Mary Tabitha Andis

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parents:   John Andis and Isabelle Bough

 
Birth:  26 Sep 1887  Martin Co, IN
Death:  30 Oct 1965  Oolitic, Lawrence, IN
Burial:  Flynn Cemetery, near Cincinnati, Greene Co, IN

Marriage #1

Elisha Ephraim "Eph" Fortner

 16 Dec 1908  Martin Co, IN

Children
Lena Deloris Fortner 10 Sep 1909
Violet Marie Fortner 07 Feb 1915
Flavel Sylvester Fortner 22 Jul 1920
Marjorie Naomi or Noma Fortner 12 Mar 1925
Carlos Leveron "Jack" Fortner 14 Nov 1927

children of Elisha Ephraim "Eph" Fortner and Mary Tabitha (Andis) Fortner


Sources
1900 Federal census Brown, Martin, IN - age 17 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Brown, Martin, IN - age 25 (view census information)
1920 Federal census Brown, Martin, IN - age 32 (view census information)
1930 Federal census Indian Creek, Lawrence, IN - age 45 (view census information)
Ancestry.com Enlistment records; 
Monroe County Library, Bloomington, IN Various obituaries
Martin County Courthouse, Shoals, IN Marriage records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Daviess County Courthouse, Washington, IN Marriage records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Random Acts of Kindness, Peggy Robbins Obituaries: Tombstone photos for Mary Tabitha (Andis) Fortner & Elisha Ephraim "Eph" Fortner, Frank DeMoss & Marjorie N (Fortner) DeMoss, Ronnie L DeMoss, Charles W DeMoss, Larry R Fortner, Darrell Fay Fortner, Francis E Fortner
Random Acts of Kindness, Judy Jefferson Obituaries: Rev. Flavel S Fortner, Larry R Fortner, Francis E Fortner, Darrell Fay Fortner, Willis Fortner (all from library records)
Carmichael Cemetery, east of Cincinnatti, Greene Co, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Mt Olive Cemetery, Williams, Lawrence, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Flynn Cemetery, near Cincinnati, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Mt Olive Cemetery, near Odon, Daviess Co, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Random Acts of Kindness, Monroe County volunteer Lana Ayers Tombstone photos - Valhalla Memory Gardens, Bloomington, Monroe, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Julia Young Tombstone photos - Mt Olive Cemetery, near Odon, Daviess Co, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Bob Hamlin Tombstone photos - Carmichael Cemetery, east of Cincinnatti, Greene Co, IN
FInd a Grave volunteers G Wooden and Richard Harrison Tombstone and cemetery photos - Mount Ebal Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe, IN
Family records Records and photos belonging Mike Fortner
Family records Records belonging to Vicky Toborg
Family records Records belonging to Dina (DeMoss) Wiley
Family records Records and photos belonging to Nancy (Hardwick) Howell
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

 
Miscellaneous Information
1) We have a copy of Eph and Mary's marriage record.

2) Husband of Mary Tabitha Andis: Elisha Ephraim "Eph" Fortner* - born 15 Sep 1889 Burns City, Martin Co, IN - see photos below; died 27 Jul 1958 Linton, Greene, IN; obituary; death certificate; cause of death: pulmonary embolism following total gastric resection for ulcers; buried Flynn Cemetery, near Cincinnati, Greene Co, IN - see photos and tombstone photo below; funeral card; son of Michael Fortner Jr (05 Oct 1854 Martin Co, IN - 20 Feb 1930 Martin Co, IN; obituary; son of Michael Fortner Sr and Jane Barnes - see Michael Sr and Jane here under Hannah Bowman) and Alzelenia Ritchey (15 Nov 1856 - 13 Nov 1936); Michael and Alzelenia buried Old Salem Cemetery, Martin Co, IN - tombstone photos; Michael and Alzelenia married 07 Oct 1875 Martin Co, IN; Fortner family photos; Fortner family home; WWI draft registration card; 
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* "Eph" is the brother of Mary Margaret "Meg" Fortner (found here) and Nancy Jane Fortner (found here).

3) We have a copy of Mary's obituary and death certificate; cause of death: chronic myocarditis.

 

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Nancy Howell for the following photos (except where noted)

Michael Fortner Jr and his wife Alzelenia (Ritchey) Fortner 
with their children 
back: John, Nancy Jane 
Michael holding Tom and Alzelenia holding Eph
front: George, Mary Margaret

1889

thanks to Mike Fortner for this photo

 

Tom Fortner, Virde Jonas Hardwick, Nancy (Fortner) Hardwick, Mary "Meg" (Fortner) Andis, Sylvia Fortner, Eph Fortner

c. 1910

The Michael Fortner Jr Family
Michael and Alzelenia are the parents of Margaret "Meg" (Fortner) Andis

back row, left to right: James W Ritchey, Eli Hardwick, Nancy Jane (Fortner) Hardwick, 
Tom Fortner, Eli C Andis, Mary "Meg" (Fortner) Andis, Sylvia (Fortner) Streepy, Elisha Eph Fortner
front row, left to right: Roy Calvin Hardwick, Michael Fortner Jr, Virde Jonas Fortner, 
Alzelenia (Ritchey) Fortner, James Everett Andis 

c. 1910

 

Hannah's family
(the day of her funeral)

back row - brothers: Franklin Andis, Isaac D Andis
middle row - sisters: Edna (Andis) Sanders, 
 Sarah Cleta (Andis) Turpin, Mary Tabitha (Andis) Fortner 
front - sister: Margaret (Andis) Waggoner, Ottie Mitchell (husband)

26 Jun 1939

thanks to Nina Rowe LaRue for this photo

 

Violet and Lena Fortner
children of Elisha Ephraim & 
Mary Tabitha (Andis) Fortner

c. 1915


back: Evalina (Hendricks) Fortner, Mary Tabitha (Andis) Fortner
front: unknown, Violet Marie (Fortner) Brassine 

unknown date

thanks to Bobbie Andis for this photo

 

Mary Tabitha Andis and her husband Elisha Ephraim "Eph" Fortner

Flynn Cemetery
near Cincinnati, Greene Co, IN

thanks to Peggy Robbins for this photo

 

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