Groth, Sarah (Mrs. Samuel O.), 1844-1926

GROTH, KOGERSTAD

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

From the Rock Valley Bee, July 30, 1926:

PIONEER OF SETTLERS TOWNSHIP DEAD

Mrs. S. O. Groth, a pioneer resident of Settlers township, Sioux county, five miles north of Hudson, died at her home on the farm at six o’clock on Wednesday morning, after an illness of some duration, being 82 years and one week old at the time of her death.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Will Paulson, of Fairview and three sons, Henry, Charles, and George, all of this vicinity.

She was a member of the Lutheran church at Fairview and funeral services will be held at that church on Saturday afternoon, and she will be laid to rest in the Lutheran cemetery east of Fairview.

She and her husband came to the farm where she died in 1880 and they have resided there ever since. She was a fine Christian woman, most highly esteemed by all who knew her. Hers was a long and useful life, full of kindly deeds, and her passing will bring sorrow to a large circle of relatives and friends. The sadly bereaved ones have the sincere sympathy of all in their loss. – Hudsonite.

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RESEARCH NOTES

Her death certificate has her as Sarah Kogerstad (or Kogerstod) Groth, wife of S. O. Groth; born July 13, 1844 in Norway; father Swen Kogerstad, mother’s name unknown to the informant, Chas. Groth; died at 5:45 a.m. July 21, 1926; cause, “senility.”

FindaGrave.com has her as Sarah Kettleson Groth, born 13 July 1844 in Buskerud fylke, Norway, died 21 July 1926 in Sioux Center, Iowa; buried in Bethany Cemetery, Fairview, Lincoln County, South Dakota. There is also an entry for Samuel Groth (1846-1932), no other information but with photos of the same family stone and the same style of headstone; he is undoubtedly her husband.

The 1920 U.S. census for Settlers Township has Samuel O. (age 73) and Sara (age 75) Groth living with their son Charles (age 42, single, head of house, born Iowa) and boarders William (53) and Tolene[?] (46) Paulson and John Nottleson[?](40). Charles’ occupation is farmer, and John is a farm laborer; Paulson and the elder Groths are noted as having no occupations. Samuel O. Groth immigrated in 1850 and was naturalized in 1856. Sara Groth immigrated in 1860 and was naturalized in 1866. They can read, write, and speak English.