SHEETS, William 1798 - 1892

SHEETS, WIGGINS

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/1/2006 at 19:27:04

"The Fairfield Ledger"
May 4, 1892
Page 3, Column 2

William SHEETS, an old resident of Des Moines township, this county, died at the home of his son, Isaac SHEETS, west of Libertyville, this morning. Deceased reached the 94th year of his age Feb. 2d last.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, May 4, 1892
Page 2, Column 3

DEATH OF WM. SHEETS.

An early settler and one of the oldest men in the State Passes Away....

Born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia, Feb. 2, 1798, and he was therefore past 94 years old. Until recently he had been in good health, and was to a remarkable degree possessed of all his faculties. He had the distinction of driving the first mail coach across the Alleghany Mountains for Kincaid, Beck & Evans in August, 1818. He came to Iowa in 1855, and has lived here ever since on land then purchased by him about three miles west of Libertyville. His two sons, Isaac and Joseph, survive him.... Remains will be interred in the Fell Cemetery.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).

Note: Wife was Sarah WIGGINS who died in 1873 and is buried with him.