CHRISTIAN CHAPEL ~ Lavina, wife of Fielden Taylor, died at her home on Sunday morning May the 12th at 2 o'clock of blood poison. Mrs. Taylor was thirty-four years of age, and leaves a husband and five small children to mourn the loss of a dear wife and mother. She was a member of the church at this place having made the noble confession some three years ago. The funeral services were held at Beech Grove Baptist church just south of here on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Elder Nesslage, pastor of the Christian church at Franklin. The discourse was listened to by a large and attentive audience. At the close of the services the body was carried to the graveyard just back of the church and laid in the cold and silent grave, there to lie and rest in sweet and silent slumber until called forth to meet Jesus on the resurrection morn.
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BIRTH -
Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911 records that Vina J. Blankenship was born on 24 December 1855 in Knox County Kentucky to Tazewell and Martha (Pritchard) Blankenship.
MARRIAGE -
Johnson County, Indiana.; Marriage Records 1875 - 1901 V3, D.A.R. Transcribed by Edna Thompson Bice. Frankl; Page: 80 records that Fielden Taylor married Vina J. Blankenship on 30 July 1877 in Johnson County.
DEATH -
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, page 203, referencing Book H-15, page 17, records that Taylor (no first name), a 30 year old white female, died 12 May 1889 in Johnson Co.
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
CHRISTIAN CHAPEL ~ Lavina, wife of Fielden Taylor, died at her home on Sunday morning May the 12th at 2 o'clock of blood poison. Mrs. Taylor was thirty-four years of age, and leaves a husband and five small children to mourn the loss of a dear wife and mother. She was a member of the church at this place having made the noble confession some three years ago. The funeral services were held at Beech Grove Baptist church just south of here on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Elder Nesslage, pastor of the Christian church at Franklin. The discourse was listened to by a large and attentive audience. At the close of the services the body was carried to the graveyard just back of the church and laid in the cold and silent grave, there to lie and rest in sweet and silent slumber until called forth to meet Jesus on the resurrection morn.
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BIRTH -
Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911 records that Vina J. Blankenship was born on 24 December 1855 in Knox County Kentucky to Tazewell and Martha (Pritchard) Blankenship.
MARRIAGE -
Johnson County, Indiana.; Marriage Records 1875 - 1901 V3, D.A.R. Transcribed by Edna Thompson Bice. Frankl; Page: 80 records that Fielden Taylor married Vina J. Blankenship on 30 July 1877 in Johnson County.
DEATH -
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, page 203, referencing Book H-15, page 17, records that Taylor (no first name), a 30 year old white female, died 12 May 1889 in Johnson Co.
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
Gravesite Details
Burial is per obit - no stone has been found.
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