In Memory of Mother by Joseph T. Day (Part of a long obit. by T. Day)
Sarah Jane BOLT was born August 22, 1842 and died June 26, 1902, aged fifty-nine years, ten months and four days. She was the daughter of William A. and Catherine Bolt and was born, reared into womanhood and first married in Carrol County, Virginia.
The subject of this sketch was married to James B. DAY, June 16th, 1860, with whom she lived until death separated them July 5th, 1873. To this union were born six children; five boys and one girl, all of whom are still living to mourn the irreparable loss of the best and dearest of all earthly friends, a kind, loving, indulgent mother.
In 1870, James B. Day, her first husband moved his family from Virginia to Indiana, locating near Farmland, in Randolph county. Here the family continued to live up to the death of husband and father and for three years thereafter in 1876. These were hard years for the little family, since poverty, sickness and death had laid the hand of affliction heavily upon them.
When father died in 1873, he left the mother with six small children; Joseph T., Stephen M., William L., John E., Laura J. and James L., to care for and no property of any kind with which to support them. Like the brave, industrious, woman that she was, the bereaved widow applied for and obtained employment with the farms in the locality in which she lived and with meager earnings to keep her little folks above want. She willingly and cheerfully worked at anything her hands could find to do, whether it was at the washtub, in the corn field or any other kind of labor from which she derived a sustenance for her family.
In 1876 circumstances compelled mother to find a different home for herself and children. Through the kindness of her future husband, she and the children were permitted to occupy a small house on his farm in the locality of Bear Creek, about ten miles northwest of Winchester. Here the family continued to reside until June 16, 1878, when mother became the wife of Benjamin ADDINGTON, and the family a part of his household.
To this union was born one child, a son. who died in infancy. In the winter of 1871-1872 her first husband became a member of the Methodist Church of Farmland, Indiana. She remained a faithful, active member of this church until after her second marriage, when she charitably transferred her church affiliation to that of the Friends Society in order that she and her husband might worship congenially together at the same alter. Sister Addington was a firm believer in the tenets and doctrines of the Christian religion.
About six months before her death she became seriously ill and although the best medical aid was invoked, she continued to decline until her death on the evening of June 26th., 1902.
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From another file I found a little information on a few of the children; An unused statement, JOSEPH T. DAY Attorney at Law Collections A Specialty Ridgeville, Indiana...…...188_.
A letter from U.S. Senator James E. Watson to Mr. Joseph T. Day, Attorney at Law, Anderson, Indiana August 30, 1918.
A letter under the Winchester Democrat Newspaper logo from E. S. Edger to Hon. Joseph T. Day, March 15, 1900.
A letter to Brother Joe from Lewis on stationary with the logo, Day Brothers Company, Retailers and Distributors of Merchandise, Winchester, Ind., Dec. 23, 1907. It tells of money troubles, real estate sales etc. The officers of the company are J. T. Day, Pres., W. L. Day, Sec'y & Treas., J. E. Day, Vice Pres't.
An invoice from the Amusement Supply Co., Luther Day, Manager Day and PFLASTER (brother-in-law, Henry), Owners Winchester, Ind., July 29, 1907. Listed as sold; Punching Bag $35.00, Pea Nut Machine $15.00, Postal Card Machine $25.00, 2 Coleoscopes @ $35.00, $70.00, 5 Mutiscopes @ $32.00, $160.00 and 14 Slot Machines @ $34.28, $480.00.
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Admitted To The James Moorman Orphans Home:
Lillie Mae MARKER White Female Brown Hair
Date of Birth January 5, 1927
Place of Birth Farmland, Indiana
Date Admitted To Home July2, 1935
By Whom placed In Home Mrs. Clyde MOORE, Member B. L. Guardians
Fathers Name William Otis Marker
If Deceased, Cause Of Death? Suicide
Mothers Name Eliza Ellen (ABERNATHY) Marker
Maiden Name Eliza Ellen McNEES
If Deceased, Cause of Death? Shot To Death By Husband
Sisters Ulla Ann Abernathy at Knightstown Orphanage
Evelyn Mae Abernathy " "
Doris Ellen Marker
Laura Pearl & Sylvia Louise With Grandmother McNees
Paternal Grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Marker Dead
Maternal Grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Charles McNees, Farmland, Ind.
Placement of Child With Whom? Maternal Grandparents 8-14-1937
Remarks Lillie Mae Marker is now at White's Institution, Fort, Wayne, Ind. for misconduct.
The shooting occurred in Parker on February 12, 1935 shortly after William Marker had come to the home, a two car garage in which the parents and six children had been living since their home was burned in 1932. The six children were the only witnesses to the shotgun slaying of their mother. Their father then ran to a neighbor's orchard and killed himself. Marker's action is blamed on despondency because of ill health and unemployment. After the loss of the home by fire, the family had been forced to live in the garage. Marker had been unable to secure work for many months.
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