Hybarger - Amanda White
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 10 January 1902
A beautiful angel robed In pure white,
Came into the door of her chamber that night.
"Come, Come," said the angel to friends gone before,
Where you'll be free from this pain and k
now sorrow no more.
A sweet, pleasant smile Hit o'er her face,
The Lord had come to her and given her grace to meet death bravelv,
for the life's race she had run, Was smiled upon by Him and he said well done.
Amanda Lorena White, eldest daughter of William B. and Elizabeth White, was born in Parke county, July 6, 1829. She united with the Presbyterian church in early womanhood, and has ever since lived a consistent Christian life. She was married to James Hybarger, Dec. 6th, 1847, and died Jan. 4. 1902, at her home in Alamo. To this union were born seven children, four of whom are deceased. She leaves to mourn her death three children, viz: Charles and Roland, of Alamo, and Mrs. Charles Truax, of Terre Haute. Four brothers, James, Albert and Will White, of Los Angeles, California, and John, of Alamo, and Mrs. Elmira Ellis White, of Judson. Horace H. White died in 1865 while a soldier in the Union army. He was the father of Mrs. C. R. Britts, of this city, and his wife a sister of M. E. and the late N. J. Clodfelter. A record of this White family has been accurately kept since about 1775. They are of Scotch Irish descent and notably connected with royal blood in the old country. Mrs. Hybarger was a most estimable woman! She was kind hearted and generous to a fault. None ever left her door hungry if she knew it. She often gave when it was really a sacrifice for her to do it, fully believing that it was more gracious to give than to receive. The care of her family was thrown upon her by the death of her husband, which occurred May'10,1874, when she was in middle life, and she never wavered from duty. Her love for her children was that of all true mothers born of Heaven, and no sacrifice was too great nor no work to a hard for her to do that would add to their comfort or happiness, and to-day each one of them are respectable Christian men and women, living testimonials of their early training by their Christian mother. Surely there was never a mother more tenderly loved and cared for by these children, and if kind acts and loving care is to be rewarded as the evening of life comes upon them, the same tender care they bestowed upon their mother, will in like manner be bestowed upon them for we inevitably reap just what we sow. Her funeral was conducted at the Pesbyterian church in Alamo by Rev. T. D. Fyffe. Interment at Alamo cemetery. - transcribed by Kim H
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 10 Jan 1902
After an illness of a few days only, Mrs. Amanda Hybarger, one of the most loved and esteemed old ladies, died at her home in Alamo, surrounded by her weeping children, grandchildren and friends.
The funeral took place at the Presbyterian Church of which she was a member; the pastor, Rev. Applegate delivered the funeral sermon. Interment took place in the Alamo Cemetery Monday afternoon. -s