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Surnames: BAKER, BENNETT, EMERY, GAINEY, HARRIS, RILEY
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, December 2, 1948,
Volume LXXIV, Number 6, Page 4, Column 6, “Mrs. Ellen Emery, 76, Is Taken By Death.”
[Transcribed on November 28, 2005 by RLJ from microfilm of the original newspaper on file
in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
Mrs. Ellen Florence EMERY, lifelong resident of Greene County, was taken by death about
3:30 o’clock Sunday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Anna BAKER, here. Mrs. EMERY
had undergone an operation recently, and death was attributed to a heart attack.
Born near Bloomfield on February 21, 1872, she was the daughter of George W. and Nancy
(RILEY) BENNETT. She was a member of the Methodist church and had spent all of her life
in Taylor Township. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, in 1917.
Surviving her are three sisters, Mrs. Anna BAKER, of Bloomfield; Mrs. Fannie GAINEY, of
Bloomfield rural route, and Mrs. Minnie HARRIS, of Elmhurst, Illinois, and four brothers,
Otto BENNETT, of Doans; Clyde BENNETT, of Newberry; Ernest BENNETT, of Mineral, and Ora
BENNETT, of Linton.
Funeral services were conducted at the Scotland Methodist Church at 2 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. Rev. M. T. WISELY officiated at the final rites, and burial was in the
Scotland Cemetery.
Jenkins and Sons, funeral directors, were in charge of the funeral services.
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Link to the Obituary of her mother, Nancy (RILEY) BENNETT [1849OH—1931IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her father, George Washington BENNETT [1838OH—1909IN], A Civil War
Veteran:
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Otto Bointman BENNETT [1886IN—1969IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Oren Wilbur BENNETT [1878IN—1960IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her maternal grandfather, Elza S. RILEY [1806PA—1878IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her sister, Frances Elazan (BENNETT) GAINEY [1874IN—1959IN]:
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