AIKENS, Mary Louise
Date of death: 21 Feb 1899 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 24, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 33, page 1 column 3
Local and Personal.
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W. W. Aikens and wife have the sympathy of the entire community in the death of their eldest daughter, Mary, which occurred Tuesday morning. She was taken with scarlet fever which terminated in inflammation of the brain and caused death. Her illness was of short duration and but a few days prior to her death, hers was a familiar face among those attending the public schools. One who knew her well says: “In school there were few like her. She was an ideal scholar. Punctuality and promptness was her motto. For four years she had not missed a day and not once was a tardy mark ever placed opposite her name on the enrollment book. She was loved by all her teachers for her persistent efforts to master what came before her.” Private funeral services were held Thursday morning at ten o’clock at the residence, conducted by Rev. L. P. Marshall. The remains were temporarily interred in Greenlawn, but later will be taken to Ohio for final burial. [sic]
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 24, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 33, page 1 column 4
Local and Personal.
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Mrs. Ackerman, of Newark, Ohio, came Wednesday evening to attend the funeral of her granddaughter, Mary Aikens, which occurred Thursday morning.
Link to Mary Louise Aikens’ grave
Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Birth Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book CH-1, page 90, records that Mary L. Aikens, a white female infant, was born to W. W. Aikens and Louisa Akerman [sic] on 18 Dec 1887.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry