Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . prising gentlemen whose names appear above came to thefront and filled the want of the community in this regard. Among the prominent people lying at rest in this beauti- 906 HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA. ful cemetery is the late Dr. James M. DeHority, who is placedin a family vault, erected in 1882. Mrs. Flora May Howe,daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Edwins, whose sad death isyet fresh in the minds of her many friends, is also sleeping inthe handsome vault erected by Dr. Edwins, an illustration ofwhich is given on this pag
Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . prising gentlemen whose names appear above came to thefront and filled the want of the community in this regard. Among the prominent people lying at rest in this beauti- 906 HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA. ful cemetery is the late Dr. James M. DeHority, who is placedin a family vault, erected in 1882. Mrs. Flora May Howe,daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Edwins, whose sad death isyet fresh in the minds of her many friends, is also sleeping inthe handsome vault erected by Dr. Edwins, an illustration ofwhich is given on this page. This is the finest receptacle for the dead in Madisoncounty, and is a credit not only to its builder but to the cityin which it is located. It cost the goodly sum of $4,000,and is built of finely dressed Bedford stone, presenting a beau-tiful exterior, and is handsomely arranged inside the wallswith marble cases, urns, and stone vases for flowers. Dr. Edwins has spared neither pains nor money to makethis not only a credit to himself and a monument to the mem-. THE EDWINS VAULT. ory of his beloved daughter, but to make it one of the substan-tial evidences of the taste and refinement of the communityin which he lives ; one that the people of Elwooa can wellfeel proud of and point to as a remembrance of the Doctorlong after he has passed beyond, and has been placed besidehis loving daughter, who has gone before him to that landfrom whence no traveler returns. HISTdRY OF MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA. 907 BURNING OF THE EXCELSIOR FACTORY AT ELWOOD. Leeson & March, during the year 1888, owned and oper-ated an excelsior factory at Elvvood. It caught fire on the20th of December of that year and was utterly fire had been put out under the boiler in order to enable somemen to do work there. The machinery was running, althoughthe gas was turned off from the boilers where they were mak-ing some changes. It was thought that the changes could bemade in a very few minutes, and ins
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