BEVER, Elijah W. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Several hours after suffering a paralytic stroke, Elijah W. Bever, 81, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at his home Southwest of here. He had been a resident of the community all his life. On July 25, 1862 he was born, the son of  Isaac and Sarah Jane Lough Bever. On April 10, 1884 he was married to Mary Etta Shoaf. She preceded him in death and he married Jennie E. Carter Sept 21, 1936. Survivors besides the widow are 3 sons, Ora of Powel, Wyo; Charles A of Wallace and Delbert at home, 8 grandchildren,  four great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs Mary Etta Shoaf of Danville also survives. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Centennial Church near Yeddo with the Rev John Servies of Crawfordsville offiiating. Burial will be in Centennial Cemetery.

All of life must end, even that glamour of beautiful summer turns radiant with autumn, the green of the trees change to brown and gold, and the rustic leaves flutter to the ground. We, in likeness, one by one, lay down our burdens and retire for a long and peaceful rest. Elijah W. Bever, one of a family of 6 children  born to Isaac and Sarah Jane Lowe Bever was born July 25, 1863 near Hillsboro IN and at the early hour of 2:30 a.m. departed this life on Thursday morning, July 22, 1943, at his home 2 mi NW of Wallace. On April 10, 1884 he was married to Mary Etta Shoaf. To this union were born 7 children. His wife and four children  preceded him in death. In 1936 Elijah Bever was married to Jane E. Carter who with the 3 sons survive. Elijah Bever's entire life has been spent in Jackson Township where no one person has done more for the improvements and advancement of the township's enterprizes than he has done. As one of the earliest pioneer families, they had to clear a place for their home, the forests were so dense that they marked the trees when they left their home in order to be able to return on the right trail. He worked hard to improve the land and make it possible to have the roads we have today. The telephone and everything that pertained to the interest of his neighbors and the good of all he was more than itnerested in. God gave him to us as a baby to grow and do the many good deeds which are to his credit and now as his work, here on earth has been so well done he leaves us on his 80th birthday to return to his Heavenly Father. He was a member of the Freedom Christian Church. He leaves to mourn his sudden passing his devoted wife, Jane Carter Bever, the 3 sons: Ora of Powell, Wyoming who had arrived at his father's home on Thursday afternoon to be here for his father's birthday; Charles of near Wallace and Delbert at home. 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Mary Etta Shoaf of Danville, Ill. Other relatives and a host of friends who will long remember him as a very capable, honest and industrious man. May we rejoice in our heritage of Christian principle which he has left us and in his eternal rest and a home in glory.

Elijah W. Bever, life-long resident of the Wallace Community, who would have observed his 81st birthday Sunday died at 2:30 o'clock Thursday morning at his home, two miles NW of Wallace, following a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Centennial Church near Yeddo, with Rev. John R. Servies of Crawfordsville in charge. Interment in the cemetery near the church. Mr. Bever was the son of Isaac and Mary Jane Lough Bever, pioneer residents in the Wallace community. He was born near Hillsboro July 25, 1862. Mr. Bever was twice married, 1st being Mary Etta Shooaf to whome he was married in 1884. His second wife, to whome he married in 1936 was Jennie E. Carter who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons, Ora Bever of Powell, Wyoming; Charles A. Bever of near Wallace; and Delbert N. Bever, also of Wallace; one sister, Mrs. Mary Etta Shoaf, of Danville, Ill and 8 grandchildren. Mr. Bever was a member of the Freedom Christian Church near his home.