Sylvester H. Dakin (died 1877)
Survived By:
Nine children: Mrs. George Huggins, Mrs. Charles Cook, and Thomas Corwin Dakin, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. David Fogleman of Cherryvale, Kansas; Mrs. Oscar Mowery of Princeton; Roscoe Dakin of Evansville; Mrs. Ira Conduitt, Mrs. W. L. (Ida) Thompson, and Frank Dakin, all of Mooresville.
Other:
Age 83. Born near Mooresville, Ind. in 1832.
Parents: Eli and Margaret Towell Hadley; she was their youngest child.
Married Sylvester H. Dakin on May 21, 1854. [From a letter from Elmina Moon to Owen Lindley, May 1854: "Silvester Dakin and Ann Hadley at last married on first day quarterly meeting in the 5th mo. so I guess Lueza will not be pestered with him any more. It was a slide off match with-out mamma's consent."]
They had nine children together, all of whom survive.
Husband Sylvester died May 24, 1877 in a terrible accident at his sawmill, when his foot became entangled in the belt; he was 46 years old.
Buried in Dakin family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Sylvester H. Dakin (died 1877)
Survived By:
Nine children: Mrs. George Huggins, Mrs. Charles Cook, and Thomas Corwin Dakin, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. David Fogleman of Cherryvale, Kansas; Mrs. Oscar Mowery of Princeton; Roscoe Dakin of Evansville; Mrs. Ira Conduitt, Mrs. W. L. (Ida) Thompson, and Frank Dakin, all of Mooresville.
Other:
Age 83. Born near Mooresville, Ind. in 1832.
Parents: Eli and Margaret Towell Hadley; she was their youngest child.
Married Sylvester H. Dakin on May 21, 1854. [From a letter from Elmina Moon to Owen Lindley, May 1854: "Silvester Dakin and Ann Hadley at last married on first day quarterly meeting in the 5th mo. so I guess Lueza will not be pestered with him any more. It was a slide off match with-out mamma's consent."]
They had nine children together, all of whom survive.
Husband Sylvester died May 24, 1877 in a terrible accident at his sawmill, when his foot became entangled in the belt; he was 46 years old.
Buried in Dakin family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
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