Patton - Ida
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 19 April 1895
Miss Ida Patton, daughter of I. W. and S. J. Patton, was born April 9, 1866, and died April 13, 1895, at the age of 29 years and 4 days. She was a sufferer of that dread disease, consumption.
The funeral was conducted Monday at Mt. Pleasant by Rev. Shuey. She was married to H. R. Davenport June 6, 1888. By this union the Lord blessed them with two bright children, one boy and one girl, but the boy crossed the river of death at the age of six months. She was left a widow Nov. 16, 1891. The little girl, aged 4 years, still survives.
The deceased joined the Christian Church at Mt. Pleasant in 1886 and from that time has lived a true and devout Christian life, and was always ready to help lead others to see the shining light and the love of the ( rest is blacked out). -s