Martha Ellen "Mattie" Bonebrake

Female 1866 - 1962  (96 years)


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  • Name Martha Ellen "Mattie" Bonebrake 
    Birth 16 May 1866  IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1880 United States Federal Census
      about John M. Bonebrake
      Name: John M. Bonebrake
      Age: 72
      Birth Year: abt 1808
      Birthplace: Ohio
      Home in 1880: Van Buren, Fountain, Indiana
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Rachel Bonebrake
      Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
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      Occupation: Farmer
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      Household Members: Name Age
      John M. Bonebrake 72 Ohio
      (Wife) Rachel Bonebrake 55 Tennessee
      (Daughter) Racina J. Bonebrake 20 Indiana
      (Daughter) Martha Bonebrake 14 Indiana
      (Servant) Leander Webb 27 Indiana
      (Internet extraction and some transcription provided by David H.Drollinger 7 Feb 2013)
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Oct 1962  Covington, Fountain, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "Mrs. Martha Patton, one of West Central Indiana's oldest residents, died early Monday morning, Oct. 1, in the Rudisill Nursing Home, Second St., Covington. She was 96 years old.

      Born May 16, 1866 south of Veedersburg, she was the youngest child of a large family born to John and Rachael Chumlea Bonebrake. She attended the old Dice school near Veedersburg.

      She married Morton Patton Dec. 23, 1883. They celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary two months before Mr. Patton's death, Feb. 2, 1951. She was a resident of the Prairie Creek community for many years and was a member of the Prairie Creek Baptist Church.

      Mrs. Patton is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Vall Thomas of Kingman; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

      The body was brought to the Woodrow Funeral Home here where friends called. Funeral services were conducted at the funeral home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Oct. 3. The Rev. Harry Hybarger officiated and burial was in the Masonic Cemetery at Waynetown."

      Martha Ellen Patton
      in the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011
      Name: Martha Ellen Patton
      [Martha Ellen Boerke]
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Age: 96
      Marital status: Widowed
      Birth Date: 16 May 1866
      Birth Place: Indiana
      Death Date: 1 Oct 1962
      Death Place: Covington, Fountain, Indiana, USA
      Father: John Boerke
      Mother: Racheal Boerke
    Person ID I29110  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 May 2021 

    Father John Miller Bonebrake,   b. 27 Jan 1808, Preble County, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1901, Van Buren Twp, Fountain County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Rachel Chumlea,   b. 27 Apr 1824, Knox County, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1893, Van Buren, Fountain, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F10404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • Mattie Bonebrake
      in the Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941
      Name: Mattie Bonebrake
      Spouse Name: Morton Patton
      Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1883
      Marriage County: Fountain