I am posting the obits of my 2nd great grandmother and grandfather in hopes of assisting others and also to verify information and also to see if anyone has additional information on Mazannah Stonebraker and her parents, John Stonebraker and Catherine??. I am interested in finding out the following: (I may be reached at gliv@bellsouth.net)
• Any surviving pictures, pic of tombstone if one exists.
• Verify Mazannah's parents Names, d.o.b, where they came from death dates, origin
• Names of Mazannah's siblings (supposedly she had 14 siblings)
• Any other historical information such as land records, etc.
Mazahhan was born Aug 1833 and her father's name was John Stonebraker ( no d.o.b, place of birth, date of death, origin). John Stonbraker's wife was said to be Catherine ??? - no additional informational is available for on Catherine. The ancestors of John Stonebraker and Wife Catherine, have become a brick wall for me. I have Mazannah's birth as Aug 1833 and death about April or May 1925.

Obiturary information was provided by Roslie Adkins
The Hartford City News Monday, May 4, 1925, Pg1, C3:
PIONEER WOMAN CALLED BEYOND
Mrs. Mazannah Stanley, 91, Laid to Rest Monday Afternoon at Montpelier.
Mrs. Mazannah Stanley, aged 91 died at her home in Montpelier, Saturday evening, following a brief illness with complication and old age. Mrs. Stanley had been in poor health for the past several months.
"Aunt Mazan" as she was commonly known, was one of the pioneer residents of the county. She and her husband, Lewis Stanley, moved to Blackford county from Bluntsville, Ind., fifty years ago. The husband preceded the deceased in death, several years ago.
The dead woman was widely known throughout the county and had many friends in Montpelier and in Randolph and Henry counties.
Mrs. Stanley was the oldest of a family of fourteen children, all of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by three children - Mrs. John Koontz and Lloyd Stanley, both of Montpelier, and Seas Stanley, of Muncie.
Funeral services were conducted from the late home in Montpelier, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in that city.
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On Lewis Stanley, I am interested in learning

The Evening News, Saturday, January 30, 1915, Pg1, C5
LONG RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES.
Lewis M. Stanley of Montpelier passed away early Saturday
Relative Richmond College Founder
Lewis M. Stanley, 81 (or 91), a resident of Blackford county since 1872, passed away at the home of his son, Lloyd Stanley, in Montpelier, early Saturday morning. He was a relative of J.P. Rawlings of this city, and was also related to the Stanley who founded Earlham college, at Richmond, Ind.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home.
Mr. Stanley formerly lived just south of Montpelier. On one occasion he was badly injured while crossing the traction line. His death was not caused by his injuries, however, for he succumbed to the infirmities of age. He had been ill only a week.
Surviving are three children, who are Mrs. Dora Koontz of Cincinnati.; ? J. Stanley, of Muncie, and Lloyd Stanley, of Montpelier. Four brothers and sisters living in Delaware county survive.

Maxine Livingston