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Anderson Herald/Bulletin-Thursday, July 27, 1972, p. 176 in the Davis Compilation of Obituaries at the Anderson Library

Lester Dunham
?Lester ?Curly? Dunham, 64, 223 E. Ohio St., died early Tuesday afternoon at his home.

Formerly a resident of both Madison and Hamilton counties, he had moved to Fortville four years ago when due to ill health he retired from farming.

He was a native of Hancock County

A member of the McCordsville United Methodist Church, he was also a member of the Fortville Brother and Sisterhood and the Wayne Township Brother and Sisterhood.

He is survived by his wife, Eloise; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Iris) Parker, Pendleton and Mrs. Wilbur (Betty) Eiler, Fortville; a son, Bob Dunham of Fortville, and nine grandchildren.

Also surviving are three sisters. Mrs. Thelma Hiday, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Mrs. Isabel Burke, Noblesville; and Mrs. Wanda Caruthers, Bartow, FL.

Services will be conducted at the Ronald Seals Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m. with the pastor the Lapel Ford Street United Methodist Church, the Rev. Harry Smith in charge. Interment will follow in Gravel lawn Cemetery.?

Lester — GIVENS, Eloise. Eloise (daughter of GIVENS, Horace Dale and HEINY, Mary Annetta) was born 03 Apr 1912, Indiana; died 22 Mar 2005, Rawlins Nursing Home, Pendleton, Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana; was buried 25 Mar 2005, Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Fortville, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

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Eloise D. Dunham

April 3, 1912 - March 22, 2005

FORTVILLE (Indian) Eloise D. (Givens) Dunham, 92, Fortville, died March 22, 2005, at Rawlins House in Pendleton. She retired from Mount Vernon School Corp. as a cafeteria worker after 25 years of employment.

Survivors include a son, Robert E. "Bob" (wife, Diana) Dunham; daughters, Iris L. Parker and Betty J. (husband, Wilbur) Eiler; sister, Bernice Montgomery; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; and a nephew.

Her husband, Lester H. "Curley" Dunham, died in 1972.

Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Seals Funeral Home with Jon Vance officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Lawn Cemetery.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Work Project, c/o Ford Street United Methodist Church in Lapel. (Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana; www.heraldbulletin.com 3/23/05)

William — ???, Ivis. Ivis was born Abt 1887, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fishers Brothers Funeral Home Register, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, Indiana
"Horace Dale Givens d. 5-19-1946 St. Johns Hospital; bur 22nd Grove Lawn
Cem. Pendleton In; b. 12-29-1884 In.; Age 61y4m21d; Residence: RR#3
Anderson, In; Occupation: Farmer; Wife: Mary A. Heiny; Age 58 y; Father:
John L. Givens b. IN; Mother: Amanda Hersberger b. Maryland."
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"Charles Booth operated a dairy wagon for some time, then Marion Sears, from his farm east of Lapel, furnished milk and butter for delivery by wagon for a number of years. Perley Shultz and Horace Givens being, perhaps, the best known drivers. But when the bottled milk began tobe sent to the stores, the wagons ceased coming,..." ('History of Lapel and Fisherburg', compiled by Edith V. Cascadden, 1938. page 96) (Book located in Anderson Public Library, Anderson, Indiana]
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Anderson Herald/Bulletin-Tuesday, May 21, 1946, p. 11

Horace Givens
?Lapel, May 21-Funeral rites for Horace Givens, who died early Monday at his home east of here, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Lapel Methodist Church, in charge will be Rev. Jonathan Stone, of Pendleton, and Rev. C. G. Cook, resident
Methodist pastor. Burial will be in The Grove Lawn Cemetery at Pendleton. The body was taken to the family home from the McCarty and Fisher mortuary this morning and
will be returned to the church at 1 p.m. Wednesday.?

