VANDIVIER, Lizzie (Axt)

Date of birth:  1861 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 11 Aug 1890 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 15, 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 8, page 3 column 2

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Mrs. Ed Vandivier, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Axt, died at her home in Indianapolis, on Monday eve­ning about six o’clock, after an illness of about two weeks of typhoid fever. Mrs. Vandivier was well known in this city where she was born and resided until her marriage which occurred October 22, 1879. The funeral will take place from the Presbyterian church in this city this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. R. V. Hunter, assisted by Rev. L. P. Marshall.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 22 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 9, page 3 column 3

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The funeral of Mrs. C. E. Vandivier, took place from the Presbyterian church on Friday afternoon and was largely attended. The remains were interred in Greenlawn cemetery. Rev. R. V. Hunter, of the 7th Presbyterian church of Indi­anapolis, conducted the services, assis­ted by Rev. L. P. Marshall, of this city.

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Link to Lizzie (Axt) Vandivier’s grave

Note: The Marion County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-3, page 358, records that Lizzie Vandivier, a twenty-eight-year-old white female, died 11 Aug 1890 in Indianapolis.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry