SINCLAIR Mrs. Anna (CANADAY) 1816 - 1902

SINCLAIR, CANADAY, SARGENT, LAUGHARY

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 5/3/2004 at 15:29:32

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, January 15, 1902
Page 3, Column 5

PACKWOOD--Mrs. Anna SINCLAIR was injured Thanksgiving Day by a fall from a buggy, and died Monday morning. She had so far recovered from the injuries as to be up and sat at the table Christmas Day with her children and grandchildren.... Mrs. SINCLAIR's maiden name was Anna CANADAY, and she was born in Highland County, Ohio in 1816. She was married in 1839 to Wm. SINCLAIR. They made a home in Indiana, remaining there six years. They came to Iowa and settled on a farm near Elm Grove, where they resided until ten years ago. They then came to Packwood, where Mr. SINCLAIR died in two years. Three daughters and one son are left of eight children to mourn the loss of a noble mother. The son, James W., resides at Grand Junction, Col., Mrs. Ed SARGENT in Des Moines, while Mrs. J. S. LAUGHARY and Miss Margaret have their homes here. Mrs. SARGENT was not able to be here because of smallpox in her family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday or Thursday and interment will be made in the Moorman cemetery... She was a member of the Methodist church for many years, and there may be those left who remember those gray-haired patriarchs and the mothers in Israel who gave their testimony and sanctified that old place of worship, Elm Grove. But the scene has changed and only their graves and the records of their lives remain to us.