THE
BLOOMFIELD NEWS,
BLOOMFIELD,
Greene County,
Indiana, Friday, November 27, 1903, Volume XXVIII, Number 1, Page 1, Column 2, “OBITUARY. Quillen.” [Transcribed from Bloomfield-Eastern
Greene County Public LibraryÂ’s IHS Microfilm
Records.]
Nancy A. QUILLEN was born December 8, 1825; died November 15, 1903; aged 77 years 11 months and 10 days. She was born in
Boone County,
Indiana and came to
Greene County with her parents and family when a small girl and from then till the time of her death was a resident of
Taylor Township. She was married to William
QUILLEN, Jr., October 15, 1840, her maiden name being STONE. To that union thirteen children were born, six died in infancy, seven attained their majority; but four died in early manhood; and only one son and two daughters survive her. Her husband died eight years ago and since that time she had lived with her children, most of the time with her oldest daughter, Mrs. Sarah E. JEFFERS. From first to last she suffered three strokes of paralysis.
She was a pioneer of the county and the last of a large family, in fact a double family of half brothers and sisters. She shared all the hardships of pioneer life. She gathered the flax and converted it into clothing for her children. She sheared the wool from the back of the sheep and made it into clothes for winter wear for her family.
She was a member of the Church of
Christ and held her membership at Antioch from which place her funeral was conducted November 17, by Rev. Frank
SILVERS, of
Lyons, after which her remains were laid away in the old family cemetery beside her husband and children.
She lived to see three generations of her descendants and lived to see eleven green mounds which held the remains of her companion and ten children. All was done that could be done for her while here on earth and now that she has gone to her eternal home may we, her children, so live that we may meet her some day bye and by. X X.
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NOTES-RLJ: (1) 1850 US CENSUS OF
Greene County,
Indiana,
Taylor Township, 17 Sep 1850, Page 408, Dwelling 26, Family 747,
Lines 3—9: William
QUILLEN (31,
Farmer, $1000
REE., KY), Nancy A. (23, IN), Thomas J. (9, IN), James H. (7, IN),
Riley (5, IN), Sarah (3, IN), Nelson (10/12ths, IN); (2) CEMETERIES OF EASTERN
Greene County,
Indiana, 1994, G.C.H.S., Quillen Cemetery,
Taylor Township, Section 1:
QUILLEN, William, 15 Oct 1816—10 Nov 1896;
QUILLEN, Nancy A., 5 Dec 1825;
QUILLEN, Thomas J., s/o William & Nancy, 11 Dec 1841—6 May 1867, 21ST REG INF Pvt, Civil War;
QUILLEN, Nelson M., 8 Aug 1848—1886;
QUILLEN, Samuel C., 21 Apr 1861—18 Jun 1891;
QUILLEN, Mary E., w/o S C, 17 Jun 1856—21 Apr 1897;
QUILLEN,
Lizzie Lester, w/o SC, 12 Dec 1860—12 Feb 1893.