Patience A. Ayers, 98, Frankfort, died at 6:15 p.m. Nov. 30, 2006 at
Wesley Manor Health Care Center.
She was a homemaker, and worked at Clinton County Hospital. She also
provided in-home care as a visiting nurse.
She was born May 29, 1908 in Veedersburg to Bert and Mary Walton
Drollinger. She married Dorsey R. Ayers on Nov. 13, 1932, and he died
Dec. 9, 1988.
Surviving are a brother, John Drollinger; a sister, Martha Parkerson
Christy; one daughter-in-law, Judith Rule Ayers; one son-in-law,
Norman Schnell; five grandchildren, Scot (Susan) Ayers; Elizabeth
Ayers; Jennifer (Pat) Ayers Finucan; Diann (Sean) Schnell Ducharme;
and Suzanne (Jeff) Schnell Gore; and six great-grandchildren,
Kristopher Holliday, Alexander and Nicholas Ayers, Sean Finucan, and
Dorsey and Katherine Ducharme.
She was preceded in death by a son, John P. Ayers; a daughter,
Patricia Ayers Schnell; a brother, Hershel Drollinger; and a sister,
Madge Barker.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Goodwin Funeral Home with the Rev.
Rollie Pfile officiating. Calling will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Burial
will be in Bunnell Cemetery.
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Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties,
Indiana (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893) p 500
Benjamin GARDNER. The history of every community is made up so far as its
more interesting features are concerned of the events and transactions of
the lives of its prominent, representative citizens. In any worthy history
of Fountain County an outline of thel ife of the subject of this sketch
should not fail to be given, together with a sketch of his family. He has
been upright and honorable in every relation of life, and although quiet and
unassuming, his life has been full of good deeds. Mr. Gardner claims Ohio
as his native state, his birth occurring in Richland Co on 6 April 1820 but
his parents, James and Rebecca Stewart Gardner were both natives of Cayuga
Co NY. The elder Gardner moved with his family to the Buckeye State in 1816
and settled near the line of Western Reserve. Later he moved to Huron Co,
just across the reserve and was there engaged in tilling the soil for some
time. After the death of his father in 1836, our subject ran a hotel in the
village of Paris, now Plymouth. In 1845 he came to Indiana, settled in
Covington and was engaged in working by the month for JG Hardy for seven
years or until 1852. He then opened a meat market and continued this until
1860 when he engaged inp ork packing in partnership with Thomas Bennett, now
of Russellville, Il. After this about 8 years he was engaged in small
business with JG Hardy, being at Covington 3 years of that time. Following
this our subject was engaged in pork packing at Lafayette for 8 years and
met with the best of success, at times running a business upward of $50,000.
He gave his entire attention to this calling and begin enterprising,
thorough going and pratical, the best results attended his efforts. Since
then he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits one mile from Covington
and in this, as in all other occupations, he has made a complete success.
He owns 230 acrse of excellent land and all his farming operations are
conducted in a manner showing him to be a man of good judgment and one
capable of conducting almost any enterprise. In 1867 our subject with Mr.
hardy owned 2,400 acres of land in KS and in 1888 Mr. Gardner sold his
interest to Mr. Hardy. The latter recently died in Toledo, OH. OUr subject
entered over 9,000 acres of land at a cost of 67 and 1/2 center per acre in
Kansas and spent several months there. In 187 he fenced this land himself.
In his political views Mr. Gardner is a Republican, but is not a strict
partisan voting for the man instead of the party. After a long and useful
life he has retired from the turmoil and worry of life and from now on will
enjoy the fruits of his labors. He resides on one of the most attrative
agricultural spots int he county, being conspicuous for the management that,
while making it neat and attrative, still shows prudence and economy. The
nuptial day of our subject occurred1849 in Perry Co OH when he led to the
altar Miss Mary Adeline Worth who only survived until 1852. Our subject's
second marriage occurred 1855 in Covington to Miss Charlotta Savage. The
following children born to this union: Lincoln, eldest son lives on a farm;
Mary Mrs. Julian Martin resides in Covington; Alanson engaged on Clover Leaf
RR; Charles time keeper on C & EI at Danvilla, Il; and James and Celia who
died in infancy. Mr. Gardner was one of the organizers of the Citizens Bank
with Hardy & Reed and was connected with this for 3 years.