Wirt - Rebekah Balser
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 12 January 1894
Mrs. Rebekah Wirt died at her home in Alamo last Saturday after a short illness. The funeral occurred on Monday and was conducted by Elder J. T. Shuey. Rebekah Wirt was born in Butler county, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1819, and was the fourth daughter of George and Nancy Ann Bolser. She was married to David Wirt, in Hamilton county, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1836, and they came to Indiana in 1838. She has three sisters who survive her and was the mother of eleven children, three of whom are living. Elizabeth, John P. and Rosa. She had seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, one of whom is married. In 1852 she united with the Christian church and was a faithful member until her death, Jan. 6,1894. She was 74 years, 11 months and nine days old - thanks to Kim H