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- "SAMUEL CLARENCE ELKINS, 2nd child of Franklin Asbury and Clara MaeTyler Elkins. Samuel C. Elkins, was born in Judson, Indiana,Washington Township in Parke County, Indiana. He remembered going bywagon with his family to visit his grandfather, William Elkins, whowas a big man and having huge hands. He was only nine years old whenhis grandfather passed away so it probably would have seemed so tohim. He told as a young man having rode the rails and worked on therailroad out to the West and back. He met his wife to be (GladysFarner) at a church in Bloomingdale, Indiana. They courted by wagonand were married two years later in Fountain County. He was a farmermost of his life and they lived in Fountain County when first marriedand their first child of fourteen children was born there. The restwere born in Parke County, Indiana where Samuel and Gladys spent therest of their lives." , per Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins. [Transcribed14 Jan 2005, SLJuhl, granddaughter & compiler]
"LOVE LETTER WRITTEN TO GLADYS FARNER FROM SAM C. ELKINS, JANUARY 27,1920: Kingman, Indiana Jan. 27, 1920 Dear loving friend, as I wasthinking of you thought I would write you and grandma a few lines tolet you know that I got up here o.k. and I hope and trust to God whenthis letter reaches you, you will feel all right and Dear one if youget worse please let me know it at once and I will sure be down thairkid. I am crying and trying to write to you. I wish thatD--Edward--would have his Dam-neck broke for scending after Tommie.Well Dear it was just 6:30 o'clock when I got up here this morning.Well kid I sure wished I was down home. I mean your house so I couldbe with you so you wouldent be a foird and help you do the work I meanso can do the working my self. sory Dear one we are not going toBrazelill Sat thay are going to send it up on the train this weakwell sweethart I am so sleepy. I cant hardly write well kid I seeyou Sat night or will Sunday sure so look for me. for you Know that Ican hardly stay away at all. for God sure Know I sure love you so yousee why I dont want to stay so far a part. I hate thair will be a dayso we will forget me not never---XXXXG.F.S.E.0000XXXX0000 God be withus until we ,eat again . god by my loving one GF. be happy the restof our days then I will be pleased then not untill well Dear mustclose for this time so god by from one who sure loves you SWAK (lotsof X's & O's) Mr Samuel Elkins Kingman RR 2. Box 2 Fou Co. In carof John Day. love you GF", per original letter of Samuel Elkins.[Transcribed 14 Jan 2005, SLJuhl, granddaughter & compiler]
"A TRIBUTE PUBLISHED IN THE PAGES OF THE TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE TERREHAUTE, INDIANA MAY 22, 1967 MEMORIAL OBITURARY: Entered IntoEternal Rest Sunday, May 21, 1967 SAMUEL C. ELKINS Montezuma, Ind.(Special) -- Samuel C. Elkins, 69, died at 5 p.m. Sunday at hisresidence. He was a retired farmer and laborer. Surviving are thewidow, Gladys; seven sons, Joe, Kansas, Ill., Orville, Danville, Ill.,James, Montezuma, and Donald, Ronald, Kenneth, all of South Bend; fourdaughters, Mrs. Vera Paddock, Newman, Ill.; Mrs. Helen Wall, SouthBend; Mrs. Evelyn Lunog, Hawaii, and Mrs. Doris Walter, Rosedale; 26grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending atthe Barnes Mortuary, Rockville." [Transcribed 14 Jan 2005, SLJuhl,granddaughter & compiler]
Please check this: CONC 22, 1967, The Terre Haute Tribune Newspaper, Terre Haute, Vigo County,
CONC Indiana.
BURI: CONC Cemetery, Grange Corner, South of Wallace, Fountain
_MDCL: CONC degenerative disc disease of his spine. He died of heart failure at
_MDCL: CONC 70 years old.
- (Medical):Partial loss of use of left arm in later years of life. He had
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