SULLIVAN COUNTY INDIANA
OBITS
The funeral service was held Tuesday
morning at the Eighth Street Church of God with the Rev. Harry
Henderson in charge. Burial was in the Oaktown Cemetery.
Mrs. Hopewell is survived by the husband, two sons, James Moore
of Lawrenceville (IL) and Harry Moore of Denver (CO); two
daughters, Mrs. CM(Mina) Paris of Denver (CO) and Mrs. Melvin (Dessie)
Jones of Bridgeport (IL); one sister, Mrs. Ollie Peters of Sumner (IL)
and two brothers, Elmer Hobbs of Sumner (IL) and Charles Hobbs of
Houston.
Her first husband, John Moore and two daughter predeeded her in
death.
(Published in the Lawrence County News, April 14, 1949)
Belle Hopewell is buried in the Shaker Prarie Cemetery just north of
the Knox County line in Sullivan County. Her name is mis-spelled
on the stone as Ninnie Belle Hopewell, instead of Minnie Belle
Hopwell. She was my paternal grandmother, and died before my
birth.
(Contributed by Brenda Duckworth dbduck4@shawneelink.net)
Sullivan, IN. Dec.7.1898.
George W. Hanchsett, one of the
pioneers of this county, died at his home in the city today. He was a
veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and was 75 yrs old.