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SANDS, Ellen E. Briggs 1860-1943

SANDS, BRIGGS, BENNETT, DORMAN

Posted By: Jennifer Jackson (email)
Date: 1/31/2013 at 08:50:47

Waterloo Courier

Ellen E. Briggs Sands

Born - April 12, 1860, in Willow Creek, Illinois
Passed - April 27, 1943 in Finchford, Iowa

FINCHFORD — Mrs. George Sands, 83, Saturday at her home here; her granddaughter, Alice Bennett, who had lived with her the last several years, had gone to Dumont to spend Easter with her mother and as Mrs. Sands was alone her body was not found until Sunday; she was born April 12, 1860, in Illinois, and came to Iowa with her parents when she was 12, the family settling on a farm west of Finchford; married to George R. Sands March 31, 1881: Mrs. Sands. was a leader in the Finchford W. C. T. U., was a member of the disbanded Christian church here, and was one of the last of the early settlers of the community: leaves two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Bennett, Dumont: Mrs. Pearl Dorman, Cedar Falls: and Henry, Waterloo: husband died 15 years ago and two children preceded her: funeral Tuesday.


 

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