CHURCH, Elijah J.
Date of death: 20 Aug 1900 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 24, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 8, page 6 columns 5 & 6
COUNTY NEWS.
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STONES CROSSING.
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Uncle Elijah Church died Monday, Aug. 20, and was buried the following day. He was born in 1812 in Forsythe [sic] County, N. C. and immigrated to this state in 1859, where he has since lived. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Myer of the U. B. church, of which deceased was a member.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 31, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 9, page 4 column 2
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Elijah Church was born August 22, 1812 in Forsythe [sic] County, North Carolina, and died in Johnson County, Indiana, August 20, 1900, aged 87 years, 11 months and 28 days. The deceased moved from North Carolina to his home in Indiana in 1859. He was a farmer by trade. He was married to Miss Louisa Waldriben September 8, 1840. To this union were born seven children, four boys and three girls. Five are still living: Isaac L., Martha, Irvin, Susie and Johnnie. Very many years ago Mr. and Mrs. Church united with the M. E. church at Salem. Later they transferred their membership to the U. B. church at Bethel. In his last days Mr. Church assured his children that he had accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and he believed in a blissful immortality. Mr. Church’s poverty continually embarrassed him and was the cause for his nonappearance before the public and his deprivations of many enjoyments common to the public. His funeral took place at Mt. Auburn church and his body was laid away in Glenn’s Valley cemetery.
Link to Elijah J. Church’s grave
Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, White River Township, Johnson County, Certificate and Record of Death, Health Officer's Record Number 16 page 44 records that Elijah Church died at about 2 o’clock a. m. on 20 Aug 1900 in White River Township from diarrhea of fourteen days duration, contributory cause senile debility, aged eighty-seven years, eleven months and twenty-eight days, born in North Carolina. He was male, white, and married and a gardener. His father’s name was Isaac Church, born in Virginia and his mother’s maiden name Sarah Busia, born in North Carolina. Elijah was buried in Johnson County on 21 Aug 1900, Covert & Covert, undertaker.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson