From :  Lin Meeker           

 

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South Bend Weekly, May 11, 1895, page 12 -
The Mortuary Record
Mrs. Louisa Farmer Faurote
Louisa Farmer was born Oct. 9, 1817, in Hamilton county, O., and died at Terre Coupee, St. Joseph County, Ind., May 6, 1895, aged 77 years, six months, and 27 days. She, with her parents, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Cincinnati, O., when there were but three houses in that city. She was married to Alvah Faurote Sept 14, 1837, he being half brother to Isaac Faurote, recently deceased. Three sons were born to them, two dying in childhood, the third living to serve his country in the late rebellion. Her husband died April 10, 1842, so that she lived more than 50 years as a widow.

 

Aunt Lou, as she was familiarly known, came to St. Joseph county in 1868, where she has since made her home. She united with the Methodist Episcopal church when a child and joined the Terre Coupee M.E. church by letter under R.H. Sanders. She was an exemplary christian and when health permitted in her quiet way, was an earnest and devout worker in the Master's cause. She spent most of the winter with relatives in Chicago and Lafayette, Ind. returning to her home March 3. She had been in failing health for the past three years, never fully recovering from an attack of the grip. She was stricken with paralysis Thursday morning, April 25, and never fully regaining conciousness, passed gently away last Monday morning.

 

She was the last of a family of 15 children and the relatives left to mourn her loss are nephews and nieces. She was held in the highest esteem by a large circle of acquaintances and will be greatly  missed, as none knew Aunt Lou but to love her. The funeral was held from the Hamilton M.E. church Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Clearwaters, of New Carlisle, officiating. The remains were laid to rest in the old church yard [Hamilton Cemetery].