Iowa
Old Press
FREMONT COUNTY SUN
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
March 6, 1908
SARAH JANE YOWELL
Was born in East Virginia on the 14th of July 1847. She died on
the 2nd of March 1908, aged 60 years 7 months and 18 days. In the
month of September 1866, being then 19 years old, she was married
to Mr. Daniel P. Smith and with her husband moved to Fremont
county, Iowa, 35 years ago. She was the mother of eleven
children, six boys and five girls. Of these, one boy and one girl
preceded her into the shadowy land.
On the 9th of March, 1894, her husband passed away. For almost
five years she remained a widow, being married again on the 2nd
day of December 1899 to Mr. C. P. Thompson with whom she was
living at the time of her death. Besides Mr. Thompson, nine of
her children by her first husband, all of whom but two are
married, and three step-sons are left to mourn her loss. Mrs.
Thompson died of goitre of the neck, having suffered therewith
for about 32 years.
In early life she gave her heart to the Savior, being baptized
into the Wesleyan Methodist church, but in the year 1885 in a
meeting held at Liberty she united with the Christian church and
subsequently moving to Riverton, took membership with the church
at that place. Her end was peace. The funeral took place from the
Riverton Christian church on Tuesday afternoon, the 3rd instant,
the pastor, Eld. H. A. Pallister, assisted by Rev. Fred Harris,
of the M. E. church, conducting the services.
[transcribed by W.F., June 2006]