Very good info for someone, I'm sure.
Might I suggest that you consider posting this to the Fountain Co. Obit.
Board? My home county site has nearly 1,000 obits. posted and many a
researcher has found gems here. The Fountain Co. Obit. site is at:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/FountainObits
Rich
Tldewlen(a)aol.com wrote:
The following obituary is not my family line. However, it was found in some
of my grandfather's things. Hope it is of some interest to someone:
Elizabeth Livengood Shoaf daughter of Thomas and Eva Shuler Livengood was
born in Davidson County, North Carolina, January the first, 1831. When four
years of age her family moved to Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana,
and settled near Wallace. Here she grew to womanhood and March the 31st,
1853 she united in marriage with Jacob Shoaf, and to this union five children
were born, four sons and one daughter. One son passed away at the age of
eight months. In early childhood she was baptized and confirmed into the
Lutheran Church. For eighty-seven years, she had lived in the county where
her father as a pioneer had settled. During her long life there has come
into existence and use nearly every thing with which we have to deal. The
railroad, the use of steam, the telegraph, the telephone, the use of
electricity, the automobile, the flying machine, all have been discovered or
utilized within the span of her life. She is but two generations removed from
Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and others who formed our government and
ratified its constitution.
She was truly a good woman, as wife, mother, neighbor and friend, and is
among the last of her generation, who have meant so much in the development
of a wilderness into homes, churches, and schools.
For many years she has suffered from the infirmities of old age patiently
awaiting the call, and so in the early morning hours of Monday, January the
30th she passed quietly and peacefully away at the age of 91 years and 29
days, leaving to mourn, one daughter Mrs. Ellen McCrary of Kingman, Dr. Arist
of Kokomo, Edgar of Kingman, and D. C. of Wallace. Six grandchildren and
three (great?) grandchildren. One brother T. I. Livengood of Waynetown, one
half brother Alfred of Wallace, one half-sister Mrs. Elmina Ingersoll of
Waynetown, numerous other relatives and friends limited only by her
acquaintance.