Posted on: Fountain Co. In Obituaries
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Surname: Shoaf, Livengood, Shuler, McCrary, Ingersoll
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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.