Mrs. Ada Byron Crain, 73, widow of William S. Crain, jr., and long a resident of Lafayette, died at 5 a. m. Tuesday at the family home, 705 South street, after an extended illness.
Mrs. Crain was born on the Moore farm, southwest of Battle Ground, May 11, 1864, a daughter of Richard A. and Emma Druvilla (Bull) Moore. She was a member of a pioneer family, her grandfather, James A. Moore, having come from Shelbyville, Ky., to Hog Point, east of Battle Ground, in 1831. Mrs. Crain, a lifelong resident of the county, was married Dec. 23, 1885, to Mr. Crain, who died in 1936.
Surviving are a son, Charles B. Crain, of Highland Park, 111., one of two children; a brother, R. A. Moore, Lafayette, with a niece, Gladys Crain Strehlow, of Peoria, 111. Mrs. Crain was the last of her family. The body was removed to the Rogers and Henderson funeral home, where friends may call after 1 pm, Wednesday and where services will be held Thursday at 10:30 am, burial at Greenbush cemetery.
Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 01 Mar 1938, Tue., Page 5
Father: Richard H. Moore
Mother: Emma Bull
Mrs. Crain was born on the Moore farm, southwest of Battle Ground, May 11, 1864, a daughter of Richard A. and Emma Druvilla (Bull) Moore. She was a member of a pioneer family, her grandfather, James A. Moore, having come from Shelbyville, Ky., to Hog Point, east of Battle Ground, in 1831. Mrs. Crain, a lifelong resident of the county, was married Dec. 23, 1885, to Mr. Crain, who died in 1936.
Surviving are a son, Charles B. Crain, of Highland Park, 111., one of two children; a brother, R. A. Moore, Lafayette, with a niece, Gladys Crain Strehlow, of Peoria, 111. Mrs. Crain was the last of her family. The body was removed to the Rogers and Henderson funeral home, where friends may call after 1 pm, Wednesday and where services will be held Thursday at 10:30 am, burial at Greenbush cemetery.
Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 01 Mar 1938, Tue., Page 5
Father: Richard H. Moore
Mother: Emma Bull
Mrs. Ada Byron Crain, 73, widow of William S. Crain, jr., and long a resident of Lafayette, died at 5 a. m. Tuesday at the family home, 705 South street, after an extended illness.
Mrs. Crain was born on the Moore farm, southwest of Battle Ground, May 11, 1864, a daughter of Richard A. and Emma Druvilla (Bull) Moore. She was a member of a pioneer family, her grandfather, James A. Moore, having come from Shelbyville, Ky., to Hog Point, east of Battle Ground, in 1831. Mrs. Crain, a lifelong resident of the county, was married Dec. 23, 1885, to Mr. Crain, who died in 1936.
Surviving are a son, Charles B. Crain, of Highland Park, 111., one of two children; a brother, R. A. Moore, Lafayette, with a niece, Gladys Crain Strehlow, of Peoria, 111. Mrs. Crain was the last of her family. The body was removed to the Rogers and Henderson funeral home, where friends may call after 1 pm, Wednesday and where services will be held Thursday at 10:30 am, burial at Greenbush cemetery.
Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 01 Mar 1938, Tue., Page 5
Father: Richard H. Moore
Mother: Emma Bull
Mrs. Crain was born on the Moore farm, southwest of Battle Ground, May 11, 1864, a daughter of Richard A. and Emma Druvilla (Bull) Moore. She was a member of a pioneer family, her grandfather, James A. Moore, having come from Shelbyville, Ky., to Hog Point, east of Battle Ground, in 1831. Mrs. Crain, a lifelong resident of the county, was married Dec. 23, 1885, to Mr. Crain, who died in 1936.
Surviving are a son, Charles B. Crain, of Highland Park, 111., one of two children; a brother, R. A. Moore, Lafayette, with a niece, Gladys Crain Strehlow, of Peoria, 111. Mrs. Crain was the last of her family. The body was removed to the Rogers and Henderson funeral home, where friends may call after 1 pm, Wednesday and where services will be held Thursday at 10:30 am, burial at Greenbush cemetery.
Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 01 Mar 1938, Tue., Page 5
Father: Richard H. Moore
Mother: Emma Bull
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