Durham - Isabel Caldwell
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 10 Oct 1891 p 6
Ladoga - Oct 8 - Mrs. Isabel Durham died very suddenly yesterday about 1:30 p.m. at her home on north Washington street of dropsy at the age of 77 years 11 months 25 days. Funeral at 10 a.m. Friday conducted by Rev. Fyffe of Crawfordsville. Mrs. Durham was born near Danville, Boyd County, KY Oct 12, 1814. Was married to Jesse Durham in Feb 1832 at age 18. Came to Indiana in 1833, settled in Hendricks County where she lived until about 1866 when she moved to Montgomery County where she has lived the remainder of her life. Mrs. Durham was in a manner the mother of the Presbyterian Church of Ladoga giving more of her worldly possessions to the erection of the church in this place than anyone else and in the remodeling of the church here she donated the money that it took to build the tower. She had no children to leave her property to so delighted in doing good in other and numerous ways. She was a good Christian woman and died as she had lived a faithful follower of Christ. She leaves a large circle of friends who will mourn her loss, althoug she has been quite feeble for the last year or two. She was a shining star to her associate and a model by which we all might take pattern. Wherein the community has lost a dear and true friend, the angelic hosts of heaven have added by her death one more to assist in singing praises to his holy name. - kbz
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Source: Weekly Argus News Oct 10, 1891 p 1
Mrs. Isabella Durham, who recently donated $500 to the Presbyterian Church at Ladoga and then will them her home to be used as a parsonage died suddenly yesterday afternoon at her home in Ladoga. She had been suffering with dropsy for some time. - kbz