Mitchell, Sarah A. (Kennedy) 1822-1906

MITCHELL, KENNEDY, BRADFORD, BALDRIDGE, DICKSON, ANDERSON

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 1/30/2005 at 10:43:07

Mrs. S. A. Mitchell died this morning a little after 6 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. P. Dickson, corner of Farmer and South Street. Short services will be held at this home tomorrow afternoon and Wednesday morning the body will be taken to Monroe for burial. The funeral services will be held in the United Presbyterian Church in that city. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, Monday, January 15, 1906, Page 1, Column 4

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Sarah A. Kennedy was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, eighty-four years ago the 16th of last April. Her parents were both natives of Ireland. At the age of eighteen years she was married to John Mitchell in Beaver County, where she had spent her childhood and young womanhood. Here for some years longer she resided with her husband, when they removed to Ohio and later to Illinois. In the year 1881 the family moved to Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa. Five years after their removal to that city the father died, just twenty years ago the last day of this month. Since that time the wife made her home with her daughters, much of the time with the ones residing in Newton.

Mrs. Mitchell was the mother of eight children, six of whom survive her. These are five daughters, Mrs. Belle Bradford of Viola, Ill., Mrs. A. L. Dickson of Tarkio, Mo., Mary E. Baldridge of Des Moines, and Mesdames E. T. Dickson and Maggie M. Anderson of this city and one son, James Mitchell of Oskaloosa, Ia. There are thirty grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, some are in the United States and some in the mission fields of India.

Soon after her marriage Mrs. Mitchell united with the church and has always been a devoted, true Christian. She was intelligent, industrious, patient and cheerful. A true mother, who has gone to her rest after many years of happiness and sorrow, of pain and joy.

For a number of years she has been an invalid, but those who have cared for her and been with her day after day tell of the beautiful sweet life she lived, never murmuring, but often expressing the wish that the time might come for her to rest. Just four weeks before she died she was taken ill with the last serious sickness and gradually grew weaker until the end. Most of the time she was conscious but did not talk much, and when asked by some loved ones if she felt too weak to do so her answer would be yes.

Rev. E. F. Gillis of the United Presbyterian Church, who has been her pastor for some time, had charge of the short services last evening in this city and also of the funeral at Monroe today. The music last evening was furnished by Misses Blanche Warner and Veva Lathrum and Messrs. Don and Syer Miles. ~ The Newton Daily News, Wednesday, January 17, 1906, Page 1, Column 2