Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 10, 1913, p. 1. NOTE: Daffodil Bender, the daughter of John and Mary E. (Taylor) Bender, married Albert Stevens, the son of Al and Maggie (White) Stevens, in Monroe County on September 4, 1911, in Monroe County, Indiana. Daffodil was reportedly born on December 4, 1894. MISFORTUNE IS ENDLESS CHAIN Troubles of a 20-year-old Girl End in Poor Asylum When Mrs. Daffodil Stevens, aged only about 20, was placed in the county asylum this week, the last of her immediate family to go over the hills to the poor house, it was a climax of a long line of misfortunes. Her father, John Bender, of Waterman's addition, is serving time in the Michigan City Prison, four small brothers and sisters are in an orphan's home, her grandmother, Mrs. Ella J. Bender, aged 79, and an aunt, Mrs. Emma Bender, aged 55, are inmates of the Monroe County asylum. Daffodil's life has been one filed with hardships and is a pathetic story. While still very young she was married to a son of the Stevens who was killed a few years ago on the levy by Frank Jones, a negro. Their married life was full of troubles and ended in a separation. About a year ago Mrs. Bender, mother of Daffodil, died at the Salvation Army home in this city. This summer she had charges filed against her own father alleging a serious crime for which he was sent to prison. Later she claimed that she was chased by a man who tried to hang her, and they were both placed in jail for a time. Following this, the aged grandmother and aunt were found living in a filthy hut in Waterman's addition, and Trustee Rolla Walker took them to the poor farm, although they fought the officers all the time while the trip was being made in a taxicab. The unfortunate young woman was then left alone in the world. An out-of-town penny picture man, it is said, tried to reform the girl and intended to marry her, but she was taken ill. The picture man spent all of his money and appealed to Trustee.