No source noted, penciled date of June 4, 1918, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings titled COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The last paragraph or two of the item was damaged so much at the time it was copied for the scrapbook that the information is not legible. OLDEST WOMAN DEAD AT 97 Mrs. Eliza May of Ellettsville Born in Monroe County Within three years of the century mark, the oldest resident of the county, Mrs. Elizabeth May died Tuesday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I. N. Presley, in Ellettsville. "Aunt Eliza" as she was known to almost everyone, was born July 17, 1821, south of the city near Clear Creek, but the greater part of her life had been spent in Ellettsville. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thrasher, and the widow of William May who has been dead for 20 years. Two daughters and three sons are left to mourn-Mrs. I. N. Presley and Miss Mary May and Elijah, Litton and Lincoln, all residents of this county.