The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-12
OBITUARY,
Death of Mrs. Delilah Landers, Yesterday,
at the Age of Eighty-Five.

The pioneers Of the New Purchase" are leav-
ing one by one, and in few years none will re-
main 10 tell of the early settlement of this sec
ton OF the State, The last to leave was Mrs,
Delilah Stone Landers, the venerable mother of
Hon. Franklin Landers, who died in this city
yesterday morning at the home of her son. Jack
son I'anders in the eighty fifth year of her age.
Mrs Landers was born in Mercer county.
Kentucky, Nov. 10, 1898. In the fall OF 1919
her father emigrated 10 Indiana and settled in
Morgan county, near the Marion and johnson
county lines. In 1922 she was married to Will
liam Landers, of the earliest settlers of
this section of the State. She bore him
nine children, six of whom are now
living, three of them, Hon. Franklin Landers,
John Landers and Jackson Landers, being we'll
known residents of this city. When Mrs. Ian
ders was married her husband had five small
children by a former wife. These, with the nine
she bore him, grew up under her care andguidance
and became respected and hoaored citizens.
What brighter crown than this could gid her
brow2 When Mr.. William Landers came to In
diana he purchased of the government a tract of
land in the northeast corner of Morgan county,
upon which he lived until his death in October
1851. His widow continued to reside upon the
farm and direct It's cultivation until some ten
years ago, when she removed to this city, and
conducted her farming operations with success
and added very much to the patTinony left her
by her husband.
Mrs. Landers was n member of the first Ban
fist church organized in the section where she
lived. When IA Christian church was established
in her neighborhood she became a member of IT,
and continued in its communion until her death
She died in the assurance of a blessed immor-
tality.
The mind of Mrs. Landers was strong and
vigorous while she lived. She remembered many
stirring incidents connected with the early set
Element OF the State, and delighted to sneak of
them TO her friends The commissioners who
located Indianapolis as the capital of the State
stopped at her fathers house and ate dinner
cooked by her, General Upton, in his journal
describing his trip to the mouth of Fall creek to
locate the States capital, thus speaks of Mr..
VIM. Landers and the country about him. "At
this place the growth is all young timber. Some
remains of old cabins are to be seen. | am told
there was once an Indian village here. Mr.
william Landers, who lives one mile back from
the river, told me that Indian said the
French once lived here, and that he (the INDIAN
went TO school to Frenchman in this place.
but they left it about the time OF Hardin's CAM
paign, which was about thirty three years ago"
Mrs. Landers lived to the site selected by
the commissioners become great city, and her
sons among its most honored and Influential
citizens.
The remains of Mrs. Landers will be taken to
the old homestead and placed beside those of her
husband. Her memory will be revered by those
who grew up around her, for she was a good
woman, Astounding In those virtues which honor
womanhood and make the world better.