Sarah Melvina (Harbin) Wilson 1851-1926

WILSON, HARBIN, RINEBARGER, RINABARGER, VALLEY, HARRISON, THOMPSON

Posted By: Karen DaPra (email)
Date: 5/16/2004 at 02:24:27

OBITUARY

Mrs. Sarah Melvina Wilson, wife of William A. Wilson, of Cantril, Iowa, departed this life Thursday, April 1, 1926, at 11 o'clock a. m.

Mrs. Wilson was born September 3, 1851, in a log house, near Milton, Ia. She was the daughter of Squire and Susan Harbin

Her girlhood and school days were spent at and near the home of her parents, and many of her very early girlhood days were happily spent at the home of her grandfather, Henry Rinebarger, a brick house just east of Milton, the brick for which were made and burned by her grandfather.

She was married February 9, 1870, to William A. Wilson. To this union five children were born: Alma Belle, Lillian Maude, Ruth Esther, Vance Arvilla, and Elsie Valley, two of whom are still living; Mrs. Joseph D. Harrison, of Cantril, and Mrs. Earl L. Thompson, of Galesburg, Ill., who together with her granddaughter, Mrs. A. J. Harrison and her husband, wree with her at the time of her passing to the Great Beyond.

Photocopy of this obit found on page 231 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County, Iowa, Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library as of May 2001. Name and date of newspaper not given.)

I need help trying to figure out this line. Was Sarah's mother a Rinabarger? Please e-mail me if you have additional information.

(Originally posted 9 May 2001. As of May 2004, I still need information on this line.)