Sophia Penner

1847 - 1894  (46 years)

• Name	Sophia Penner
  Birth	19 Feb 1847	Warren County, IN
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Jan 1894	Warren County, IN
  Burial	Warren County, IN
  	BURIAL Upper Mound Cemetery Warren County, Indiana, USA
  Person ID	I3122	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 May 2021

  
  

  Father	John Penner
  Mother	Mary Keller
  Family ID	F1015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Asberry Drollinger,   b. 25 Jan 1845, Perrysville, Vermillion, IN d. 22 Jun 1926, Danville, Vermilion, IL (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1889	Danville, Vermilion, IL   [1]
  	Illinois Marriages Name: William A. Drollinger Gender: Male Spouse Name: Sophia Bukett Marriage Date: Jun 11, 1889 Marriage County: Vermilion Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film #1298746 - 1298749.
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Feb 1847 - Warren County, IN Marriage - 11 Jun 1889 - Danville, Vermilion, IL Death - 18 Jan 1894 - Warren County, IN Burial - - Warren County, IN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1860 United States Federal Census Name: Sophia Penner Age: 12 Birth Year: abt 1848 Gender: Female Birth Place: Indiana Home in 1860: Newell, Vermilion, Illinois Post Office: Danville Dwelling Number: 3469 Family Number: 3492 Attended School: Yes Household Members Age John Penner 51 Mary A Penner 31 James Penner 20 Bloomer Penner 18 Martha Penner 17 Sophia Penner 12 Nancy Penner 10 John Penner 6 Father: John Willis Penner Mother: Mary Ann Penner Spouse: Benjamin Hilliard Beckett Children: George Bradford Beckett Samuel Monroe Beckett Maxwell H. Beckett John Andrew Beckett "Tuesday morning Mrs. Sophia Drollinger, residing near Foster in Mound Township died, her death being caused it is supposed from drinking coffee containing poison. Mrs. D. had been ill for sometime and now it is believed her illness was caused by the coffee. Neighbors Isaiah Thompson, Robert Griner, Lemuel Howell, C.W. Beckett and his wife, Braden Beckett, a son of deceased, had bone to Mrs. Drollinger's to assist in laying out the remains, and at dinner had drank of the coffee, a deathly sickness and severe vomiting soon following, which lead to the belief Mrs. D. was poisoned. Decased had said before dying that the coffee frequently made her sick when she drank it. All who drank the coffee at dinner Tuesday were compelled to go to bed. Some are better and some are still sick. Mrs. D. was about 40 years old, and leaves a husband and 4 sons. Remains will be interred today in Mound Prairie Cemetery. The coffee used was either "Four X" or "Lyon," our reporter did not know which." "A special to the Lafayette Daily Courier states, "the Drollinger poisioning case at Foster is creating great excitement. The husband refuses to let the authorities take up his wife's remains and guards her grave with a shotgun. He is strongly suspected of causing her death, as a former wife died suddenly in a similiar manner." Iowa, U.S., Death Records Name: Sophia Penner Gender: Female Spouse: Hilliard Bechett Child: John Andrew Bechett

  
  

• Sources

  [S300] Vermillion County IL Marriage Records.