Clara Etta Mills Ghormley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waveland Independent, May 12, 1949 Clara Etta Mills GHORMLEY was born near Ladoga, Indiana Nov 16, 1858 and died in Waveland on May 4, 1949 at the age of 90 years, 5 months and 18 days. She was the daughter of Silas S. and Rebecca (Stoner) Mills, one of 7 children. A ll her brothers and sisters preceded her in death. Both of her parents were children of early settlers of Montgomery County. Her paternal grandparents, Lewis D. and Rebecca FITZPATRICK Mills came from Green County, Ohio, in 1829 and built a log cabin in Clark Township near Ladoga. Her maternal grandmother, Barbara GARST Stoner, after her husband, Jacob Stoner died in Botetourt Co, Va followed the directions of his will and brought her 7 stepchildren and 8 children of her own from Va. in the fall of 1837 to homestead near Ladoga. Clara Etta Mills attended the district school in her childhood and as a young woman received training at the Female Seminary of Ladoga, later known as Ladoga Normal. On Feb 15, 1881, she was married to Justice Miles Ghormley in the Mills homestead near Ladoga. Mrs. Ghormley survived her husband 13 years, Mr. Ghormley having passed away June 6, 1936. 7 children were born to this union and all but one son survive. Carl Justus, the oldest died on December 1, 1918. The six surviving children are: Mrs. John C. Cochrane (Lola E);, St. Cloud, Minn; Walter M. of Mountain View, Missouri; Mrs Arthur Williams (Laila M), South Bend, Indiana; Mrs. JD Reynard (May E), South Bend; Glenn M. of Waveland and Hubert M. of Indianapolis. She also leaves to mourn her 18 grandchildren and 22 greats. Mrs. Ghormley came with her husband and two children from Roachdale, Indiana to Waveland in 1884 where he began a business career in hardware and lumber. With the exception of 13 years, Mrs. Ghormley has lived in Waveland since 1884, more than 52 years. Mrs. Ghormley was a woman of strong Christian Character, a devoted wife and ever loving mother who put her home and loved ones first. She was a member of the Christian Church in which her husband had been a teacher, deacon or elder for many years. Two sons served in WWI and 8 of her 10 grandson in WWII. Mrs. Ghormley was a member of St. Cloud Chapter, DAR. Since her husband's death she has spent most of the winters with her children, being ministered to with loving hands throughout the closing years of her long life. Her summers have been spent in her home in Waveland where she so much enjoyed her home and kind loving neighbors. S he was ill only about two weeks, having come on Good Friday from her daughters home in South Bend in seemingly good health. -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~ "Proponents of each side are vying with determination to prove their ignorance is greater than the other." President Andrew Jackson, discussing a bill going through the US Congress. Visit http://ibssg.org/ For The Blacksheep website, Montgomery County, Putnam County, and Fountain County USGenWeb sites. MORE... Putnam County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/putnam/bios/ Montgomery County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/montgomery/bios/ Fountain County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/fountain/vitals/bios/