JOHNSON, Eleanor M. (Tracy)

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Mrs. Elenor [sic] Johnson died Sun­day morning about nine o’clock at her home southeast of town. She was in her eighty-first year and had been a resident of the county since 1815, having come here from Kentucky with her parents when but two years old. She was the mother of fourteen children, nine of whom are living. Among these are Andrew and Henry Johnson, residing east of town. A brother of deceased, Mathias Tracy, resides at Whiteland. She was a member of the Baptist church of this city, being the oldest member of the congregation at the time of her death. The funeral services oc­curred at the house Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. E. S. Gardiner. Burial at Greenlawn.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 3, 1894
Volume XXXV Number 4, page 6 column 2

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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HUSTLETOWN.

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Mrs. Johnson, an aged lady of this vicinity, died at her home on the state road Sunday morning. Funeral services were held Tuesday.

Link to Eleanor M. (Tracy) Johnson’s grave

Note: Indiana State Library Genealogy Database; Marriages through 1850 records that Charles Johnson married Elenor [sic] Tracy 22 Nov 1832 in Johnson County.
The 1850‐1870 US Federal Census for Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana records the household of Charles C. and Eleanor [various spellings] Johnson. This household includes Andrew and Henry Johnson.
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 105, referencing Book H-17, page 7, records that Elnor [sic] Johnson, an eighty-year-old white female, died 29 Jul 1894 in Johnson County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson