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Author: socker13
Surnames: Perrell, Toloday, Wilson, Fisher
Classification: cemetery
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Sarah Elizabeth Wilson was my great grandmother who was married to Jonas Perrrell. She was
first married to Laban Luman Toloday and had three children Mary Jane b. 1858, Sarah
Elizabeth b. 1859, William Henry b. 1861. Laban was Civil War soldier but did not return
to Sarah Elizabeth Wilson after the war. If he did it did not last long. Laban died March
18, 1908 in Marion, Indiana in a Veteran's hospital. He is buried in a local cemetery.
In talking with a relative of Mary Jane , she remembered that Mary Jane visited her father
and one of the things he was being treated for was a STD.
Sarah Elizabeth Wilson married Jonas Perrell and had four children, Twin boys Hugh
Rolandus and Madison Franklin born January 5, 1873, Rebecca Ella b. April 12, 1876 and
Rose Mae(my grandmother, Name was actually Rosa Mae) b. March 22, 1877. Sarah Elizabeth
died 8 days later from an infection she caught from the doctor that delivered Rose.
You mentioned Phyllis Borgman as she is 1st cousin of mine. Her mother(daughter of Rose)
was a sister of my mother(daughter of Rose) She still lives in Hamilton, Alabama as I saw
her in August 2008 at the Shields(Rose's married name)family reunion in New Castle,
Indiana.
About Jonas (I really believe he was a junior). he was a land surveyor and mapped out
most of Blackford County for the state. His name is on a memorial in Paoli, Indiana that
is in honor a land surveyors from each county. When I met with Cecil Beeson some 30 years
ago, he told me how he used a tombstone(cut wrong by the government for a revoluionary war
hero) flipped over and had it cut with Jonas's name on it and placed in Penrod
Cemetery.
I understand that the cemetery is not being maintained very well by the county(it should
by law) as I have written to the county and encouraged them to keep it up properly.
I have the complete line of relatives for both of Sarah Elizabeth's and Jonas's
decendents of both their marriages. If you are interested please contact me at
socker13(a)hotmail.com
Steve Christie
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