Swindler - Sarah Ann Redenbaugh
NOTE: SARAH ANN REDENBAUGH SWINDLER -- NOT Mary Ann
Source: "The Lebanon Reporter" newspaper, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana Monday, December 23, 1918, page 3
The demise of Mrs. Mary Ann Swindler occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Howard Shelly, in Jackson Township at 4:40 o'clock a.m. Sunday. The deceased had been ill several years with paralysis. She was bed-fast three weeks. She was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, February 10, 1837, and was therefore aged at the time of her death, 81 years, 10 months and 12 days. The deceased was united in marriage in 1857 in Montgomery County, to the late Robert Swindler, who died in 1879. Eight children survive; John H. Swindler, James Swindler, Mrs. Howard Shelly, Mrs. James Fink, Mrs. George Leeke and Rose Swindler, all of near Advance; Mrs. W.W. Yager, of Indianapolis; and William Swindler of Williamsburg, Virginia. Five children are dead. One sister, Louisa McMullen, of this city, survives. Mrs. Swindler was a member of the Christian Church of Advance. She had made her home in Montgomery and Boone counties all of her life. The funeral services will be held from Ward Church at 10 o´clock a.m.. Tuesday, the Rev. George Henry, of Advance, is officiating. Interment at Old Union Cemetery (Boone County).
(Note Marriage records indicate: ROBERT SWINDLER to SARAH A. REDENBAUGH 2/12/1857 book 5 page 11) kbz