Sarah Elizabeth (Gilchrist) Sires 1850 - 1870

GILCHRIST, SIRES, SINGLETON

Posted By: Errin Wilker (email)
Date: 2/10/2008 at 13:16:17

Died at Clear Creek, Union City township, on the 13th, Sarah E., daughter of John and Elizabeth Gilchrist, and wife of Daniel Sires, aged 20 years, 3 months and 17 days.

Oh, no! She is not lost, the loved and cherished,
Tho slumbering deep beneath the church yard sod.
'Tis but the worthless casket that has perished,
While she has gone before you unto God.

She is not lost, for with a love undying,
She gently hovers o'er the friends left here.
And toward the pearly gate is ever striving,
To draw the wandering feet of those so dear.

Oh, no! She is not lost, the loved and cherished,
She lives in Heaven to fade and die no more.
And when this tenement of clay has perished,
Your soul will greet her on the Eternal Shore.

Source: Lansing Mirror, Lansing, Iowa; 18 August 1870

BORN: 10 January 1850 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia to John & Elizabeth (Singleton) Gilchrist
DIED: 13 August 1870 Union City Township, Allamakee County, Iowa