Horace married HEINY, Mary Annetta 09 Apr 1910, By Rev. William Birchern, Noblesville, Ind.. Mary (daughter of HEINY, Alvin and ???, Anna) was born 11 Apr 1888, Hamilton County, Indiana; died 07 Jan 1971, Stony Creek, Madison, Indiana, USA; was buried 10 Jan 1971, Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fishers Brothers Funeral Home Register, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, Indiana
"Mary Annetta Givens d. 1-7-1971 bur 10th Grove Lawn Cem. Residence: RR
3 Anderson, IN b. 4-11-1888 age 82y widowed Occupation: Housewife
Father: Alvin Heiny Mother: Anna ? Social Security No. 308-42-85-72
Informant Bernice Montgomery 25 W 9th St. Lapel , IN"

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Lapel---Mrs. Nettie Givens, 82, Rt. 3, Anderson, died at the home of a daughter in Lapel at 12 o'clock last night after a short illness. She was born in Hamilton County and spent her entire life in the Lapel Community. She was the daughter of Alvin and Anna Heiny. She married Horace Givens in 1909, who died in 1946. She was a
member of the Trinity Methodist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lester (Eloise) Dunham of Fortville and Mrs. John (Bernice) Montgomery of Lapel with whom she resided; a son, John Givens at home; four grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services have been arranged for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fisher Brothers Funeral Home here with Rev. Keith Davis in charge. Interment will take place at Pendleton in the Grove Lawn Cemetery.

Notes:

According to an unsigned genealogy obtained 3/7/2000, John and Amanda bought a 62 acre farm in Stony Creek Township in Madison County, Indiana. It remained in the family until after the death of his grandson (unnamed) in 1991. They were members of the Progressive Dunkard Church. (7/14/2002 - the Genealogy was begun by Arthur Givens after he retired as a minister. Information obtained from Stuart Givens, his nephew.)
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HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
Forkner, 1914. Page 437

John L. Givens. A resident of Madison County for sixty-five years, Mr. Givens represents the progressive rural citizenship of Stony Creek township, where he has a fine farm of sixty-two acres, with excellent improvements and a comfortable home for himself and family.
John L. Givens was born in Green Township, Madison County, November 30, 1848, a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Shawl) Givens. Andrew Givens, the father, was born in the state of Michigan, came to Indiana and was married in Madison County, his wife being a native of this state. He continued to reside in Madison County until his death in 1854. He and his wife were the parents of 3 children, the other two being N.D. Givens, of Indianapolis; and Julius Givens, who is connected with the street railway system in St. Louis.
Mr. John L. Givens was reared in Green township until he reached his majority, and as a boy attended the district school near his home. Green township, while he was growing up, still presented almost an expanse of wilderness, and residents were still engaged in the hard labor of clearing and grubbing and planting the first crops in the hard won fields. That was the training ground for his early life. He was married in Green township to Amanda Heshberger (sic), and their happy married life continued until 1909 when Mrs. Givens died. She was reared in Green and Stony Creek
townships and received her education in the public schools. The four sons born to their marriage are all living in 1913, namely: Horace, who is married and a resident of Stony Creek township; Elmer, who graduated from common schools and is married and lives in Hamilton county; Willard, who graduated from the Lapel High School and in 1913 from the University of Indiana, and is now a principal of a graded school in Noblesville, this state; Asa, who finished the course in common schools, and at the present time is in Indianapolis. Mr. Givens and family are members of the Progressive Dunkard Church. In politics he has always been a regular supporter of the Republican
party up to the campaign of 1912 in which he voted the Progressive ticket.

John married HERSBERGER, Amanda 31 Oct 1875, M.E. Church, Pendleton, In by Rev. Pierce. Amanda (daughter of HERSBERGER, John William and NORRIS, Sarah Ann) was born 23 Jul 1847, Jefferson, Maryland; died 19 Feb 1910; was buried East Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Amanda made the trip from Jefferson, Maryland to Pendleton, Indiana in a covered wagon. This trip took 6 weeks. (Oral History - as told by Willard Givens, her son, to Stuart Givens, to this writer on 7/14/2002)

Alvin married ???, Anna Abt 1879. [Group Sheet]