SurnameFirst NameObituary
DrummondOrrilda (Bowell)Drummond, Orrilda (Bowell) - Died, at her residence, near Rolling Prairie, December 21, 1888, Mrs. Orrilda Drummond. Fifty-six years ago, John Bowell, his wife and six children, came to LaPorte County. Mrs. Drummond was then a child about eight years of age. The family, the first night after their arrival, camped on the bank of a small lake near the present residence of Dr. B.C. Bowell. The lake is now a cultivated field; the camping ground a cemetery in which, among others, lie buried the father and mother – Mrs. Drummond was married to Jno. B. Drummond in 1844. Of the five children born to them, three are yet living; two are unmarried and one is the wife of W.A. Martin, of La Porte. Mrs. Drummond had been a member of the Christian church since 1843, and was left a widow thirty-four years ago. With a self-reliance possessed by few women, she kept her family together and managed her property with a degree of business ability that resulted in the accumulation of a competent property. About one year ago her health began to fail. She suffered severely from a heart and lung trouble. An unfailing patience on her part and the constant unwearied care of her daughters and her brother, Dr. Bowell, went far toward alleviating her suffering and robbing death of its terror. At her late home, Rev. Wm. Roe, an old time friend of the family, conducted the funeral services. And now, at the close of a useful life, and beneath the same turf above which her father first pitched his tent long years ago, she rests. (LaPorte Argus, 2 Jan 1889)

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