Imel - Elizabeth - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Mrs. Elizabeth Imel, aged 66 years, died of paralysis Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at her home in Whitesville. The funeral will occur today at 1 o’clock p.m. The funeral services will be conducted by Elder Airhart and the interment will be made at the Harshbarger Cemetery-w

Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 29 September 1899

Elizabeth, daughter of James and Hannah Stone, was born in Botetourt County near Fincastle, Virginia March 10, 1833, and came to Montgomery County, Indiana, with her parents and two small brothers in the autumn of 1837. She was the eldest of a family of twelve children, eight of whom preceded her to the spirit world. She has lived continuously in the neighborhood to which she moved on arriving from Virginia.

She was married to Samuel Imel, April 5, 1853, with whom she lived almost five years, he dying Feb. 28, 1858. To them were born four children: William, the eldest, who lived to the age of 21 years, the second, a son, died in infancy, and two daughters, Mrs. Frankie Luster and Mrs. Annie Nickell. She united with the Missionary Baptist Church at Ladoga at the age of 15 years, then later with the regular Baptist Church at Pisgah, of which she remained a member until death. She passed from this life Sept. 20, 1899, aged 66 years, six months and ten days. One brother, Andrew Stone, two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Imel and Mrs. Nannie Howard, the two daughters and one grandchild, Faith E. Nickell, are left with many friends to mourn their loss.

We may call “Mother!” “Mother!” as we so often did during her illness, but no answer will ever come from the “echoless shore,” where united with her loved ones, she is far happier than we who are left. -s

Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 29 September 1899

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Imel, who died Wednesday at 2 o’clock p.m., took place at the home here Friday at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Airhart, of Advance. Interment was at Harshbarger’s Cemetery. She had been an intense sufferer for over eight months with nervous prostration and other complications. - thanks to "S" for all her hard work in our obituaries