Biography of Laura Rebecca Ellis:
"Laura Rebecca Work was born in Kentucky, February 14, 1851. She was the daughter of Robert T. and Lucinda (Cottey) Ellis. She moved with her parents to Indiana when a young child and was brought up on a farm south of Hillsboro, along with three brothers, James W., Robert T., and John H. Ellis, and two sisters, Mrs. David Cooper and Mrs. Nathaniel Blackford. These have all preceded her in death.
Before her marriage, Laura taught school in Indiana and Illinois. She received her education at Alamo Academy, one of the better schools of the early days. After her marriage to William R. Work, she resided in Waynetown for three years and then moved with her husband and two children to Independence, Kansas. After a brief residence in Kansas, her husband died, and Mrs. Work moved back to Crawfordsville, where she lived the greater part of her life. Of late, she has resided in Lafayette with her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Kern, who with a son William E. Work, of Indianapolis, survive.
For the past four years, Mrs. Work has been confined to her home with illness. Always retiring in disposition, she was devoted to her family and home. She has one granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Margaret Kern Garrard. Mrs. Work was a member of the Christian church, and throughout her entire life she was devoted to the principles of Christian life.
Services were held at the Kern home at 10:30 Thursday morning, with the Dr. W. R. Graham and Rev. J. H. Jessup officiating. Short services for the relatives and friends were also held at the Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, where internment took place."
"Laura Rebecca Work was born in Kentucky, February 14, 1851. She was the daughter of Robert T. and Lucinda (Cottey) Ellis. She moved with her parents to Indiana when a young child and was brought up on a farm south of Hillsboro, along with three brothers, James W., Robert T., and John H. Ellis, and two sisters, Mrs. David Cooper and Mrs. Nathaniel Blackford. These have all preceded her in death.
Before her marriage, Laura taught school in Indiana and Illinois. She received her education at Alamo Academy, one of the better schools of the early days. After her marriage to William R. Work, she resided in Waynetown for three years and then moved with her husband and two children to Independence, Kansas. After a brief residence in Kansas, her husband died, and Mrs. Work moved back to Crawfordsville, where she lived the greater part of her life. Of late, she has resided in Lafayette with her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Kern, who with a son William E. Work, of Indianapolis, survive.
For the past four years, Mrs. Work has been confined to her home with illness. Always retiring in disposition, she was devoted to her family and home. She has one granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Margaret Kern Garrard. Mrs. Work was a member of the Christian church, and throughout her entire life she was devoted to the principles of Christian life.
Services were held at the Kern home at 10:30 Thursday morning, with the Dr. W. R. Graham and Rev. J. H. Jessup officiating. Short services for the relatives and friends were also held at the Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, where internment took place."
Biography of Laura Rebecca Ellis:
"Laura Rebecca Work was born in Kentucky, February 14, 1851. She was the daughter of Robert T. and Lucinda (Cottey) Ellis. She moved with her parents to Indiana when a young child and was brought up on a farm south of Hillsboro, along with three brothers, James W., Robert T., and John H. Ellis, and two sisters, Mrs. David Cooper and Mrs. Nathaniel Blackford. These have all preceded her in death.
Before her marriage, Laura taught school in Indiana and Illinois. She received her education at Alamo Academy, one of the better schools of the early days. After her marriage to William R. Work, she resided in Waynetown for three years and then moved with her husband and two children to Independence, Kansas. After a brief residence in Kansas, her husband died, and Mrs. Work moved back to Crawfordsville, where she lived the greater part of her life. Of late, she has resided in Lafayette with her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Kern, who with a son William E. Work, of Indianapolis, survive.
For the past four years, Mrs. Work has been confined to her home with illness. Always retiring in disposition, she was devoted to her family and home. She has one granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Margaret Kern Garrard. Mrs. Work was a member of the Christian church, and throughout her entire life she was devoted to the principles of Christian life.
Services were held at the Kern home at 10:30 Thursday morning, with the Dr. W. R. Graham and Rev. J. H. Jessup officiating. Short services for the relatives and friends were also held at the Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, where internment took place."
"Laura Rebecca Work was born in Kentucky, February 14, 1851. She was the daughter of Robert T. and Lucinda (Cottey) Ellis. She moved with her parents to Indiana when a young child and was brought up on a farm south of Hillsboro, along with three brothers, James W., Robert T., and John H. Ellis, and two sisters, Mrs. David Cooper and Mrs. Nathaniel Blackford. These have all preceded her in death.
Before her marriage, Laura taught school in Indiana and Illinois. She received her education at Alamo Academy, one of the better schools of the early days. After her marriage to William R. Work, she resided in Waynetown for three years and then moved with her husband and two children to Independence, Kansas. After a brief residence in Kansas, her husband died, and Mrs. Work moved back to Crawfordsville, where she lived the greater part of her life. Of late, she has resided in Lafayette with her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Kern, who with a son William E. Work, of Indianapolis, survive.
For the past four years, Mrs. Work has been confined to her home with illness. Always retiring in disposition, she was devoted to her family and home. She has one granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Margaret Kern Garrard. Mrs. Work was a member of the Christian church, and throughout her entire life she was devoted to the principles of Christian life.
Services were held at the Kern home at 10:30 Thursday morning, with the Dr. W. R. Graham and Rev. J. H. Jessup officiating. Short services for the relatives and friends were also held at the Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, where internment took place."
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