Elmore - Matthias
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 20 September 1901
Matthias Elmore died yesterday at this home in Ripley Township. The funeral services have not as yet been arranged. Mr. Elmore was born in Miami County, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1809, but came to this county with his parents in 1825. He grew to manhood here and all his life in this county was passed in Ripley Township. He entered a farm while quite a young man and was in fairly good circumstances when he died. He was an uncompromising Democrat and was proud of having voted for a Democratic presidential candidate before he attained his majority. He leaves several grown children, one of whom is James B. Elmore, the poet of Alamo. -s
Source: Sunday Star Sept 23, 1901 p 5
Mathias Elmore died at his home in Ripley Township on Thursday morning, lacking a few days of bieng 92 years old. Ohio was the place of his birth. He had been married three times. His surviving wife was a Mrs. Kyle, whom he married six years ago. He had 11 children and six of them survive him. James B. Elmore, the poet, is one of his children. Mr. Elmore being one of the few Jackson voters left in this county was a prominent character for that reason in the last political campaign. He came to Montgomery County in 1825 and he was one of the carpenters who constructed the first Methodist Church in Crawfordsville. His funeral was from the Christian Church at Alamo on Saturday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. Wallace Tharpe, pastor of the Christian Church of this city. - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 4 October 1901
The will of the late Matthias Elmore has been admitted to probate. He divides his real estate among his children, Anna Kennedy, Sarah Miller, Alice Critchlow, Fannie Coulter, Jacob W. Elmore, and James B. Elmore. The children of his deceased son, Taylor Elmore, are left nothing, provision having been made for them formerly. Roscoe Elmore, son of James B. Elmore, is left $1,000 in money and Mrs. James B. Elmore is left $500. The will was made in 1895. -s
