This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ABRAMS, HANSON, MAY, SCARBROUGH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/4442 Message Board Post: THE BLOOMFIELD DEMOCRAT, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, April 5, 1900, Volume XXXII, Number 5, Page 3, Column 5, “OBITUARY—ABRAMS.” [Transcribed 27 Mar 2002 from Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library’s IHS Microfilm Records.] Mr. Elias ABRAMS departed this life at his residence near Matamoras, March 30th, at the age of 68 years 10 months. Mr. ABRAMS came to this state when a small boy with his parents and settled in Martin County. They lived there for a number of years then moved to Monroe County where he was married to Sarah HANSON in 1854. To this union was born nine children, four sons and five daughters. His wife and six children have preceded him to the spirit land. One son and three daughters are still living to mourn their loss. He was again married to Elizabeth MAY August 24, 1888. They lived in peace about eleven years. There was no children born to this union. Mr. ABRAMS enlisted in the army and served his country a faithful soldier for three long years. He enlisted as a private in CO A 97TH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; he fought under General John A. LOGAN and was in all of the battles of the 15TH corps. Mr. ABRAMS confessed a hope in Christ a short time before death and said, “I will have to bid you all farewell. The funeral was conducted by Rev. MANNIS, after which he was taken to his last resting place at Ridgeport and laid to rest to await the resurrection morn. Mr. ABRAMS will be missed by many dear relatives and friends to mourn their loss, but our loss is heaven’s gain. The bereaved widow has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood. — NOTES—RLJ: DEATH RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Health Department, E. Spring Street, Bloomfield, Indiana, Death Record R-6, Page 24: Elias ABRAMS, age 69, born Lexington, KY, died 8 miles northeast of Bloomfield on 30 Mar 1900, buried 31 Mar 1900 in Ridgeport Cemetery, he was son of Elias ABRAMS and Elizabeth SCARBROUGH.