Sarah (Roberts) Young (1908)

BAKER, LAKE, OSBORN, ROBERTS, WARD, YOUNG

Posted By: Cay Merryman
Date: 8/2/2004 at 22:29:58

Newspaper Unknown
September 1908

Sarah Roberts Young was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1827 and died in Winterset, Madison county, Iowa, September 15, 1908, aged 81 years and 3 months.

She was united in marriage to Samuel R. Young in Hillsborough, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1844. They moved from Pennsylvania to Madison county, Iowa in 1865, where she continued to reside until her death, her husband having died eleven years previous. Mrs. Young was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom survive her. There are forty-three grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren, making in all one hundred children, grandchildren and great grandchildren surviving her. The children present at her bedside were: H. R. Young; Walter S. Young; Permelia Osborn; Emma Baker and one brother, Wesley Roberts all of Iowa and Dickie Young and wife of Lexington, N. B. The other children present at the funeral were Caroline Lake, Etta Ward and Frank Young all of Kansas and J. W. Young of Spokane, Washington.

She expressed the wish that all her children and friends might meet her in heaven. Mother Young in early life confessed the Savior, uniting with the Methodist church in which she was always a consistent member, bearing her part in all church work. She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a true friend to all and loved and respected by all who knew her. She bore her sickness with great fortitude, retaining her memory to the last.

She was laid to rest in the Peru cemetery, Rev. Wilbur ReQua of the Winterset M. E. church conducting the services.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 17, 1908
Page 3

Death of Mrs. Sarah Young

Mrs. Sarah Young, another one of the old and highly respected pioneers of Madison county died at her home in this city Tuesday Sept. 15th. The funeral will be held at 10 o’clock tomorrow (Friday) at the M.E. church. The remains will be buried beside her husband at Peru.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 24, 1908
Page 1

Death of Sarah Young

Sarah Roberts, daughter of Dickenson and Elizabeth Roberts, born in Washington county, Penn., June 16, 1827, died in Winterset, Madison county, Iowa, Sept. 15, 1908, at the age of 81 years and 3 months.

She was united in marriage at Hillsborough, Penn., November 14, 1844, to Samuel R. Young. They moved to Madison county in 1865, where she resided until her death, her husband having died eleven years previous to her death.

Mrs. Young was the mother of 11 children of which 9 survive her. There are 43 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren, making 100 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren surviving her.

Those present at her bedside were H. R. Young, Walter Young, Permelia Osborn, Emma Baker, Wesley Roberts, her brother, all of Iowa, and Dick Young and wife, of Lexington, N. B. The children absent were Caroline Lake, E. M. Ward, Frank Young, all of Kansas, and J. W. Young, of Spokane, Wash. All were present at the funeral except J. W. Young.

She expressed the wish that all her children might meet her in heaven. Mother Young, in early life, confessed the Savior, uniting with the M.E. church in which she was always a consistent member, bearing her part in all church work. She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a true friend to all and loved and respected by all who knew her. She bore her sickness with great fortitude, retaining her memory to the last.

The funeral occurred Friday from the M.E. church at Winterset, conducted by Rev. ReQua, and she was laid to rest in the Peru cemetery.

‘Tis hard to break the tender cord,
When love has bound the heart.
‘Tis hard to speak the words
Father, mother, children must part.
Dearest mother we must lay thee
In the peaceful grave’s embrace,
But thy memory will be cherished
By thy children, God give grace.

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