Gillis - Susan Surface
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Monday 9 Oct 1893
Mrs. Susan Gillis, aged 83 years, died Saturday afternoon at her home in the Balhinch neighborhood. The funeral occurred yesterday with the interment in the Weir Cemetery.
Susan Surface was born in West Virginia 83 years ago and came to Indiana in 1844. she was married to Wm Gillis, who died twelve years ago. She was the mother of fourteen children, ten of whom still live. She had been a member of the Christian Church for forty years and was a very good and very devout old lady. -s