This photograph of Elizabeth Fulcomer Butler's tombstone in Hice-Pershing Cemetery was taken from the media file of Donald Buncie's Buncie-Forsha Family Tree at Ancestry.com. He credited the photograph to Bill Trimble.
ELIZABETH (FULCOMER) BUTLER
Daughter of George and Catharine (Cline) Fulcomer
Wife of Samuel Butler
Born 11 December 1821; Died 3 March 1913
GRIM REAPER'S HARVEST
Mrs. Elizabeth Butler
The Indiana Progress, Wednesday, 5 March 1913, Page 4
Mrs. Elizabeth Butler, widow of Samuel Butler, and one of the pioneer residents of East Wheatfield township, died at the Butler home on Sunday at the age of 92 years. Since the death of her husband in 1899, Mrs. Butler has resided with the widow of her son, Mrs. Richard Butler, on the old homestead. She was a lifelong resident of the county and located in East Wheatfield township when it was practically a wilderness. She enjoyed excellent health all of her lifetime until within two weeks before her death, when she fell, sustaining injuries which hastened the end. She leaves the following children: Alexander of Johnstown; Samuel, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Robert G. Mack, of East Wheatfield; Mrs. Jacob W. Mack, of West Wheatfield. A number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are living also. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon and interment was made in Hice's graveyard in East Wheatfield township.
RECENT DEATHS
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Butler
Indiana Weekly Messenger, Wednesday, 12 March 1913, Page 1
Mrs. Elizabeth Fulcomer Butler, aged 90 years, 2 months and 21 days, died at the home of Mrs. Richard Butler, in East Wheatfield township, on March 3. The deceased was the widow of Samuel Butler and had made her home in Indiana county since she was four years of age. Mrs. Butler's death was due to a stroke of paralysis. She is survived by the following children: Alex. Butler, of Morrellville; Samuel Butler of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. J.W. Mack, of Clyde; and Mrs. R.G. Mack, of East Wheatfield. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon of last week by Rev. Spangler, of the New Florence Lutheran Church, and interment was made in the Heice Cemetery.
Although some of the dates and locations cited in it are in error, the following excerpt from a biography of Samuel and Elizabeth Butler's son, Richard, provides more general information about the family (Stewart, Prof. J.T., "Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present," Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1913, Volume II, Page 1123):
Samuel Butler, father of Richard Butler, was born Oct. 24, 1818, and spent his life in agricultural pursuits in East Wheatfield township, where he accumulated 300 acres of land, built a handsome residence, and made numerous other valuable improvements. He became one of the leading farmers of his section, and in his death, which occurred April 28, 1897 (actually 1899), East Wheatfield township lost one of its best citizens. He was buried in the Lutheran cemetery (actually Hice-Pershing Cemetery) in (East) Wheatfield township, having been a consistent member of the Lutheran Church at New Florence. His widow, who was born Dec. 11, 1821, is a daughter of George Fulcomer, and still survives at the advanced age age of ninety-one years, being tenderly cared for by her daughter-in-law, with whom she makes her home. She is a member of the Lutheran Church. To Samuel and Elizabeth Butler were born children as follows: Alexander, born July 23, 1846; John, Jan. 24, 1848 (died in Denver, Colo); Richard Henry, Nov. 2, 1851 (died young); Sarah Jane, Sept. 16, 1853 (married Robert G. Mack); Catherine Ann, Sept. 20, 1855 (married Jacob W. Mack, of West Wheatfield township); Samuel, Aug. 11, 1857 (resides at Los Angeles, Cal.); George Washington, July 19, 1859 (married Lila Lynn, and died in 1910, at Johnstown, Pa.); William, Aug. 20, 1861 (who died young); and Emmeline, June 20, 1864 (died at the age of sixteen years).
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