Edward Magner, Wife: Jane Erma (Brown) Magner Obituary


Mrs. Jane Magner, one of the oldest citizens of this county, died quite suddenly on Friday morning, May 11th of pleurisy and heart disease.

She was the daughter of Archibald Brown and was born about forty miles from Charleston, South Carolina, October 17, 1796 and moved with her parents to Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1803.

She married Edward Magner September 20, 1821 and settled in Orange County, Indiana in 1833, where she resided until her death, at the age of 81 years, six months and twenty-four days.

She united with the Concord Presbyterian Church in Kentucky in 1807, at the early age of 11 years.  She and her husband united with the Presbyterian Church at Orleans, November 1833, where she retained her membership until her death, thus making a total period of church membership of over seventy years.  Truly we may say of her "Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, like as a shock or corn cometh in his season."

Her family consists of seven children, twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, some of whom, together with her husband, have preceded her to the spirit land.

Her funeral took place from the Presbyterian Church in Orleans, and her remains were laid in the old family cemetery on the farm now owned by Mr. William Magner, Sr.

Source: The News - Wednesday, May 16, 1877

Note: A very special thank you to Cathy Clark for obtaining this obituary!