Sarah [Davis] Killpatrick, 1822-1895

BYRKIT, DAVIS, DINWIDDIE, KILLPATRICK, TEMPLIN, WOODS

Posted By: Pat Ryan White (email)
Date: 5/25/2009 at 20:39:56

IN MEMORIAM.

Word came to Mt. Pleasant last week, that Mrs. Killpatrick had died at the home of daughter, Mrs. Mary Templin, in Fairhaven, Washington, and scores of friends felt a keen sympathy for those so sorely bereaved by her departure, and a bitter sense of personal loss; for she was one of those rare natures whom to know is to love, trusted by friends, and useful both to community and church.

Sarah Davis, daughter of Nathan and Eliza Davis, was born in Randolph country, Ill., January 28th, 1822. She removed with her parents to Mt. Pleasant in 1845; was married June 10th, 1846 to Ephram Killpatrick, and proved a most devoted wife, and tender mother to his three little daughters, who had been left motherless. These daughters, now in mature years, are still living. Mrs. Lucy Byrkit, Mrs. Sarah Woods and Mrs. Mary Templin, together with another daughter, who came to bless her life and bless her home, Mrs. Ella Dinwiddie, of Cedar falls, Iowa. Her only son, James Harlan Killpatrick, died at the age of four and a half years.

Mrs. Killpatrick possessed, above all, a youthful spirit, and while age had somewhat impaired her physical powers, her face was full of youthful vigor, and her attachment to young people, and her interest in them never abated. While living in Mt. Pleasant, while her daughters were in college, the Killpatrick home was ever conspicuous for its generous hospitality, and the life of every gathering, was the kind, unselfish mother.

She and Judge Killpatrick thought it wise to seek a kinder climate for the approaching winter, and journeyed to Fairhaven, Washinton, to spend it with her daughter, Mrs. Templin, but a heart trouble soon brought her life to a close, and she was laid to rest in that far away western land by the side of a beloved granddaughter.

Sympathy for the husband and daughters is wide spread. The consideration and affection Mrs. Killpatrick ever felt for others, are now recalled, and it becomes those who were her friends, and loved her dearly, to emulate her character, and to feel that their lives are broader and richer because of being her friend.

["Mt. Pleasant Daily News", Monday, November 18, 1895]