Sarah Ellen (Harrell) Ford (1930)

FORD, HARRELL, JONES

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson
Date: 3/23/2006 at 15:37:39

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 6, 1930
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Mrs. Sarah E. Ford Dies

Mrs. Sarah E. Ford, an old time resident of Madison county and Winterset, died at her home on North First avenue, Tuesday morning, February 4th, with heart trouble. Mrs. Ford had not been seriously ill previous to her death.

Mrs. Ford, who was 75 years of age, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel I. Harrell. She was born in Jackson county, Indiana, but came to this county, with her parents, when she was a child. They settled on a farm in the Zion church neighborhood.

Later Mrs. Ford lived west of town and her husband, Wesley P. Ford, died in 1901. Since then Mrs. Ford had resided in Winterset, but she still owned the home farm, 8-1/2 miles west of Winterset.

The deceased is survived by her sisters, Miss Frances Harrell, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Ben Jones, also of Winterset.

The Rev. A. P. Keast, pastor of the Methodist church, will conduct the funeral services at the church, Thursday afternoon, February 6th, at 2 o’clock, and burial will be made in the Winterset cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, Feb. 14, 1930
Page 8

Mrs. Sarah Ford

Sarah Ellen Harrell was born in Jackson county, Indiana, January 30, 1855. She came with her parents to Madison county, Iowa, in the fall of 1871 and settled on a farm south of the Lincoln school house in Scott township.

She was married to Wesley T. Ford December 23, 1875, and moved onto a farm two and one half miles west of the West Star church. Here she lived until after the death of her husband February 13, 1901. She moved to Winterset March 7 of that year where she lived until her death.

She united with Christian church when about fifteen years of age in Jackson county, Indiana. When she came to Iowa, she brought a letter from the Christian church and united with the Methodist church at the Lincoln school house. From there she moved her membership to the West Star church, and later to the Methodist church in Winterset.

She is survived by two sisters, Miss Frances Harrell and Mrs. B. F. Jones, both of Winterset; two nieces and eight nephews. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Winterset Thursday at 2 o’clock , conducted by her pastor, Rev. A.P. Keast.

Burial was in the Winterset cemetery.

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