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Surnames: EANS, LOCKWOOD, STROPES
Classification: Obituary
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THE BLOOMFIELD DEMOCRAT, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, April 5, 1900,
Volume XXXII, Number 5, Page 3, Column 5, “OBITUARY—EANS.” [Transcribed 27 Mar 2002 from
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library’s IHS Microfilm Records.]
Mrs. Abigail EANS of Terre Haute came down here recently to visit her brother J. L.
STROPES, and took sick and on Monday died, age seventy-seven years and sixteen days. Rev
BLANKENSHIP conducted the funeral services at the residence of Mr. STROPES Tuesday
afternoon and her remains were interred in the Bloomfield Cemetery. Her maiden name was
STROPES and her girlhood days were spent in Bloomfield.
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NOTES—RLJ: (1) DEATH RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Health Department, East Spring
Street, Bloomfield, IN, Book H-6, Page 9: Abigail EAUS, age 77, born in Bloomington, IN,
died 2 April 1900 in Bloomfield. Father was Adam STROPES, b. VA; Mother was Phoeby
LOCKWOOD, b. NY.
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Link to the Obituary of her brother Jeremiah Lockwood STROPES:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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