VORIES, Alazannah “Sallie” (Carter)

Date of birth:  7 Apr 1815
Date of death: 17 Jan 1898 – Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 21, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 28, page 6 column 6

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MORGANTOWN.

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Mrs. Harvey [sic] Vories, of Hensley township, died Monday morning of pneumonia, after a short illness. De­ceased was nearly 80 years old. The remains were interred at Friendship ce­metery Tuesday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 21, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 28, page 6 column 3

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GREENWOOD.

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Joseph Green and sons attended the funeral and burial of grandmother Vor­ies near Trafalgar last Tuesday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 28, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 29, page 6 column 3

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SAMARIA.

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Two old pioneer mothers and near neighbors departed this life last week, viz: Aunt Betsy Kephart and Aunt Sal­lie Vories. Aunt Kephart died Thursday, Jan. 20, and was buried Jan. 22 at Bethlehem church on Indian Creek. She died suddenly at the home of her son-in-law, John T. Paskins, where she was on a visit. Aunt Sallie Vories died Monday, Jan 17, and was buried Jan. 18 at Friendship church. Her death resulted after a brief illness of lung fever. These two were among the first settlers of the township.

Link to Alazannah “Sallie” (Carter) Vories’s grave

Note: Indiana State Library Genealogy Database; Marriages through 1850 records that Henry Voorhies [sic] married Allazanah [sic] Carter on 17 Feb 1842 in Johnson County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson