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Likely, Indiana (“India”) E.

Personal Information
Last Name Likely
First Name Indiana ("India")
Middle Name E.
Maiden Name Parker
Death Date 5/3/1928
Birth Date 12/15/1845
Obituary Source Indianapolis News, May 4, 1928; Mooresville Times,
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Mooresville Cemetery
Family Information
Spouse Rev. James Blake Likely
Survived By Stepson, Frederick Likely; 2 granddaughters; 2 grandsons; one great-granddaughter; eight cousins.
Other Age 83. Born at Greenwood; came to Mooresville with her parents, James White and Martha Jane Johnson Parker, as an infant. Lived here for 80 years in a house built by her uncle. Graduated from Indiana Female College with a liberal arts degree. Married James Likely, a Methodist minister, in 1879; he died in February 1914. She helped organize the oldest women's non-church group in Mooresville; the Likely Literary Club was named in her honor. Funeral held at M.E. church in Mooresville, by the Rev. B.B. Shake.
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