LAKE, Hannah (Garman)

Date of birth:  31 Oct 1815
Date of death: 25 Dec 1894 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 28, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 25, page 1 column 4

PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

(From Friday’s News)

The remains of Mrs. Hannah Lake, who died Christmas at the home of John Lee, were taken to Morgantown last night for burial. The funeral will be held at the Baptist church of that place.

Link to Hannah Lake’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 115, referencing Book H-17, page 25, records that Hanah [sic] Lake, a seventy-nine-year-old white female, died 23 Dec 1894 [sic] in Franklin.
Virginia, Marriages, 1785–1940, database, records that John Lake married Hannah Garman on 31 Mar 1834 in Montgomery County. Reference is page 243, FHL microfilm number 32633.

Note: The articles headed “From (day of the week)’s News.” seem to be copied from the Franklin Daily Herald. The dates stated are relative to their publication day in the Herald, not to the publication date of the Democrat.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson