SAWYERS, Viola (Anderson)

Date of birth:  About 1848
Date of death: 29 Aug 1890 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 5, 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 11, page 3 column 3

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Mrs. Eli Sawyer[s], of our city, died Friday morning after a lingering illness with consumption at the age of 44 years. She leaves a husband and five children to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. Tin­sley, were held at the M. E. church at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon and the re­mains were followed to the cemetery by a large number of sorrowing friends.

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Link to Viola (Anderson) Sawyers’s grave

Notes:  The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, page 178, referencing Book H-16, page 21, records that Viola Sawyer, a 42 year old white female, died 29 Aug 1890 in Franklin.
The Marion County Index to Marriage Record 1866–1870, referencing Book 265, records a marriage of Viola Anderson and Eli Sawyers on 9 Sep 1868.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry