor, Brushey Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church
The couple then built a farmhouse for their family. It was completed around 1885.
Lizzie and Danny had five children together:
Cort Franklin (1885-1976)
An unnamed baby girl (1888)
Sophie (1891-1893)
Hala Alice (1893-1928)
Edgar Reader (1897-1970)
In 1928, their daughter Hala died giving birth to her third child. Three years later, Lizzie had a heart attack while walking from the barn to the house. She had already passed away by the time Danny found her.
Danny lived to be 85 years old, and when he died, their son Edgar inherited the farm.
Obituary
FOUND DEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher's Lifeless Body Found by Husband Sunday.
Aged Sixty Seven Years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher, wife of Daniel Stonecipher was found dead Sunday evening, near the barn, at their home in Blue River township. Mrs. Stonecipher was assisting her husband with the evening work. He heard a noise, and upon investigation he found Mrs. Stonecipher's lifeless body against the fence. Death was caused from apoplexy.
She was sixty seven years, eleven months and nineteen days of age.
Funeral services will be held this (Wednesday) afternoon at two o'clock at the M.E. church at Milltown, conducted by the Rev. Gillum. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Corte Stonecipher, of Jeffersonville, and Edgar Stonecipher, of Delavan, Illinois.
--Corydon Democrat, May 4, 1931
--My great-great-grandmother--
Paternal Grandparents:
Isom Denton
Elizabeth Lincoln
Maternal Grandparents:
Alexander Floyd
Frances Boston
Lizzie's parents were married on January 28, 1864 in Harrison County, Indiana. Shortly after that, Thomas, perhaps inspired by his older brother Wilford, joined the 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E to fight for the Union. On November 29, 1864, he died of malaria just outside of Nashville, TN. Lizzie was born the following January.
On November 1, 1866, Mahala married Thomas' older brother, David Franklin Denton. They never had any children together, but David raised Lizzie as his own.
Lizzie grew up in Depauw, Indiana. On December 28, 1882, she married Danny Stonecipher:
This certifies that Daniel Asa Stonecipher and Fannie Elizabeth Denton were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at David Franklin Denton's on the twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two conformably in the ordinance of God, and the Laws of the State.
In Presence of: Lewis Clark, Sarah C. Slaughterback
Signed: Jacob Keller, Pastor, Brushey Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church
The couple then built a farmhouse for their family. It was completed around 1885.
Lizzie and Danny had five children together:
Cort Franklin (1885-1976)
An unnamed baby girl (1888)
Sophie (1891-1893)
Hala Alice (1893-1928)
Edgar Reader (1897-1970)
In 1928, their daughter Hala died giving birth to her third child. Three years later, Lizzie had a heart attack while walking from the barn to the house. She had already passed away by the time Danny found her.
Danny lived to be 85 years old, and when he died, their son Edgar inherited the farm.
Obituary
FOUND DEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher's Lifeless Body Found by Husband Sunday.
Aged Sixty Seven Years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stonecipher, wife of Daniel Stonecipher was found dead Sunday evening, near the barn, at their home in Blue River township. Mrs. Stonecipher was assisting her husband with the evening work. He heard a noise, and upon investigation he found Mrs. Stonecipher's lifeless body against the fence. Death was caused from apoplexy.
She was sixty seven years, eleven months and nineteen days of age.
Funeral services will be held this (Wednesday) afternoon at two o'clock at the M.E. church at Milltown, conducted by the Rev. Gillum. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Corte Stonecipher, of Jeffersonville, and Edgar Stonecipher, of Delavan, Illinois.
--Corydon Democrat, May 4, 1931
--My great-great-grandmother--
Paternal Grandparents:
Isom Denton
Elizabeth Lincoln
Maternal Grandparents:
Alexander Floyd
Frances Boston
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