Binford - Elizabeth Dubois - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Friday night Mrs. Elizabeth A. Binford died quite peacefully at her home on East Pike Street. She had been quite seriously sick for several days but grave apprehension for her recovery was not entertained until last Thursday afternoon when she became unconscious and sank rapidly until death came.

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Binford was born at Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 9, 1813, and was the eldest of four daughters born to Wm Jones and Susanna Dobois, a name identified with the French occupation of this territory. She came to Crawfordsville with the family of her uncle, Major Ambrose Whitlock, in 1822 and has resided here ever since. She was married to the late Wm Binford June 26, 1837, and was the mother of four sons, three of whom grew to manhood, namely: Edward J., of Denver, Col.; A. W., of this city; and Jas. W., lately deceased, of Paris, Ill.

At an early age she became identified with the Episcopalian Church, continuing a loving communicant of her chosen church until the last.

Few women in Crawfordsville have been better known than Mrs. Binford and certainly none have been better loved by those with whom their lives were associated. She was a lady of rare charm of manner and her long identity with the social and religious circles of Crawfordsville has left its impress upon them. Her home, like that of her uncle, Major Whitlock, was one of refined hospitality and most admirably did this excellent lady preside in it. Devoutly religious, her religion was not less one of daily life than one of activity in church affairs and her many deeds of charity and acts of kindness will long linger in the memory of hundreds whom she succored in their necessity. Her death leaves a place vacant which cannot be filled.

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Binford occurred last Tuesday at 10 o’clock at the family residence on East Pike Street, and was attended by a large concourse of the friends of the esteemed lady. The services were conducted by Rev. John Hazen White, Episcopal Bishop of Indiana. The floral tributes were many and beautiful and were mutely eloquent of the high regard in which Mrs. Binford was held.

The interment occurred at Oak Hill Cemetery and a large number of people followed the body to its last resting place in that beautiful city of the dead. - s