married: Darius Frank Finton on July 17, 1897 at farm home of Rev Leander Pottenger, a Dunkard minister near Claypool, IN.
Demores Gazella Delk was born in a two story log house built by her great-grandfather, Bennett Dynes, on the site of the present Abbotsville Cemetery. She was buried within four hundred feet of her birth place. When quite small, her parents bought land in Van Buren Township and lived in a log cabin where the children slept in a loft. Demmie's father, William Bennett Delk, started to build a brick house but had not finished it when his wife, Letha Ann Vance, died at the age of thirty-four after the birth of triplets. The brick house was finished in 1888. William remarried in 1985 to a widow, Mary (Arnold) Cassel, who was not liked by Letha's children.
"Many years before, in 1854, Mother's great uncle, George Vance, had left Montgomery County, Ohio and migrated to Kosciousko County, Indiana on 97 acres of deep woods south of Packerton. Here they raised their family. When they were old, they arranged for Aunt Lillie to come keep house for them. Lillie married Samuel W. Thompson of Packerton in 1892."
When Demmie was about fifteen, she left her Darke County, Ohio home, presumably to escape her stepmother. In 1894 she went to Dunkirk, Indiana to live with her grandfather Delk. The next spring she went to Packerton to stay with her sister Lillie, obtained work from families in the area, and eventually was married to Frank. In his younger years, Frank supported his large family with the mason's trade. He was an exceptional layer of stone. In later years, when the physical work became too hard for him, he turned to painting, wallpapering and interior decorations. Frank was small in stature, only 4'10". He was kicked in the mouth by a horse when he was young, so he always wore a mustache on his upper lip to hide the scar. He died in the Greenville Sanitarium where he had been a patient for well over a year, suffering from a series of light strokes that left his memory impaired. Demmie died in East Cleveland while on vacation at the home of her daughter Mildred Hoge. She suffered two heart attacks within a week, succumbing to the second.
Demores Gazella Delk was born in a two story log house built by her great-grandfather, Bennett Dynes, on the site of the present Abbotsville Cemetery. She was buried within four hundred feet of her birth place. When quite small, her parents bought land in Van Buren Township and lived in a log cabin where the children slept in a loft. Demmie's father, William Bennett Delk, started to build a brick house but had not finished it when his wife, Letha Ann Vance, died at the age of thirty-four after the birth of triplets. The brick house was finished in 1888. William remarried in 1985 to a widow, Mary (Arnold) Cassel, who was not liked by Letha's children.
"Many years before, in 1854, Mother's great uncle, George Vance, had left Montgomery County, Ohio and migrated to Kosciousko County, Indiana on 97 acres of deep woods south of Packerton. Here they raised their family. When they were old, they arranged for Aunt Lillie to come keep house for them. Lillie married Samuel W. Thompson of Packerton in 1892."
When Demmie was about fifteen, she left her Darke County, Ohio home, presumably to escape her stepmother. In 1894 she went to Dunkirk, Indiana to live with her grandfather Delk. The next spring she went to Packerton to stay with her sister Lillie, obtained work from families in the area, and eventually was married to Frank. In his younger years, Frank supported his large family with the mason's trade. He was an exceptional layer of stone. In later years, when the physical work became too hard for him, he turned to painting, wallpapering and interior decorations. Frank was small in stature, only 4'10". He was kicked in the mouth by a horse when he was young, so he always wore a mustache on his upper lip to hide the scar. He died in the Greenville Sanitarium where he had been a patient for well over a year, suffering from a series of light strokes that left his memory impaired. Demmie died in East Cleveland while on vacation at the home of her daughter Mildred Hoge. She suffered two heart attacks within a week, succumbing to the second.
married: Darius Frank Finton on July 17, 1897 at farm home of Rev Leander Pottenger, a Dunkard minister near Claypool, IN.
Demores Gazella Delk was born in a two story log house built by her great-grandfather, Bennett Dynes, on the site of the present Abbotsville Cemetery. She was buried within four hundred feet of her birth place. When quite small, her parents bought land in Van Buren Township and lived in a log cabin where the children slept in a loft. Demmie's father, William Bennett Delk, started to build a brick house but had not finished it when his wife, Letha Ann Vance, died at the age of thirty-four after the birth of triplets. The brick house was finished in 1888. William remarried in 1985 to a widow, Mary (Arnold) Cassel, who was not liked by Letha's children.
"Many years before, in 1854, Mother's great uncle, George Vance, had left Montgomery County, Ohio and migrated to Kosciousko County, Indiana on 97 acres of deep woods south of Packerton. Here they raised their family. When they were old, they arranged for Aunt Lillie to come keep house for them. Lillie married Samuel W. Thompson of Packerton in 1892."
When Demmie was about fifteen, she left her Darke County, Ohio home, presumably to escape her stepmother. In 1894 she went to Dunkirk, Indiana to live with her grandfather Delk. The next spring she went to Packerton to stay with her sister Lillie, obtained work from families in the area, and eventually was married to Frank. In his younger years, Frank supported his large family with the mason's trade. He was an exceptional layer of stone. In later years, when the physical work became too hard for him, he turned to painting, wallpapering and interior decorations. Frank was small in stature, only 4'10". He was kicked in the mouth by a horse when he was young, so he always wore a mustache on his upper lip to hide the scar. He died in the Greenville Sanitarium where he had been a patient for well over a year, suffering from a series of light strokes that left his memory impaired. Demmie died in East Cleveland while on vacation at the home of her daughter Mildred Hoge. She suffered two heart attacks within a week, succumbing to the second.
Demores Gazella Delk was born in a two story log house built by her great-grandfather, Bennett Dynes, on the site of the present Abbotsville Cemetery. She was buried within four hundred feet of her birth place. When quite small, her parents bought land in Van Buren Township and lived in a log cabin where the children slept in a loft. Demmie's father, William Bennett Delk, started to build a brick house but had not finished it when his wife, Letha Ann Vance, died at the age of thirty-four after the birth of triplets. The brick house was finished in 1888. William remarried in 1985 to a widow, Mary (Arnold) Cassel, who was not liked by Letha's children.
"Many years before, in 1854, Mother's great uncle, George Vance, had left Montgomery County, Ohio and migrated to Kosciousko County, Indiana on 97 acres of deep woods south of Packerton. Here they raised their family. When they were old, they arranged for Aunt Lillie to come keep house for them. Lillie married Samuel W. Thompson of Packerton in 1892."
When Demmie was about fifteen, she left her Darke County, Ohio home, presumably to escape her stepmother. In 1894 she went to Dunkirk, Indiana to live with her grandfather Delk. The next spring she went to Packerton to stay with her sister Lillie, obtained work from families in the area, and eventually was married to Frank. In his younger years, Frank supported his large family with the mason's trade. He was an exceptional layer of stone. In later years, when the physical work became too hard for him, he turned to painting, wallpapering and interior decorations. Frank was small in stature, only 4'10". He was kicked in the mouth by a horse when he was young, so he always wore a mustache on his upper lip to hide the scar. He died in the Greenville Sanitarium where he had been a patient for well over a year, suffering from a series of light strokes that left his memory impaired. Demmie died in East Cleveland while on vacation at the home of her daughter Mildred Hoge. She suffered two heart attacks within a week, succumbing to the second.
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