Lydia Jane (Dunkin) Landes (1842 - 1914)

Born 28 Nov 1842 in Carrollton Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Jan 1914 at age 71 in Carrollton Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Lydia jane Dunkin was born on November 28, 1842 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Indiana.^[1] She was the daughter of Benjamin Dunkin and Jane Moon. She was the 9th child of 10 children. At age 8 she was in her parent's home in Carrollton Twp., Carroll County, Indiana along with her 5 siblings.^[2]

She married Samuel Landes (1843-1932) on January 11, 1866 in Carroll County, Indiana, with W.M. Medcalf preforming the ceremony.^[3] They had 6 children.

1. Henry S Landes (1867-1936)^[4]
2. Infant Landes (1869-1870)
3. Norma Landes Hunt (1871-1946)
4. Charlie Landes (1875-)
5. Roscoe "Ross" L Landes (1877-1920)
6. Thomas landes (1886-)^[5]

They made their home on a farm in Carrollton, Carroll county, Indiana. In 1880 they were on their farm with Harry-12, Norma-8, Charlie-5 and Roscoe-age 3.^[6] By 1900, only Thomas age 14 was in the home.^[7] Sam was working as a Farm laborer. At age 67 she and Samuel-67 were still in Carrolton, with Thomas-28 in the household, where he was doing the Farming.^[8]

She died on January 30, 1914, at the age of 71, in Carrollton, Carroll County, Indiana, and was buried in the Beech Grove Cemetery in Sharon, Carroll County, Indiana.^[1]

Obituary

FROM THE FLORA PAPER:

MRS. SAMUEL LANDIS PASSES AWAY AT ADVANCED AGE: Mrs. Samuel Landis died at her home near Wheeling last Friday night from heart trouble from which she had been an invalid for the past two years, much of the time being very poorly, but through all her suffering she was the personification of patience and was perfectly resigned to her approaching death. During the last fall, she was visited by two of her sons, Harry and Charlie, of Seattle, who came knowing full well that that would probably be the last time they would behold their motherin the flesh. Their visit seemed to put new life into the aged lady. Recently the one son, Harry, reached the top of the educational ladder, when he was unanimously elected president of Washington University, and Mrs. Landis' cup of happiness ran over because this had been attained by his own effort, he having never received a dollar against the great expense of getting his education. She loved all her children, and they repaid her love with worthy lives.

Lydia Dunkin was born in Carrollton Township, November 28, 1842, and had lived, with the exception of two or three years in Kansas, within the borders of Carroll County all her life. She was united in marriage with Samuel Landis in 1866. She is survived by the husband of almost a half century, four sons, Harry and Charles, of Seattle, Wash., Ross of Logansport and Thomas, of Carrollton Township, and one daughter, Mrs. Robert S. Hunt, of Bloomington, Ind., besides a number of distant relatives and many friends. The funeral was held at the Sharon Baptist Church where she had been a member. Burial was in the Sharon Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lydia Jane Dunkin Landes (28 Nov 1842–30 Jan 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #90492438, citing Beech Grove Cemetery, Sharon, Carroll County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Richard Lybrook (contributor 47378025) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVJ-TSC : 20 December 2020), Lydia J Dunkin in household of Benja, Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXVM-VYR : 10 December 2017), Samuel Landes and Lydia Jane Duncan, 11 Jan 1866; citing Carroll, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004203305.
4. ↑ "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV6Z-3TPZ : 30 January 2020), Lydia Dunkin in entry for Henry S. Landes, 1936.
5. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXV7-7KW : 10 February 2018), Lydia Dunkin in entry for Thomas Landes and Mary Trent, 26 Nov 1912; citing Carroll, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004203308.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMF-QLK : 19 February 2021), Lydia J Landes in household of Samuel Landes, Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 149A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,267.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBX-9VF : accessed 13 March 2021), Lydia Landes in household of Samuel Landes, Carrollton Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 5B, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,361.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKG9-XJL : accessed 13 March 2021), Lydia J Landes in household of Samuel Landes, Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 4A, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 341; FHL microfilm 1,374,354.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dunkin-179 created through the import of Dunkin Family Tree.ged on Nov 13, 2011 by Melanie Dunkin.

• Thank you to Terry Duncan for creating WikiTree profile Dunkin-251 through the import of TDuncan.ged on Apr 15, 2013.